On March 22, Apple’s confrontation with the FBI will reach a showdown. But the day before that, the company will hold it’s first media conference of 2016. At this conference, they’re expected to showcase their new products.
These products include the much anticipated new iPad and 4-inch iPhone. Sources from BuzzFeed News said the date was moved from March 15 to March 21. But on March 22, Apple will turn it’s attention from the conference to the courtroom. The 4-inch iPhone will be about the same size as the iPhone 5s. But this new one will have a four inch display and a faster chip. Another selling point will be the support of Apple Pay, a mobile pay service that’s all the rage. Some new iWatches are also expected to be revealed. Sources say this will be a down scaled event compared to the one they had at this time last year. That one was at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, a venue in downtown that holds up to 7,000 people. Rumor has it this conference could take place at Apple’s town hall meeting in Cupertino, CA. That way, Apple won’t even have to leave their own campus.
I’m sure many are looking forward the new 4-inch iPhone and the new set of iWatches and other new Apple products. But I find it peculiar that this event would be moved to March 21, the day before a critical court date. It’s a court date that I’m sure the whole world will be watching. This must be made clear: Apple’s time, date and venue for this upcoming conference is strictly speculation. Apple has not confirmed anything and nobody is talking. Did they want to get the conference out of way before the March 22 magistrate hearing? Did they want to send the Feds and Apple’s critics a message? Why do you think Apple made this conference move?