Apple Officially Hosting an Event Oct. 16; New iPads, iMacs Expected
A detail from Apple’s invitation for its forthcoming iPad event.
Apple’s 2014 is not finished yet.
On Wednesday, Apple announced the date and time of its second special event of the fall, where the technology giant is rumored to be revealing a new line of updated iPad tablets and iMac computers with crisper displays. The event will take place Oct. 16, starting at 1 p.m. Eastern/10 a.m. Pacific.
Invitations to the event were sent out to the media this afternoon. Rumors and reporting up to this point suggest that the October event will be much more low key than the company’s Sept. 9 bonanza, where CEO Tim Cook premiered the iPhone 6, the iPhone 6 Plus, and the yet-to-be released Apple Watch.
As far as we can tell, there will be no mysterious cubic journalist barn nor a surprise appearance from a generally past-its-prime rock band. No, this event will likely be more low key.
The most prominent pre-event rumors suggest that Apple will make its iPad screens bigger, much like it did with its latest batch of iPhones. The tablets may also be equipped with Touch ID sensors that allow you to unlock your phone via fingerprint, a capability first introduced with the iPhone 5s.
Read: All the rumors surrounding the new iPad!
As for the iMacs, they’ll likely have ultra-high-resolution displays and be released alongside OS X Yosemite, the revamped desktop operating system that Apple announced at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June. Though these iMacs will apparently feature the similarly thin frame of their predecessors, 9to5Mac reports that they’ll also come with a bunch of shiny new guts, like better WiFi antennas and faster processors.
We’ll be there, coffee in hand, liveblogging the event. Won’t you join us?
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