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Leaker Suggests Apple Event to Be Held on March 23
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AirTags - yeah ok. I'll believe it when I see it.
AirPods - also do not expect minor redesign to be announced, so perhaps they will just launch quietly.
iPad Pro - this damn well better be the mini-LED iPad Pro we've been hearing about forever. If this just another spec bump, it doesn't need an event.
Apple TV - LOL. Nope.
AirPods - also do not expect minor redesign to be announced, so perhaps they will just launch quietly.
iPad Pro - this damn well better be the mini-LED iPad Pro we've been hearing about forever. If this just another spec bump, it doesn't need an event.
Apple TV - LOL. Nope.
Why in the hell would you be "holding out" for a new Apple TV? There is nothing that the current model cannot do that you could possibly expect from it.
Every time "new Apple TV" comes up, people always try the "gaming" angle when talking about it.
It. Is. Not. Happening. This is not a gaming platform, not one that has any serious attention from the gaming industry, or gamers. It has Apple Arcade. That's the level of gaming you can expect. You don't need an A14 powered Apple TV for that.
I mean, you could say that about a lot of 4 year old tech, but people aways want the latest and greatest technology to future proof their investment. Me included.
I am looking to add an Apple TV to my home. I do not want to purchase four year old technology. I can wait until the next iteration is released. I would prefer sooner than later, but I am not buying old tech, even if it is some of the best out there.
When it comes to product releases, Apple has rarely been completely stagnant for more than three months, if ever that long. So it wouldn’t take a genius to predict that something has to be announced in this or the next month.
And if nothing happens within the next 30-60 days then announcements would start to run into WWDC.
And if nothing happens within the next 30-60 days then announcements would start to run into WWDC.
Forget Air Tags, etc. How about a new Apple TV box and 24" iMacs? Come on, Apple!
The first gen were announced at the iPhone event in 2016.
The second gen were released in March 2019.
Hopefully the AppleTV rumor is true. I’m in the market for two of them.
They should've merged the HomePod and Apple TV long ago.
Waiting for an M1X line with 32GB of RAM, the next iPad Pro and an update to Apple TV. I will eventually need a replacement for my aging Apple Watch 4 but I doubt there will be anything compelling about the 2021 model.
iPad Pro 11" A14X and new Apple TV will get instant purchases from me. And if there's some cool new watch bands.
They need to bring innovation ASAP before people continue to cash their stock.
Apple will hold its first event of the year on March 23, according to information provided by a reputable Chinese leaker (via DuanRui). Apple is expected to launch AirTags, new iPads, and possibly updated AirPods at a spring event, and leaker "Kang" believes that date will be March 23.
Initial speculation pointed to an event happening on March 16; however, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman shot down the possibility, leaving the door open for an event later on in the month. Kang says that Apple's event will be held on the same date as the OnePlus 9 reveal, which is scheduled for Tuesday, March 23.
Due to the global health crisis, Apple's event is expected to be held digitally and live-streamed via its website and official YouTube channel. March 23 and March 30 are both reasonable guesses for when Apple is set to hold an event. Apple tends to hold events on Tuesday and is also expected to hold an event in the "early spring" to coincide with the launch of App Tracking Transparency in iOS 14.5.
Official details about Apple's event remain unknown. However, mounting evidence of the imminent release of AirTags suggests Apple's Tile-like tracker could debut at the rumored March 23 event. DigiTimes, and others, have also suggested Apple will release updated iPad models with mini-LED displays and faster processors in the first half of the year.
Shortly after Kang suggested the March 23 date, YouTube personality and hit-or-miss Apple leaker Jon Prosser tweeted "23," in an apparent show of support for Kang and his event date prediction.
Last year, Kang was first to accurately reveal that Apple planned to revive the MagSafe brand for iPhone 12, and also leaked accurate details and launch dates for the full iPhone 12 lineup and the rumored HomePod mini before they were officially announced.
Article Link: Leaker Suggests Apple Event to Be Held on March 23
I dunno, never say never. Kids today are growing up on touch screens. The time I took my sister shopping for a laptop she looked at the iMacs and the first instinct she had was to touch the screen.
I could easily see Macs gaining a touchscreen when the kids of today become adults.
I think your reasons for not having touchscreens on Mac are correct, gnasher, but I think Apple will add a touchscreen option at some point. Here's why: Intel and Microsoft keep loudly pushing touchscreens for Windows as a competitive advantage over Mac. As a result, more and more RFPs (requests for proposals) from institutions will require touchscreen. What are Apple's choices here? Sue every government and institution that requires touchscreens? Stop bidding on government contracts? Or, simply, offer a touchscreen option? Apple already has the tech, they're making bigger touch targets in macOS, so why NOT offer a touchscreen laptop? Apple customers have money. I suspect half their customers would pay $100 more for a laptop with a touchscreen (and then would seldom/never touch the screen).
EDIT: I bet within 2 years Apple will offer an M1 iBook for schools with a touchscreen. Heck, I'll go so far as to say it will cost $500 US and sell like crazy
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I agree. The cheap 4K displays being sold now could make me go blind. Apple's 4K and 5K displays are so easy on the eyes, I can look at them all day. I would love for Apple to sell its 27" 5K as a standalone display. Doesn't matter if it costs $500 more than the low-contrast competition.
Apple doesn’t make any external displays except one. The last external offerings to excuse them leaving the mainstream display market were the LG ones. If Apple has any interest after the lacklustre show that was the Thunderbolt Display, we have yet to see them. I’m not arguing that retina displays aren’t nice but that Apple isn’t into the external display market except for one halo product.
but... but I want a fancy M1 or whatever iMac!
Apple will hold its first event of the year on March 23, according to information provided by a reputable Chinese leaker (via DuanRui). Apple is expected to launch AirTags, new iPads, and possibly updated AirPods at a spring event, and leaker "Kang" believes that date will be March 23.
Initial speculation pointed to an event happening on March 16; however, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman shot down the possibility, leaving the door open for an event later on in the month. Kang says that Apple's event will be held on the same date as the OnePlus 9 reveal, which is scheduled for Tuesday, March 23.
Due to the global health crisis, Apple's event is expected to be held digitally and live-streamed via its website and official YouTube channel. March 23 and March 30 are both reasonable guesses for when Apple is set to hold an event. Apple tends to hold events on Tuesday and is also expected to hold an event in the "early spring" to coincide with the launch of App Tracking Transparency in iOS 14.5.
Official details about Apple's event remain unknown. However, mounting evidence of the imminent release of AirTags suggests Apple's Tile-like tracker could debut at the rumored March 23 event. DigiTimes, and others, have also suggested Apple will release updated iPad models with mini-LED displays and faster processors in the first half of the year.
Shortly after Kang suggested the March 23 date, YouTube personality and hit-or-miss Apple leaker Jon Prosser tweeted "23," in an apparent show of support for Kang and his event date prediction.
Last year, Kang was first to accurately reveal that Apple planned to revive the MagSafe brand for iPhone 12, and also leaked accurate details and launch dates for the full iPhone 12 lineup and the rumored HomePod mini before they were officially announced.
Article Link: Leaker Suggests Apple Event to Be Held on March 23
This. Very much this.