We can at all times depend on Apple to announce the latest iPhone mannequin each September. This 12 months’s occasion is nearly upon us; the corporate is predicted to unveil its lineup of iPhone 14s, in addition to a minimum of a pair new Apple Watches throughout a livestreamed showcase this week. We must also see some software program bulletins, and perhaps even another {hardware} equipment and tidbits.
(*14*)The occasion begins Wednesday, September 7, at 10 am Pacific time, 1 pm Eastern. You can watch it dwell proper right here on this web page, or on Apple’s occasions web site and the corporate’s YouTube channel. You can even view it on any Apple TV or streaming field—simply go into the Apple TV+ app to discover the livestream. When you open the app on Wednesday morning, the occasion ought to be displayed prominently proper on the prime of the web page. This technique works even in the event you don’t subscribe to Apple’s streaming service.
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(*14*)As regular, WIRED may even be working an Apple occasion liveblog through the present on Wednesday morning. We’ll be posting up-to-the-minute particulars and real-time evaluation of what’s happening at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, the place the occasion is being held.
(*14*)Apple has been doing these September occasions persistently for a decade now, ever because it launched the iPhone 5 in 2012. By now, they’re clean, polished showcases that prep the Apple devoted for the corporate’s slate of fall releases. That consistency has additionally made the bulletins simpler to predict. As with each one in every of these streaming infomercials, rumors and leaks have already spilled the beans on what’s possible to be introduced. Here’s what to count on.
iPhones 14
(*14*)The surefire centerpiece of the showcase will likely be a brand new line of iPhones, possible known as the iPhone 14 (until Apple will get wild and names the telephones one thing completely different). Rumors level to there being 4 new iPhone fashions, every with barely completely different specs. Expect variations of Apple’s earlier naming conventions, with Pro or Max suffixes hooked up to the upper spec units. Curiously, there are rumblings on-line that Apple may ditch the smaller Mini iteration of its iPhone line, as an alternative specializing in 6.1- and 6.7-inch fashions this time round.
(*14*)Some design tweaks are coming to the brand new telephones. Apple may get rid of its (in)well-known notch on the prime of iPhone screens, as an alternative changing them with a Google Pixel-esque gap alongside the higher edge. Fancier fashions might get titanium frames and always-on shows. Inside, Apple is predicted to replace the telephones with its homegrown A16 chips.
(*14*)Also a given for these September occasions: launch dates for the subsequent variations of iOS and iPadOS will likely be revealed. Apple may even spotlight a few of the new options coming to the subsequent variations of its cell software program, iOS 16 and iPadOS 16.
Apple Watch Series 8
(*14*)Apple is probably going to announce a minimum of two up to date fashions of its Apple Watch. The normal mannequin Watch 8 ought to be a modest design improve from the Series 7, however the huge change may come within the type of the rumored “rugged” Apple Watch launch. Such a tool might function a beefier, extra sturdy design with enhanced climate resistance and a shatterproof display.
(*14*)Last 12 months, The Wall Street Journal reported that upcoming options to the Apple Watch line may embody the flexibility to learn the temperature of your pores and skin and detect whether or not you’ve been in a automotive crash. Battery life in Apple Watches have at all times been subpar, however now there could be an opportunity of every full cost lasting greater than a day in Pro fashions. Whether these options apply to each the common Watch 8 and the doable rugged version is unclear.
AR/VR Headset
(*14*)Sorry, however chances are high slim that Apple will say something about its hotly anticipated—but nonetheless solely rumored—AR/VR headset at Wednesday’s media occasion. A mixed-reality system is nearly definitely within the works, contemplating that information broke this week indicating Apple has filed varied logos of the time period actuality, and that it’s possible to pin that branding on its headset. But such a headset is unlikely to be introduced this month; it’s in all probability slated for an unveiling someday subsequent 12 months as an alternative.
(*14*)Of course, you by no means actually know. These product occasions have began to really feel very slick but samey over time, so Apple could be impressed to inject a little bit pleasure into this one and tease one thing model new.
