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Well if the rumor is true then it is going to be a very lame Apple Event.
Come on,
Mac Mini
Mac Pro
TB Displays
MacBooks

That would be a great start.
Watch bands, iPad Air and iPhone 5Se must be a bad joke and honestly don't need a special event for it.
 
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Skylake MacBook Pro's with MacBook design aesthetic and Space Gray/Gold/Silver options please. The current incarnation of the MacBook Pro was released in June 2012. We're approaching 4 years.

Would also consider a 12" MacBook with a little better processor and a reduction to $1,099 starting. That would be a real winner for them.
 
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If the phone isn't 200-250 pricing it wont sell as many as they wish or need to stop the shrinking phone sales numbers. Knowing Apple, pricing will be too high.
New bands for watches... who cares.
New iPads..... shrinking market.
 
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No way iPad Air gets Pencil support for a couple years though
I don't think so either because I'm not sure whether it'd be great. I saw a guy once with an oldish Samsung tablet and a pen, and I saw he had to make short sentences. Size-wise you simply don't have a lot of room to write on a 10" tablet.
 
True. But if they say more than three sentences about the bands and if the word "revolutionary" is used, I may just lose it.

I guess I'm just the exact opposite of a fashionista and--while I do appreciate Sir Ive's expertise in design--I don't understand the attention to what is essentially a strap. (hmm, maybe this is why I'm not in design, either)

I agree. If Apple only introduces new colors, and bands after 18 months from the first introduction, the media and their competition will light them off the stage. There's no way just adding colors and bands are really going to draw more people in after all this time. If selling them at Wal-Mart for $100 discounts didn't move them, new colors at the same old prices certainly won't.

At a bare MINIMUM, they processor has to be updated so that apps run faster. But there's so many other things on that wish list, that not to do a single one of them would be foolish. And personally, after 18 months, the Watch is starting to look a little dated. That's a LONG time in the fashion world. Don't get me wrong, I think it still looks good and has a "classic" Apple look to it. But the fashion world moves on trends and "splash". That's really Apple's challenge to keep all that hard earned praise from the fashion community. Indeed, I expect a 2nd Gen watch for no other reason than Apple can continue to sell the Gen 1 Watch at a discount along side the new watch design for a premium.
 
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The last thing Apple needs to do is focus on bands.

However, if the bands added more capacity and used that hidden port, that would be interesting. Probably get rose gold though

I think a lot of people harp and are frustrated with the Apple watch because they see the potential and want a reason to buy one, but just don't see the utility yet.
 
Why even bother. The only thing of some merit would be the iPad Air 3, but if its incremental - meh. What about computers! Mac Mini, Mac Pro! These are ridiculously late. Does Apple only have 8 Engineers total?

YES! I want to upgrade my 3 year old 15" MBPr!
 
I wouldn't think anyone who hasn't bought an Apple Watch already would somehow be convinced to purchase one just because the bands got updated... and frankly I don't really believe Apple would think that, either.

I've been wearing a Garmin Vivosmart band for almost a year now, and the utility of having notifications on my wrist has actually made me interested in seeing what the Apple Watch can do... but I'm definitely waiting for v2 before even considering one.
But someone who already has an Apple Watch might get another band. Plus, Watch 2.2 allows multiple watches to be paired with the same phone. So maybe someone with a stainless steel might get a Sport or vice versa.

Also, it could be another partnership. Perhaps someone like Nike for another sport-oriented band (maybe with some new functionality). They have an "affordable premium" line with the Hermes now, so a new lower-end category might be appropriate.
 
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Why, did they have an option?
Are you suggesting they should have all kept using their iPhone 4s until now?

Apple held off on the larger phones longer than anyone. It became clear that given the choice, most people want larger phones. Not saying there isn't a market for smaller ones, but it's understandable why it hasn't been Apple's priority.
 
Who the heck wants that tiny phone this day in age ? The regular 6S is already way too small for a phone in 2015. Also where the heck is the next gen Skylake MacBook Pro in Space Gray ?
 
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