Apple event March 2022: What to expect

Apple is holding its first launch occasion the yr on Tuesday, the place it’s anticipated to announce a brand new iPhone, an iPad, and presumably some contemporary Macs.

The launch might be livestreamed from Apple’s Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, California, like all the firm’s launch occasions since 2020.

Apple’s spring gadget launches are much less essential to the corporate than its conventional fall occasions, which reveal new iPhone fashions forward of the vacation buying season. The autumn iPhones are pricier and extra worthwhile for Apple. Tuesday’s occasion follows the same spring launch final yr, the place Apple introduced a brand new iPad Professional, a redesigned iMac desktop laptop and AirTags.

This is what’s anticipated at Apple’s spring launch occasion on Tuesday, in keeping with analysts and media experiences:

Apple is predicted to replace the iPhone SE with 5G assist, a quicker processor, and a greater digital camera, in keeping with Bloomberg Information. However a very powerful query for buyers is whether or not Apple will keep the identical worth as the present $399 iPhone SE, which launched two years in the past, or whether or not it refreshes it and continues to promote the 2020 mannequin at an excellent cheaper price. Doing so would possibly assist Apple acquire market share towards low-cost Android telephones that promote for lower than $399.

Wedbush analyst Dan Ives wrote in a observe on Monday that the brand new iPhone SE may stand out in comparison with discount telephones and there’s “pent up demand” for the mannequin globally.

Apple launched new high-end iPads Professional final spring and up to date the iPad Mini and common iPad final fall.

That leaves the iPad’s center youngster, the $599 iPad Air, because the mannequin that’s most eligible for an replace. The present mannequin has a ten.9-inch display screen, and a fingerprint sensor constructed into the facility button.

Apple may launch a brand new model of the iPad Air with the identical total design this spring, TF Securities analyst Ming Chi-Kuo mentioned in a observe earlier this yr, including Apple’s newest cell chip, optionally available 5G assist and improved cameras.

Apple’s promotional tagline for Tuesday’s occasion is “peek efficiency,” suggesting that not less than one new gadget may have vital pace or energy. So perhaps we’ll see new Macs.

Apple has been transitioning its laptop computer and desktop lineup to run by itself chips, referred to as M1, as an alternative of Intel chips. Final yr, Apple launched iMacs and MacBook Professionals with its chips. In late 2020, it launched MacBook Air, Mac Mini and a single MacBook Professional mannequin.

Lots of these units are beginning to enter the eligible window for a refresh, though Apple hasn’t introduced the successor to its M1 chip household but. As well as, Apple followers are clamoring for an even bigger model of the iMac with Apple’s chips and a 27-inch show.

Apple information web site 9to5Mac mentioned final week, citing sources, that Apple can also be engaged on a brand new mannequin with a quick chip that could possibly be referred to as the Mac Studio along with a brand new exterior show. Nevertheless, Apple additionally holds an annual developer convention in June referred to as WWDC, which could possibly be a greater match to launch dear professional-level macs.

Apple may even possible announce a launch date for its subsequent main software program replace for iPhones and iPads on the occasion.

Apple has been testing iOS 15.4 since January and it will likely be the second-biggest replace of the yr after the yet-to-be-announced iOS 16, which might be revealed in June at WWDC and launched within the fall.

iOS 15.4 will embody a number of new options, together with the flexibility to unlock a cellphone with a masks, new emoji, and Apple’s new fee product that enables anybody with an iPhone to simply accept bank card funds with out further {hardware}.