Apple March 21 Event Is Expected To Witness The Launch Of New iPhone

Apple is expected to unveil a new iPhone on March 21 though it probably won’t be theiPhone 7. The invites were sent out to the media with the tagline “Let us loop you in”. Apple is expected to announce at the event a new iPhone and iPad. The former will likely be a 4-inch version of the iPhone 6, and the latter is a smaller version of the iPad Pro. The guess is that iPads under the Pro line will support the Apple Pencil and would have four speakers. The long-expected unveiling will be held at Apple's campus in Cupertino, California, the company said in the emailed invitation, without providing any other details.

According to 9to5 Mac, one can also expect a minor new software update for the Apple Watch, along with new colors for bands. Of course, the announcement people really are waiting for from Apple this year is the iPhone 7, but that won’t come until the fall if Apple’s usual schedule is anything to go by. The new iPhone, likely dubbed the SE and rumored to be priced around $450, is supposed to pack most of the powers of the iPhone 6 into an iPhone 5 body. Bloomberg reports that it will run the iPhone 6s’ A9 processor.

The scheduled March 21 event is Apple's first since September when the company had unveiled the iPhone 6s, iPad Pro and updated Apple TV. The event is taking place in the midst of its battle with the Justice Department over privacy and encryption. Apple is contesting a request from government investigators seeking the company's help unlocking an iPhone used by one of the shooters who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, in December. Apple is arguing that the order oversteps government authority because it would weaken its customer's security protections and set a precedent that would force companies to create new tools to aid law enforcement. A similar standoff is taking place in a New York case.

Apple business has seen a fall as iPhone sales are no longer a dependable growth driver after unprecedented success and iPad sales also are in decline. Financial analysts predict sales will fall this year for the first time in more than a decade. The stock has fallen more than 18 percent in the past 12 months.

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