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Prosser: iPad and Apple Watch Series 6 Press Release Planned for September 8 [Updated]
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They have a history of supporting older iOS versions with minor updates, just like on macOS
Yeah, but that only applies to phones that don't support the current version. And all phones running iOS 13 can run iOS 14.
Right. We've seen this pattern before, though: them doing press releases for a bunch of (relatively) minor products a week or two before WWDC, so that WWDC itself can be focused on something different.
So if they want to introduce, say, a new iPad Air now, that wouldn't be unprecedented at all. A flagship Watch seems less plausible to me, unless their iPhone presentation is jam-packed (which… maybe? four models, AirPods Studio, AirTags? might not leave enough for the Watch).
If the iPhone is delayed due to supply issues, makes little sense to delay the other product releases along with it. You don’t need to have the latest iPhone in order to use the newest Apple Watch anyways.
Sorry Tim Cook, didn't recognise your Mac Rumors username. I am so glad you put to use your MBA from Dukes, and your BS from Auburn too great use. 😜
The iPad Pro is a flag ship product. They announced it at an event in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. So why, oh why, did they announce it over press release in March 2020?
hmmmmm... let’s think about this.
Oh yeah, because it was a tiny speck bump in the middle of a pandemic.
And what is the watch series 6 rumored to be?
A tiny spec bump, in the middle of a pandemic.
So what doesn’t make sense to you?
We are in the middle of a pandemic, and apple has a lot of things to announce. It completely makes sense for them to announce some minor things before the event. They have done it before. In May 2019, they announced MacBook Pro updates, and a new iPod touch just two weeks before WWDC. They could have waited, and just announce them at the event, but no. They were not important enough. Now usually, if 2020 were a normal year, the watch would be important enough for an event.
But 2020 isn’t normal, and there’s no September event, and there’s no press at the event at all. So for them to just slap this tiny update on the website makes sense. They’re going to save that iPhone, AirPods Studio, AirTags, HomePod mini, and ARM mac for an October event.
iOS 13.6 and 13.7 we’re not normal releases. They were releases to coincide with updates to the COVID 19 tracking software. That’s not something that Apple controls, they were just trying to keep their software in line with what’s going on.
But there was a rumored March 31 event, from several super reliable Leakers, where they would announce these new iPad pros, new MacBook airs, iPhone SE, magic keyboard, air tags, and in Apple TV update. Obviously this didn’t happen, because everything shut down in March.
Could Apple really afford to run out of Apple Watch stock for more than a week? What would be the questions asked by stockholders during the next earnings call?
Yeah. And it also doesn’t make sense to keep the watch out of stock until late September to early October. What are they going to do, not have any Apple Watch sales in September? No. That’s absolutely ridiculous.
Pandemic aside, the idea that there would be an event with such a broad selection of products strikes me as unlikely.
Exactly. Why am I the only one talking about this. All the signs are pointing to a watch update being within the next couple days. Not just Jon, but from Apple themselves. All of the watch’s going out of stock, iOS 14 beta testing ramping up closer to release, iPads and iPad airs shipping times slipping.
I don’t think this is the way Apple wanted to do things. I don’t think that they wanted to separate the iPhone and the watch. But, I think that they’re basically forced to, because watch production is not delayed. They have the series 6 ready to go, why wait until October to release it?
Why? At WWDC 2017, we got new MacBooks, new IMAX, iMac pros, iPad pros, and the HomePod. Please explain to me why Apple wouldn’t announce all of these products at the same event, despite the fact that they’ve done it before.
Or maybe, The MacBook Air could have been a press release, with everything else at the event. I don’t know, Apple has had minor events in the past. In 2012, they had an event just to talk about iBooks. In 2016, they dedicated an entire event to the new MacBook pros and the TV app. Also in 2016, they dedicated an entire event to the first iPhone SE and a smaller iPad Pro. These are products that didn’t need an event, but they got one anyway
I wonder what the chances are of Apple releasing/announcing the rumoured AirPod Studio headphones as part of a press release this week?
If the September/October event is packed with products, Apple may decide to release some via the press release. They did it for the iPad Pro, AirPods Pro and even the 16” MacBook Pro.
If the September/October event is packed with products, Apple may decide to release some via the press release. They did it for the iPad Pro, AirPods Pro and even the 16” MacBook Pro.
Hey, you might be on to something.. who funds this site? Apple 2.0? (Newbie here)
It’s 9AM EST. So what now??? Anxiously waiting for an update 😂 itching for a new iPad
As much as I hate Jon Prosser and his arrogant, ******* attitude, don't forget that his credibility will skyrocket if it turns out that the new Apple Watch and iPads are released - after all he is the first person to definitively lock in a date and even the exact 9AM time a month beforehand.
You're contradicting yourself in your answer so i think we should let this discussion rest and just stand by and wait what Tim Cook will do tomorrow (if anything) and later this month or in October. Or maybe they are going to release nothing this year anymore.
