Apple has just officially announced their next event,
happening on October 13th, which is one week from today, at 10am.
So in this video, let’s go through everything we should expect to get announced,
and some things that we probably shouldn’t expect anymore
due to some newly released leaks and using some common sense as well, so let’s get right into it!
First off, Apple’s event invitations sometimes give a very subtle hint at what to expect,
and at first glance, this “Hi, Speed” invitation doesn’t really seem to make sense.
However, if you take a closer look, you can tell that the two outside rings
look exactly like the top of Apple’s HomePod smart speaker.
And if you look at the inside, it kind of looks like a smaller HomePod, except looking at it
from an angle, and this actually makes a lot of sense because a new HomePod Mini has been
rumored for months now, which will compete with Amazon’s more budget-friendly Echo speakers.
Now what makes this even more likely is an article posted yesterday
by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, a very reliable Apple leaker.
Apparently, Apple has stopped selling rival earphones and smart speakers ahead of their
October 13th event, including headphones from Bose and Logitech, and smart speakers from Sonos.
Apple even went as far as to remove all third-party audio devices from
their retail stores, telling Boss that from now on and going into the future,
Apple will only be selling Apple and Beats speakers.
This is huge news which hints at Apple releasing new audio products next week,
including a potential HomePod 2 and a new HomePod Mini at a more budget-friendly price,
probably at a price ranging from $100 to $150.
On top of that, Apple’s new AirPods Studio over-ear headphones
have been rumored for months as well, and Jon Prosser even got his hands on them
and gave us 3D renders of what they’ll look like, saying that they’re basically ready to ship.
These ones are incredibly interesting because they’ll be the first set of headphones
that are fully reversible, being able to detect the left and right ears automatically by using
Apple’s new UI chip, and these will probably be expensive, as much as $350.
Along with that, Jon Prosser also showed off 3D renders of Apple’s long-rumored AirTags,
which basically utilize the new U1 chip to give you incredibly accurate device tracking.
AirTags will be very small, probably around the size of a quarter or a half dollar,
allowing you to place them into any item like a backpack or even your wallet, and you’ll be
able to name them and track them just as you would with any Apple device you currently own.
So we should definitely expect Apple to release those,
but we’re not really sure how much they’ll cost.
Now what’s interesting is Apple released the Apple Watch Series 6 last month, which
actually includes Apple’s new U1 chip, but Apple didn’t really mention the benefits to this chip.
And Jon Prosser has said that every single portable flagship Apple device going forward
will be coming with the U1 chip built-in,
and he mentioned that it’s very important to the future of Apple.
So we can definitely expect Apple to talk about the new U1 chip
at their event and show off all of the new benefits.
And before we get into the star of the show, the iPhone 12, I want to mention that we
already have quite a few things to talk about at the event, so it’s already getting quite full.
I know you guys are waiting for Apple Silicon Macs,
a brand new Apple TV with the crazy A14X chip meant for gaming,
alongside a new gaming controller, and a very small chance of a new iPad Pro refresh.
But to be honest, I have a feeling that Apple isn’t going to announce any of those until
next month, if you think about it, they will all either be using the high-performance A14X chip,
or they’ll be based on that chip, in the case of the Apple Silicon Mac chips.
So to me, it wouldn’t make sense to cram the A14X and Apple Silicon Mac stuff into the iPhone event,
especially since both of those products will fight for your wallet since people
are so excited for them, so I personally think we won’t see new Macs next week,
but if by some chance it does happen, I’m gonna be extremely excited!
Now with that said, the last thing we should expect before I get into the iPhone 12 lineup
is the revival of the AirPower charging mat.
Rumors have been floating around this for a while now,
with potentially two wireless charging mats, the AirPower and the AirPower Mini.
The larger mat which will be able to wireless charge 3 devices at the same time,
is rumored to be priced at $250, which is incredibly expensive for a charger,
and then the AirPower Mini could be priced anywhere from $100 to $150.
And with that, let’s get into the iPhone 12 lineup.
There are 4 new iPhones we should expect this year,
coming from the iPhone 12 mini with a 5.4” display, the iPhone 12 with a 6.1” display,
the iPhone 12 Pro with a 6.1” display and an iPhone 12 Pro Max with a 6.7” display.
The most important standout feature is that they will all feature a new
design with squared off edges, similar to how the iPad Pro and new iPad Air look.
All of them should be getting an OLED display this time around, with rumors pointing to the
lower-end iPhone 12 models getting lower quality OLED displays, probably with worse color quality
and lower brightness, and those models will probably get some new colorful color options.
The Pro models are rumored to be getting a new midnight blue color,
which will look like a dark navy blue.
They should all be getting a notch with Face ID, although the iPhone 12 Mini is rumored
to be getting a slightly smaller notch since the display is so small at 5.4”.
They will all be sticking to a lightning port instead of moving onto USB-C, and some leaks
have shown that the new iPhones should be coming with a new braided Lightning to USB-C cable,
but without a power adapter in the box, just like they’re doing with the new Apple Watches.
And we shouldn’t expect earpods to go into the box either,
which will lead to more sales of AirPods and the new AirPods studio.
Perhaps the most exciting thing is that these new iPhones will be getting the A14 Bionic chip,
which Apple has already announced is going into the iPad Air 4,
which Apple still hasn’t released yet, probably because they want the iPhone to ship
before the iPad Air so it doesn’t spoil the performance of the A14.
And if you saw my video from yesterday where I showed off leaked benchmarks of that chip,
you’ll know that the performance of the iPhone 12’s is gonna be absolutely
insane, so be sure to check that out after this video is over!
However, some reports noted that there’s a chance that the iPhone 12 mini
will be coming with a slightly scaled-down version of the A14 chip, potentially the B14,
which sounds pretty weird for Apple to do, but if you consider the incredibly small
size of the iPhone 12 mini, it would make sense to help it get better battery life.
Along with that, every iPhone this year should be coming with 5G support,
but only the Pro models will be getting the super fast mmWave 5G.
On top of that, the Pro models should feature a new LiDAR scanner,
just like we already have on the iPad Pro, but a smaller version.
And this could enable improved Portrait mode photos and other new features as well.
And we also expect the camera bump on the back to get larger, featuring
larger lenses with larger sensors, which will greatly help for low light photos and video,
and it’ll probably enable night mode for more camera modes.
As far as the storage, the Pro models should also come with 128GB, which is really nice,
but the lower-end models are rumored to come with only 64GB at the base price,
which is why the prices could start as low as $649, which is really impressive for having 5G.
Now perhaps the most disappointing feature that we probably won’t be getting is 120hz
ProMotion displays, now that most rumors are pointing to that feature only coming next year.
So there you guys go, that’s everything we should expect next week at Apple’s October 13th
event. If this video was helpful, go ahead and tap the like button
and click the circle above to subscribe, and be sure to check out the leaked A14 benchmarks
right over there in that video. Thanks for watching, and we’ll see you in the next one!