Any guesses on what will be announced concerning iPads on Sept. 9th?
Absolutely nothing.
iPad Air 2 announced Oct 16th 2014.
iPad Air announced Oct 22 2013.
The only thing they will possibly rehash in the iPhone keynote is iOS 9 multi-tasking abilities on the Air 2 that we already know about.
People claiming they won't announce it in September simply because they've only announced them so far in October have no idea what Apple's plans are. For all we know they want to group all the devices up together that are about to be bumped to 2 gig of memory to run the new features of OS9. No better way to do that than to feature them all at one event.
This. Tim & Co want to make sure the iPhone and iOS9 is forefront. And they will play up Watch 2.0. Second in September will be El Capitan. As good as the Air2 is, there might be only an incremental update, just not sure what it would be, but we won't see that until October. Only so much you can do in 2 hours, plus they want that extra shot for the holiday season. Introducing too many of their mainstream products at once is too much competition for the consumer $$$.
My guess regarding the iPads is that the iPad mini 4 will have the rumored redesign that resembles the existing iPad Air 2, while the iPad Air 3 will have a more minor update (possibly like the iPad mini 3). Thus neither update should be in a position to upstage the iPhones. Also, if the iPad mini 4 supports split-screen, then during the keynote they can tie it in with one of the big features of iOS 9. I agree regarding the iPad "Pro" though, since I expect it to have a bunch of new features.I also don't think iPad's will be announced at the same event simply because Apple wouldn't want them to upstage each other, especially if they plan to announce a new iPad Pro, it could take some of the attention away from the iPhone.
This month is August and Apple have not send an invitation out just yet. Maybe iPhone or iPad is not ready. iOS 9 still too many bugs to iron out. Tim Cook wants to make sure everything is perfect and flawless first.
Don't they only send out invites like a week or two before the event? No way a month before.
Don't they only send out invites like a week or two before the event? No way a month before.
Absolutely nothing.
iPad Air 2 announced Oct 16th 2014.
iPad Air announced Oct 22 2013.
The only thing they will possibly rehash in the iPhone keynote is iOS 9 multi-tasking abilities on the Air 2 that we already know about.