Apple’s upcoming “Let Loose” event “might be accompanied by an occasion in London,” in keeping with The Independent‘s Andrew Griffin.
The report doesn’t present any extra particulars about what might be taking place in London, but it surely would possibly merely be a briefing that enables journalists within the UK to obtain hands-on time with the brand new iPads and different merchandise that Apple is anticipated to announce subsequent month. Apple has often invited the media to hands-on briefings in New York City, and it additionally held a briefing in Toronto, Canada for the brand new MacBook Air fashions final month.
Apple’s “Let Unfastened” occasion begins on Tuesday, Might 7 at 7 a.m. Pacific Time, which might be 3 p.m. native time in London. New gadgets and equipment anticipated to be introduced on the occasion embrace two new iPad Professional fashions, two new iPad Air fashions, an up to date Apple Pencil, and a redesigned Magic Keyboard for iPads, and there may be all the time an opportunity of a shock or two. A video stream of the occasion might be out there on Apple.com and on YouTube.
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has repeatedly stated that he expects Apple to launch its Imaginative and prescient Professional headset in extra nations before its developers conference WWDC, which begins June 10. May the accompanying “occasion” in London permit journalists within the UK to obtain hands-on time with the Imaginative and prescient Professional too? It might make sense for Apple to launch the Imaginative and prescient Professional internationally earlier than it declares visionOS 2 at WWDC.
In fact, that is all just a few pre-event hypothesis for enjoyable based mostly on a single sentence in a British newspaper. Apple’s precise plans stay to be seen.
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