Apple’s upcoming “Let Free” occasion “will likely be accompanied by an occasion in London,” in accordance with The Impartial‘s Andrew Griffin.
The report doesn’t present any further particulars about what will likely be occurring in London, nevertheless it 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 predicted to announce subsequent month. Apple has often invited the media to hands-on briefings in New York Metropolis, and it additionally held a briefing in Toronto, Canada for the brand new MacBook Air fashions final month.
Apple’s “Let Free” occasion begins on Tuesday, Might 7 at 7 a.m. Pacific Time, which will likely be 3 p.m. native time in London. New units 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 will likely be accessible on Apple.com and on YouTube.
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has repeatedly mentioned that he expects Apple to launch its Imaginative and prescient Professional headset in further nations earlier than its builders convention WWDC, which begins June 10. Might the accompanying “occasion” in London permit journalists within the UK to obtain hands-on time with the Imaginative and prescient Professional too? It may make sense for Apple to launch the Imaginative and prescient Professional internationally earlier than it declares visionOS 2 at WWDC, and the UK is one in every of 9 nations the place the headset is predicted to grow to be accessible subsequent.
After all, 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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