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What to Expect From Apple's April 20 Event: New iPads, AirTags and More

Realityck said:
Way too many products mentioned to show up at this show.
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I feel like its setting us up for the fail.. with a list that long someone is going to be disappointed when their item doesn't appear. So I am going to make my own prediction, AirPod Max TV. yep you heard it here first. They have built Apple TV into your headphone so you can beam tv anywhere you go. And by beam, I mean not only to any tv nearby, but it has a small min LCD projector mounted at the top so that you can watch and listen in style to your favorite YouTuber. If Apple fails to produce, I am leaving the ecosystem!
 
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I am looking forward to 14.5 being released on Tuesday.

Not in the market for a candy colored iMac.

As for AirTags, I don''t need them but, if they ever show, I will them consideration.

I am more interested in the next mini phone, watch, and M series Mac.
 
I like how Event Coverage is listed under Other Unlikely Possibilities along with Apple TV, MacBook Pro, and AirPods 3. So MacRumors thinks it's unlikely there will be any event coverage.
 
Lemon Olive said:
Well then you're pretty well mistaken. There is zero reason for Apple to casually announce the Find My network via press release a week before introducing an almost meaningless commercial product in AirTags. Apple doesn't create products where they offer nothing unique to the existing market. The Find My network is their unique contribution. Anyone can make a tracker tag.

Plus, why would Apple care about making a measly amount of money off the tracker tag? This would be a such a bottom of the barrel product for them, needlessly harming the third parties for whom they just built the Find My network. For something so small in potential, they would waste the good will they purchase with the Find My network.

AirTags are real. They're just an in-house product, made for developing the Find My network. This much is pretty obvious now.
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I agree with that, not enough money to be made in a niche market
 
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countryside said:
Anyone else starting to give up on AirTags? I really want them to happen, I even got rid of my Tile devices. But, losing hope at this point. 😔
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They either better have a rechargeable or replaceable battery (I know Apple will never do the latter). If it is recharagable it would be ideal to get a few years out of them. I want to minimize the amount of “disposal tech” I have. Like my AirPods have become after a mere 16 months.

I purchased the original Tile and their battery wasn’t replaceable. Lasted only 12 months. New versions they’re replaceable. But holding off until I see what Apple has in store.
 
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As much as I love following these rumors and checking this site multiple times a day, I'll make sure to stay off the site the morning of. I just hate to have the entire event completely confirmed and ruined mere minutes before it airs. But I'm hoping for a new Apple TV. Gimme a redesigned remote!
 
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Biggest new thing maybe iOS 14.5
Update. Albeit an iPad refresh is possible and maybe even air tags if they exist
 
low end iPad just came out in the fall.

iMacs would be interesting. iPad pros could win me over. ATV would be great. Could not care less about airtags. Don’t have much interest in newest pencil either. Nor AR.
 
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Lemon Olive said:
Well then you're pretty well mistaken. There is zero reason for Apple to casually announce the Find My network via press release a week before introducing an almost meaningless commercial product in AirTags. Apple doesn't create products where they offer nothing unique to the existing market. The Find My network is their unique contribution. Anyone can make a tracker tag.

Plus, why would Apple care about making a measly amount of money off the tracker tag? This would be a such a bottom of the barrel product for them, needlessly harming the third parties for whom they just built the Find My network. For something so small in potential, they would waste the good will they purchase with the Find My network.

AirTags are real. They're just an in-house product, made for developing the Find My network. This much is pretty obvious now.
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I agree and felt the announcement of the Find My Network actually IS the long-fabled Airtags.
 
Looking over the list, it's crystal clear to me that Innovation is Dead @ AAPL !

To me, what AAPL needs more than anything is new Leadership, whether that's a replacement for Cook, OR simply new Blood on the Board, is the BIG question.

The Status Quo is fine if ALL you want is tiny, incremental improvements.

But anything more than that will very-likely require a BIG change.
 
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Lemon Olive said:
Well then you're pretty well mistaken. There is zero reason for Apple to casually announce the Find My network via press release a week before introducing an almost meaningless commercial product in AirTags. Apple doesn't create products where they offer nothing unique to the existing market. The Find My network is their unique contribution. Anyone can make a tracker tag.

Plus, why would Apple care about making a measly amount of money off the tracker tag? This would be a such a bottom of the barrel product for them, needlessly harming the third parties for whom they just built the Find My network. For something so small in potential, they would waste the good will they purchase with the Find My network.

AirTags are real. They're just an in-house product, made for developing the Find My network. This much is pretty obvious now.
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I disagree. I still think AirTags are a possibility (though of course you can be right and they end up never coming to fruition) and I think the expansion of Find My network was to help keep them square on the legal front...

Apple has always loved to play in the minority space as much as possible. Meaning, they loved Mac being "smaller" than PC. It allowed them to ensure control and a more unified experience without risking the "monopoly" card that Microsoft got squeezed under. Obviously, things are getting much more challenging for them with the success of the iPhone and its siblings. That's why they are now starting to see monopoly glimmers in the eyes of regulators and they'd like to blunt that where they can. Launching Find My network alongside their own product allows them to have yet another ecosystem hook without risking the monopoly regulations bitting them.

It matters too as Find My can morph into a really nice ecosystem hook... You can leave iPhone/iOS, but now you're losing access to so many tiny things that have come to dominate your life. A life where those small things add up to a pretty formative chunk.
 
MrGimper said:
And even now, we still have no idea if AirTags are even a thing that exists, and will ever be launched.
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They were leaked by Apple itself.

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