Apple will launch the iPhone 14 on September 7. The “Far Out” event will take place at 10 AM PDT at the Steve Jobs Theater on its Apple Park Campus and will stream online at Apple Events.
Apple CEO Tim Cook will first talk about the situation of the company and how Apple has handled the challenges of the pandemic and the consequent supply constraints. He will also talk about coming back to Apple Park and opening other Apple offices at least three days a week.
Cook may also tease new Apple TV shows to show the strength of its services and remind investors that Apple’s profits are not just reliant on its still highly thriving iPhone line.
Cook will then introduce the iPhone 14, which will be as many as four iPhone 14 models:
iPhone 14
iPhone 14 Pro
iPhone 14 Max
iPhone 14 Pro Max
Most rumors point to the iPhone 13 mini being the last in a short-lived line of pint-sized iPhones.
Most rumors state that the Pro line will have 48MP cameras. That’s a big leap from the 12MP cameras on the 13 line and, again, will help differentiate between the iPhones 14 and 14 Max and the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max. There will be a “pixel binning” mode, which will combine four pixels at a time into an even better 12MP image.
A new Apple silicon A16 Bionic chip should be in all of the iPhone 14 models, though aside from a potential battery-saving 3nm process, no one is expecting a major upgrade from the A15 Bionic.
The expected iPhone 14 launch would also start the countdown for the full launch of iOS 16, which is currently in public beta.
We might see the rumored HomePod 2 at the launch as well.
Many expect the new Apple Watch 8 (or Series 8) to arrive along with the iPhone 14. There should be an Apple Watch 8 Pro, a larger and more rugged version of the Apple Watch designed for extreme sports and/or intensive outdoor use.
There’s a chance that just the next AirPods 4 are also brought forward. What’s not anticipated is that either version’s charge cases will come with USB-C charging ports.
With each Apple launch event comes the hope (call it a desperate wish) that there’ll be “one more thing.” It’s a tradition Apple Co-Founder, the late Steve Jobs, started more than a decade ago, and that current CEO Cook has honored only occasionally.
