Apple’s latest iPhone may arrive as quickly as subsequent month

Apple’s subsequent iPhone might arrive as quickly as subsequent month.

A brand new report out of Germany this week claims that the Cupertino, Calif.-based firm is planning on internet hosting an occasion March 31 the place it’s anticipated to unveil the successor to the lower-priced iPhone SE.

The brand new telephone is anticipated to have a physique just like that of the iPhone 8, however with the processing energy of the iPhone 11, and will promote for as little as $399 in keeping with highly-regarded Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.

The German weblog iPhone-Ticker cites sources near Apple. The March date would line up with comparable March occasions that Apple has held lately.

Apple is anticipated to launch the brand new iPhone — which could possibly be referred to as the iPhone SE2 or iPhone 9 — in addition to an up to date model of its well-liked iPad Professional. The tech big can also introduce a brand new product, dubbed AirTag, on the occasion.

AirTag can be a quarter-sized, wallet-friendly gadget for monitoring possessions. The trackers would assist customers discover misplaced objects because of the sign they beam to the person’s telephone. They could possibly be slipped right into a pockets, pocket of a bag or hooked up to any merchandise that is likely to be frequently misplaced.

Kuo stated in a current analysis observe that he expects Apple will produce tens of thousands and thousands of AirTags this yr.

Additionally this week, Bloomberg reported that Apple is contemplating opening its famously restrictive ecosystem to third-party apps. The corporate is having inner discussions about whether or not it ought to enable customers to set non-Apple e-mail and net searching apps as their default.

Apple has been criticized by opponents and lawmakers for potential antitrust violations as a consequence of its behavior of not permitting customers to choose out of utilizing pre-installed Apple apps because the default.