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September 15 event is for 'Apple Watch Series 6,' not 'iPhone 12,' report claims

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A new series of reports claim that Apple's September 15 event is for the "Apple Watch Series 6," and that the "iPhone 12" won't be announced until October.

Following Apple's announcement of a September 15 event, a new claim says that it is to exclusively feature the unveiling of the new "Apple Watch Series 6." While Apple's September events usually feature both a new Apple Watch and a new iPhone, the claim is that the "iPhone 12" announcement is delayed to October.

According to Bloomberg, Apple's "Time Flies" invitation is a direct reference to the new "Apple Watch Series 6." The report also notes that the event will again be solely an online one.

It was already expected that Apple would move the release of its "iPhone 12" range to October, but not the announcement. Until this report, it had been believed that there would be a launch event in September and perhaps around a similar time to most previous ones, with some models not arriving until later, at around the same time that the iPhone X shipped.

Earlier reports had claimed that Apple would separate the unveiling of the "Apple Watch Series 6." However, it was expected that this would be because a September event would be devoted to the "iPhone 12," and that the Watch would be announced with a press release.

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Those same reports said that an iPad Air was due, and this may now happen at the "Time Flies" event. Recent regulatory filings have confirmed that five editions of a new iPad are on their way.



7 Comments

smaffei 12 Years · 237 comments

Sounds kinda fishy to me…

Why would Apple do that?!? Everyone will be expecting a 5G iPhone 12 and will be disappointed when it isn't. And, the stock will take a hit. Why not wait?

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gilly33 11 Years · 444 comments

These reports are so full of shit. I’ll be hopefully pleasantly whenever Apple announce the new hardware. 

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greginprague 14 Years · 492 comments

What is Prosser saying now that he’s been proven wrong about a release announcement (not event announcement) coming out definitely today?

How many times do these “well connected” people have to be wrong before we stop taking their rumors as anything more than unsubstantiated rumors and stop writing articles about them?

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Beats 5 Years · 3073 comments

This could be good news. Could mean Apple Watch is getting so big it deserves it's own event. Could Apple have a new iPhone on it's hands? Statistics did show it was outselling iPhone initial sales year per year.

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fastasleep 15 Years · 6451 comments

What is Prosser saying now that he’s been proven wrong about a release announcement (not event announcement) coming out definitely today?

How many times do these “well connected” people have to be wrong before we stop taking their rumors as anything more than unsubstantiated rumors and stop writing articles about them?

Backpedaling and deflecting, and getting dragged for it.

But you know this is a rumors site, correct? 

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