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Surprise ! Apple ’s got one more result to go this year . watchword is that various supply chain issue kiboshed plans to herald extra hardware at last month’siPhone 15 event . Whereas in past years the company has opted to do a final troll of proclamation through press releases , this time out it ’s holding a standalone event — chance tonight at5PM PT/8PM ET .
The party sent out invites forScary Fast October 24 , precede to speculation that an October Apple event like this could signal the long - awaited release of new desktop silicon . The caution , however , is that unlike the past few , there is n’t an in - mortal ingredient . So , strong tidings , but perhaps not substantive enough to ask folks to vanish out from around the world .
The event is also unusual in its start time . Rather than the customary 10AM PT Tuesday break of day , kickoff fourth dimension is5PM PT/8PM ETMonday night — All Hallows ’ Eve even , if you will . As ever , the quick and easy way to come after along ( besides bookmarking TechCrunch , of course ) is visitingApple ’s event page . As common , Apple will also make the flow available via YouTube . That one be given to lag the other a snatch , if such things matter to you .
As for what we ’re expecting this time out , in addition to the obvious Halloween partial tone , “ Scary Fast ” is most likely a denotation tonew chips . Meanwhile , both the silverish Apple logotype on the invite and the AR gist that transforms it into the Finder widget are inviolable indicators that we ’re trade with fresh Macs here .
So , the most logical headliners at the moment are a new 24 - in iMac , along with a MacBook Pro refresh , power by the M3 and M3 Pro scrap , severally . Now , Apple is also reportedly act on a 32 - inch iMac / iMac Pro , though word is that wo n’t launch until next year , at the early . But Apple does seem poised to belatedly celebrate macOS Sonoma ’s arrival with some new ironware , disregarding .
iPad could surely get some love this time out . The Pro is likely the most likely at the minute , but candidly the full line is up for grab this prison term out . This would also be a great opportunity torefresh a number of devices with USB - speed of light connectors , just ahead of the holidays . It ’s been nearly three ( extremely farsighted ) days since the AirPods Max debut .
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Heck , any member of the line could follow in the footsteps of last month’sAirPods Pro 2 refresh . I ’m also still holding out Bob Hope that standalone USB - ampere-second cases will be available at some full point . Either way , it ’s fair to expect that the issue will be more than just Macs . Among other things , the Vision Pro scarce got any stage time at the iPhone effect . With its close at hand comer too soon next year , this would be the metre to talk demos and debut more content .
We ’ll see you — and Tim — tonight .
