date of publication:
August 08, 2022 11:54 GMT
Update date: August 08, 2022 14:15 GMT
A new report confirmed that Apple will hold its annual conference to launch iPhone phones this year in a recorded form, as it began filming and recording the conference, which is expected to be held electronically next September.
The report, published by the American “Bloomberg” agency, indicated that the conference will follow the same usual method two years ago, coinciding with the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, when companies began to avoid holding live conferences attended by developers.
The company had held its annual “WWDC 2022” developer conference completely electronically, with a limited number of developers attending for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.
It is expected that this year’s conference will witness the launch of iPhone 14 phones, and according to reports, it will be a family of 4 phones, which are: (iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Max, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max.”
It is noteworthy that previous expectations indicated that Apple would abandon the “mini” version of the new iPhone family, once morest the background of the poor performance of this version over two consecutive years at the level of sales, as it constituted only 3% of quarterly iPhone sales in the United States, during the period Between January and March of this year.
While it will present the new “Max” version, which will feature a large screen of 6.7 inches, but with fewer capabilities, which is likely to increase its sales.
The new Max version will combine the large screen, a feature sought by all smartphone users, as well as the low price, so that the researcher for a large screen does not have to bear the high price of the “Pro Max” version.
The report also indicated that the conference will witness the launch of the eighth generation of Apple smartwatches, “Apple Watch”, and it is expected that it will continue to rely on the same design as “Apple Watch 7”, in addition to obtaining a new sensor to measure body temperature, in addition to the advent of a high-end version. “Apple Watch Pro”, which will offer a titanium body, screen and greater battery capacity.
The “Bloomberg” report also indicated that the conference to launch new Apple devices is expected to be organized next September, in addition to the fact that another conference to launch new iPads is likely to be held in October, which may also witness the launch of a new generation of Apple wireless headphones “AirPods Pro” .
It is also expected that Apple will postpone the launch of the new version of its operating system for iPadOS 16 devices until October, during the launch ceremony of the new iPads, to be the first time that Apple releases the new iOS version earlier than the version of the iPad operating system, and the reason behind this may be The iPad system is not ready to arrive in a final form and needs further development.