Pick a random date in the fall, and there’s a good chance someone will predict that the iPhone 12 will be released that day. The confusion is understandable: After reliably unveiling its new phones in the first weeks of September in recent years, Apple faces an uncertain downturn thanks to possible production delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
There are new rumors, and it is a disaster. Posting on Twitter, filter @ihacktu It says that the iPhone event will happen as usual in September, but that we won’t actually see the phones shipped until October. That month, Apple will host a separate event focused on its Mac hardware.
Specifically, iHacktu tweets, Apple will host an online-only event to showcase new iPhones, an updated Apple Watch, new iPads, and the long-awaited AirPower mat. in a follow up tweet, iHacktu says the event may be in September, but the phones won’t ship until October.
Apple Special Events September 8 (online) iPhones, Apple Watch, AirPower, iPad October 27 iPad Pro, Apple Silicon Macs (MacBook, MacBook Pro13 “), (unless Apple Glass is online) #Apple #event #ios # iPhone12 #AIRPOWER #iPad #macbook pic.twitter.com/QXIkvNSRY224 July 2020
We have some doubts about some of those claims despite the fact that iHacktu has been reasonably correct with its leaks in the past. September 8 would surely be consistent with recent Apple iPhone events, but waiting another month to ship phones wouldn’t.
Apple generally ships phones within two weeks of announcing them. There have been exceptions: the iPhone X wasn’t shipped until almost two months after its introduction, but Apple had already shipped the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus in-between.
Holding a September 8 event for a product launch in October could make sense if Apple had an in-person event and couldn’t easily relocate. But the launch of Apple’s iPhone 12 will likely be an online-only affair, and if Apple follows the pattern set by the June World Developers Conference, much of the presentation could be prerecorded. That means Apple could schedule its iPhone 12 event for when the phones are ready for launch.
Also, AirPower, first promised at the 2017 iPhone X launch and then killed in 2019, is unlikely to show up. While rumors have suggested Apple is trying to revive the charging mat, with a view to a launch in September 2020, it still seems like a long shot to include in an event on September 8.
That’s not to say that the iPhone 12 isn’t shipping in October or that the four models Apple is working on are rolled out in stages, only that the timing described in iHacktu’s tweet sounds a bit fishy, given the typical way of doing it. Apple stuff.
As for that October 27 event, we’re supposed to see another event featuring a new iPad Pro, as well as Apple’s Silicon Mac line, which includes a new 13-inch MacBook and MacBook Pro. Oddly enough, iHacktu also claims that Apple might even announce the enigmatic Glass of apple augmented reality headsets, what would happen if the presentation was made in person instead of online.
Once again, rumors have suggested that new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models with Apple chips might arrive this year, even if most Apple Silicon Macs won’t arrive on the scene until 2021, making an event of Mac in October is not out of the kingdom. of possibility. Including Apple Glass seems more fanciful: the more optimistic rumors suggest that the AR product would be ready in the spring of 2021, although most Apple watchers believe that 2022 or 2023 is more likely.
Apple tends to play its cards close to the vest, so we wouldn’t expect confirmation of an iPhone 12 launch event in early September until mid-August at the earliest.
