Leakers disagree on what Apple will announce this week

[Chris Smith]

• Apple already confirmed it had to delay the iPhone 12 release day because of the novel coronavirus, with some leakers expecting the first devices to hit stores in October.
• Apple is now rumored to make some announcements on Tuesday, although the contents of the announcement are unknown.
• An insider says new products might be unveiled this week, while a different source claims that Apple will probably only announce the date of its virtual iPhone 12 press conference.

Before the novel coronavirus pandemic, September was the month of the iPhone. Apple would unveil the latest versions of its most iconic product in the second week of the month, and that’s when preorders would begin in the US and plenty of other markets. The newest iPhone would ship a week after the start of online orders. The COVID-19 health crisis changed all that, forcing Apple to confirm that there will not be any iPhone launch in September. Apple confirmed the delay that during its last earnings call, without specifying the handset’s official name or offering an actual release date for the iPhone 12 series. Apple did say that the new iPhones will launch a few weeks later than the usual late September launch window. It wasn’t clear at the time that an online-only press event would be postponed as well. Reports from trusted leakers said Apple would hold the iPhone keynote in mid-October, about a month later than usual, with two of the four expected iPhone 12 versions supposed to hit stores a week after that. Fast-forward to the second week of September, it’s widely clear that Apple will not hold its annual iPhone event this week. The company is still expected to make some announcements in the coming days, but insiders can’t agree on what it is.

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