Apple has sent out press invitations for an event to be held on March 21 at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California.
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Apple’s invite for the event is mysterious enough, as it says “Let me loop you in” . This is smaller than the company’s iPhone 6 and 6s devices, which have 4.7-inch displays.
The 4-inch phone is expected to be called the iPhone 5SE or simply the iPhone SE and will bring in some top end feature like the Touch ID fingerprint scanner. With iPhone sales now starting to plateau, analysts say Apple could spark additional demand by offering an updated 4-inch iPhone alongside the bigger models. Most expect Apple to unveil a smaller iPhone, a revised iPad and new bands for the Apple Watch. It arrived alongside the iPhone 5S, but while the 5S has been succeeded with newer handsets, the iPhone 5C hasn’t been.
At issue is a February 16 order directing Apple to create specialized software that can bypass auto-erase functions on the phone and enable the Federal Bureau of Investigation to remotely access the phone.
In addition to the next iPhone, which may not have a headphone jack, Apple is expected to announce its iPad Air 3 and smaller-screen iPhone SE. It will replace the iPhone 5s as the entry-level model in Apple’s smartphone lineup.
Pushing back a bit, Colbert said that Cook has characterized this request as a slippery slope – that if the function did exist, it could be used turn on someone’s phone to surveil them without their knowledge. Pocket-Lint reports that the upcoming iPad will have similar features to the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, which was previously released, so it is certainly a possibility that the upcoming tablet will be named the iPad Pro.
Fitting with the rumours Apple will be including a range of wireless headphones with the new product, the case has no socket for headphones, but contains two other holes believed to be for stereo speakers. It will be available in Space Grey, Gold, Silver, and a possible variant in Rose Gold color. The latest iPhone 6s incidentally started at Rs 62,000 in India going up all the way to Rs 92,000.
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Last, as this is also the observed time of the year when Apple provides a laptop upgrade, there are also some theories that the Macs will move up to Skylake – Intel’s sixth-generation Core line upgrade.
