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Looking Back at WWDC Hardware Announcements: HomePod, Mac Pro, and More

Has WWDC announced things to it's various services before, like Apple Music or Apple TV. I know one year they actually had a Apple TV+ event, but I could have sworn they have talked about services at WWDC before. They do combine services like Apple Music to coincide with IOS updates and when they talk about the Iphone they just usually review what the IOS is.

I guess I should just prepare myself to be disappointed when Apple Music isn't even mentioned once during the keynote and everyone on here says "They were never going to mention it".
 
I really hope for an updated, redesigned entry 10.2" iPad - this design is over a decade old - they need to update it to look like the air, but keep the $329 price point
 
My prediction based on industrial rumors I heard from my close source: NOTHING.

Basically it all comes down to supply issue. There isn’t enough to launch and maintain supply right now.

Everything is going to be announced in fall. Expect WWDC to be jam packed with massive software updates.
 
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sjsharksfan12 said:
Has WWDC announced things to it's various services before, like Apple Music or Apple TV. I know one year they actually had a Apple TV+ event, but I could have sworn they have talked about services at WWDC before. They do combine services like Apple Music to coincide with IOS updates and when they talk about the Iphone they just usually review what the IOS is.

I guess I should just prepare myself to be disappointed when Apple Music isn't even mentioned once during the keynote and everyone on here says "They were never going to mention it".
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Yes, they'll discuss anything at the WWDC keynote, including services. That's why I say that the WWDC is not a developer keynote. It's an event for the general public, streamed everywhere in the world.

People need to separate the WWDC educational sessions from the WWDC keynote event. They are wholly different kettles of fish.
 
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yossi said:
I really hope for an updated, redesigned entry 10.2" iPad - this design is over a decade old - they need to update it to look like the air, but keep the $329 price point
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I think that is why the price has stayed at $329 because it’s an old design. I have no problems with the look. I have a 6th and 9th gen and my 9th gen was even cheaper than $329 because it was on sale at the time of purchase and I used my 10% Walmart employee discount. I also like the headphone jack.
 
subjonas said:
I’m confused. Are you making a larger point? Products introduced at WWDC are doomed? Or just pointing out that funny coincidence?
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The coincidence.

A side note, Back in 2018 and 2019, there was a lot of threads asking when people thought the next update of the iMac Pro would happen, and I predicted that the iMac Pro was just going to be a single released product, and that it would be discontinued when a redesigned iMac would launch.

Had no idea that the redesign would have an AS inside though.
 
Juicy Box said:
The coincidence.

A side note, Back in 2018 and 2019, there was a lot of threads asking when people thought the next update of the iMac Pro would happen, and I predicted that the iMac Pro was just going to be a single released product, and that it would be discontinued when a redesigned iMac would launch.

Had no idea that the redesign would have an AS inside though.
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Ah ok.

I always assumed the iMac Pro was a one off too, but as a stop gap due to the Mac Pro fiasco—as a sort of apology to professionals for the 2013 Mac Pro and to tide them over until the redesigned Mac Pro was released.
 
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subjonas said:
Ah ok.

I always assumed the iMac Pro was a one off too, but as a stop gap due to the Mac Pro fiasco—as a sort of apology to professionals for the 2013 Mac Pro and to tide them over until the redesigned Mac Pro was released.
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Yeah, I basically said the same thing.

Although, what I did get (maybe) wrong was that I thought the iMac Pro updated internals were originally meant for an overdue redesigned iMac, but was reworked as a Pro machine to appease the Pro community that were unhappy after the 2013 iMac and 2016 MBP.
 
yossi said:
I really hope for an updated, redesigned entry 10.2" iPad - this design is over a decade old - they need to update it to look like the air, but keep the $329 price point
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If they used the Air's design, what would they have to leave off to price it $250 cheaper?
 
It is probably just coincidence, but I went to my local Bestbuy an hour ago and the center table of the Apple display had been cleared. There were no Macbooks, iPad Pros or airpods on display. Perhaps they are just rearranging things, but it made me wonder if they are making room for some new products.
 
TheYayAreaLiving 🎗 said:
Remembering the golden era. WWDC, 2012. Introduction of Macbook Pro 15" w/ retina display. How can you not be overblown by this?


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Apple Introduces “Next Generation MacBook Pro” with 15.4″ Retina Display, Starts at $2199

At WWDC today, Apple introduced a third line of notebook computers that Phil Schiller called the "Next Generation MacBook Pro." He noted that...
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Bring out the colorful MacBook Air. 🌈
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Woooow…
I’m such a keynote junkie. Watching that was like stepping into a time machine. Steve had passed the year prior. It was the beginning of a new Apple. And that MBP was SO COOL!
That was really fun to watch. Thanks for sharing!
 
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Funny Apple Man said:
WWDC tends to be the perfect time for the new Mac Pro to be announced, and they don't have to sell them until the end of the year. It'll be interesting to see if they can meet the two year transition deadline with all of the chip shortages and delays going on.
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I think they can meet transition goals - an upgraded machine only needs one chip. 😜
It’s the sales goals where the chip shortage will really be felt. But in saying that, I’ve been surprised how Apple continues surpassing LY. They’re a freaking money-printing machine.
 
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I guess I haven't been paying attention, but I thought the Mac Studio basically was taking the place of the Mac Pro. Is the idea they're going to release something with more hardware expandability?
 
Like most people I think that wishing for hardware at WWDC is foolish, BUT -
It's a devs conference and they have given them hardware or hardware direction before. So my bet is they talk about what a success for devs the M1 has been and announce/preview the Mac Pro.
Not that devs need it, but because it closes the M1 chip saga and it will be insanely powerful, etc.
Then pre-holidays for the M2 MacBook Air.
Just seems to make sense.
 
I find the cartoon heads they use in the presentation unappealing, determinedly characterless and blandly non specific.. like the whitewashed charcters from that new Disney spec ship cartoon coming out.
 
Relentless Power said:
I highly doubt we will see any hardware announcements this year (It’s more of a rarity, then it is a commonality as it is.) Especially given all the manufacturing delays and concerns.

That’s how I think it should be, is that it doesn’t detract away from what this conference is really about, which is for the developers and future versions of software.
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It would be a rarity if it was like… Once a decade or something.
But it’s not.
Between 2010 and 2021, there was 6 WWDC’s with some type of hardware, and six without.
There has been developer only hardware announced, like the Apple Silicon developer kit in 2020.
There has been Pro hardware announced, like both the 2013 and 2019 Mac Pro, the iMac Pro, the original retina MacBook Pro, the Pro Display.
And there has been hardware for literally everyone, professionals and consumers alike, like the 2012 and 2013 MacBook Airs, 2017 12 inch MacBook, the iPhone 4.
And there has been hardware announced that isn’t targeted at developers in the slightest, like the HomePod, which never ever got an STK, or any type of third-party support until years later.
If someone says hardware at WWDC is a “rarity,” they are wrong.
If someone says that hardware introduced at WWDC is targeted at developers and developers only, they are wrong.
If someone says that Apple would only introduce MacPros at WWDC, they are wrong.
If someone says that Apple would never introduce a MacBook Air at WWDC, they have before, three times.
And if someone has the audacity to say that the Opening Keynote of WWDC is mainly targeted at developers, they wouldn’t even come close to being more wrong.
Sure, The weeklong event with all of the workshops, the platform state of the union, all of the different presentations on different tools and new frameworks and API‘s? That’s most definitely squarely aimed directly at the developers, and almost exclusively the developers.
The opening Keynote though?
The opening Keynote where they have introduced hardware before?
The opening Keynote that streams to everyone directly in the TV app, developer or not?
The opening Keynote, which is the one part of the event where additional media outlets are invited?
The opening Keynote that Apple has sent me, someone who has never had a developer account in my life, three different emails reminding me about within the past two weeks?
That’s for everyone.
That’s why you don’t see much talk about Xcode and such during the opening keynote, and you hear more about FaceTime and iMessage updates.
It’s for everyone. It’s Apple‘s second biggest presentation of the year.
And Apple knows this
 
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