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Apple Special Event – September 10

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Predicting new product announcements aside from the iPhone has become more difficult since Apple now releases product refreshes off-cycle (e.g. AirPods/MacBook Pro/iPad) that would normally be announced around this time. I suppose there could be an October event for a new iPad Pro.

Personally I want an iMac Pro update w/ a Navi GPU but that's wishful thinking.

It’s hard to see them doing anything with the iMac Pro when the Mac Pro is just around the corner. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a 32 inch iMac though.

The new Mac Pro is very explicitly for industrial producers with absurd budgets; there's still room to target professionals users with less-absurd budgets.

I have a feeling those will have to make do with the iMac and iMac Pro. Or keep working on their hackintoshes to get what they need.

I would be perfectly happy to continue on the hackintosh path I’ve been taking for years now, but man the GPU situation is not making it easy. Right now if you’re looking for mid to high end GPUs that work with macOS, you’re stuck with nvidia on two-releases-behind High Sierra or Mojave/Catalina with outdated AMD (Vega 56/64) or expensive and EOL’d AMD (Radeon VII).

Here’s to hoping macOS gains Navi support soon — if it does I’ll jump on a 5700 XT right away.

I want a Redesigned ( Or just a Slightly Thinner Bezel ) iMac, and for God Sake we are coming close to 2020, and what is suppose to the the premium Apple Desktop still ships with an HDD by default. And only the 27" gets a Fusion Drive which isn't even anywhere close to SSD Speed in actual usage.

I cant even think of any convincing argument ( apart from cost ) of having an HDD when SSD is likely the biggest performance upgrade in the past decade any user could felt.

I'd prefer they launch the new macbook now than iphone. There's nothing exciting about the new iphone except the triple lens back camera.

> There's nothing exciting about the new iphone except the triple lens back camera.

There is no way to know that until we know what the software does with the newer hardware (including the rumored AI accelerator).

Return of the rainbow logo or just hinting at new colors?

> The Apple event invite has the iPhone XR replacement's green and lavender colors at the top of the bottom of the Apple

https://twitter.com/markgurman/status/1167108671807074304

Looks like the return of the iBook

Mid cycle refresh phone. Big changes will be next year

Wasn’t last year’s XS the mid cycle refresh?

Yes

Is this likely the iPhone event or the Macbook refresh?

iPhone event is always September, I think.

Will be new iPhone launch. See speculation on features etc on macrumors.

https://www.macrumors.com/

For specific "iPhone 2019" rumors:

https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/2019-iphones/

iPhone event primarily; they tend to give the iPhone it's own dedicated time in a single event rather than muddying the message with additional product lines.

I think the Macbook refresh is more likely with the (speculated) iPad event later in the year (October-ish).

Last year the Watch got a huge amount of time, it felt more a Watch event than an iPhone events.

Fair point :-b

I'm waiting for the claim "The best iPhone of all times" like..every year they do, for obviously reasons.

IMHO, I hope they announce some cheaper iPhone (less than $500), otherwise they can keep it.

I wish they had updated the iPhone 7 with A12 and sell it at that price. I don't need Wireless Charging, and no need for glass back which is expensive to repair. They could have fitted a single lens camera that is better than the iPhone 7 Plus.

And it would be the perfect Entry Level iPhone.

Agreed. I'm on an iPhone 8 now, which is fine. I don't want FaceID.

I don't want faceid either, I think the fingerprint recognition is fine.

I don't want a face either

I disagree, wireless charging is the best thing ever.

"best iPhone ever" is never an inaccurate statement, subjectively speaking (compared to previous release of iPhone), if you think about it. :-)

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