Mark your calendars as iPhone-maker Apple Inc has formally unveiled the date for its annual occasion. Apple introduced plans to carry a launch occasion on September 7, 10:30 pm (IST), when the tech big is anticipated to unveil the iPhone 14 lineup and its subsequent slate of smartwatches.
The corporate has despatched out invites for the mega occasion describing it as an in-person occasion on the Steve Jobs Theater at its headquarters in Cupertino, California.
The tag line of the launch occasion is ‘Far Out’ and might be streamed on Apple’s web site, persevering with an strategy it’s used because the pandemic started.
For Apple Inc, launching an iPhone has all the time been a giant second because it counted on the gadget for greater than half of its $366 billion in annual gross sales final 12 months. However there’s further strain this 12 months as the corporate faces a slowdown in client spending — significantly within the smartphone trade — and desires its newest expertise to entice patrons.
The corporate is planning to roll out extra formidable merchandise than ordinary within the coming months. Whereas the iPhone 14 and Apple Watch Sequence 8 would be the headline product unveilings on the firm’s September occasion, Apple could come out with a flurry of latest Macs, iPad, AirPods, and iOS 16 launch date and even a mixed-reality headset.
The occasion might be Apple’s third of the 12 months, following up on a March launch for the Mac Studio, 5G iPhone SE, and new iPad Air, along with a preview of iOS 16, macOS Ventura, and different new software program options on the firm’s June developer convention.
Try the record of units that Apple could have in retailer for tech lovers on the September 7 occasion:
iPhone 14 collection
The brand new iPhone line will proceed to be cut up into two commonplace variations and two Professional fashions. In a primary, the corporate will provide a big, 6.7-inch model of the usual iPhone. Apple is unlikely to supply a mini mannequin within the 14 collection, the way in which it did with iPhone 12 and iPhone 13.
The iPhone 14 Professional line is reportedly going to serve customers with a brand new 48-megapixel rear digital camera, a sooner processor, improved battery life, video recording enhancements, and a redesigned entrance digital camera system. On the Professional variations, the notch cutout launched with the iPhone X in 2017 might be changed with hole-punch and pill-shaped cutouts for the entrance digital camera and Face ID sensors.
Reportedly, iPhone 14 Professional might be $1,099 (round ₹87,838.12) whereas the iPhone 14 Professional Max will price $1,199 (round ₹95,830.67).
Apple Watch Sequence 8
The brand new Apple Watch lineup will signify the corporate’s greatest set of modifications to the gadget since its preliminary launch in 2015. That may embrace an replace to the Apple Watch SE with a sooner processor. There additionally might be an Apple Watch Sequence 8 mannequin with a body-temperature sensor and new options for girls’s well being. And the corporate is releasing a brand new high-end model that can possible be dubbed the Apple Watch Professional.
Whereas the Apple Watch Sequence 8 will look much like final 12 months’s Sequence 7, the Professional model may have a recent design, a barely bigger show, and a much bigger battery.
Macs and iPads
Round October, Apple is planning to launch vital updates to the iPad Professional and entry-level iPad, along with new Macs with M2 Professional-based processors. The iPadOS can be delayed till after iOS 16. The iPad software program replace might be launched in October alongside macOS Ventura.
(With Bloomberg inputs)
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