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Yes. It's a software conference.

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WWDC 2009: 13" MacBook Pro and iPhone 3GS announced

WWDC 2010: iPhone 4 announced

WWDC 2012: Retina MacBook Pro announced

WWDC 2013: new Mac Pro, Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme, and MacBook Air announced

WWDC 2017: iMac, MacBook and MacBook Pro, iMac Pro, 10.5" iPad Pro and HomePod announced

So in the last 9 years, 5 have had major hardware announcements? Hardly seems like a trend.

5/9 is a majority of conferences. I think OP made a fair assumption.

5/9 is also approximately half, and 5/10 is exactly half.

So, by definition, most of them? Seems like a trend.

Well, now, 5 of the last 10.

and more recently, 1 of the last 5.

Its currently 2018. Going back to 2009 = 9 years

Right, but 10 if you're inclusive.

sorry, i'm still not understanding how that works. from WWDC '09 to WWDC '18, inclusive of '09 and '18, is 9 events.

It's not.

1. 2009

2. 2010

3. 2011

4. 2012

5. 2013

6. 2014

7. 2015

8. 2016

9. 2017

10. 2018

Last year they announced the HomePod and the iMac pro.

But perhaps an important one for Apple. Anecdotally at least (which is probably the best we can do here), concerns about Apple hardware are making many pro users, particularly developers, think seriously for the first time in years about moving platforms. Each significant date (WWDC, autumn hardware releases, etc) is a focus of procrastination for those of us a little reluctant to move OS's, but seriously thinking of doing so. My guess is that on each of these lost opportunities another group bleeds away. Perhaps not significant to Apple, but -- who knows? -- mindshare can be about more than just numbers.

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