The world’s richest technology company is “spring loaded” and ready to launch a raft of shiny new gadgets in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, Australian time.
Following a record year for Apple devices, which saw the company launch new smartphones, tablets, laptops, its first fitness service and its first headphones, the company is strongly tipped to refresh older products and introduce new tech.
This is what to expect when chief executive Tim Cook hits ‘play’ on Apple’s first big event of 2021.
BIG IPAD LAUNCH
Apple biggest and most powerful tablet computers got a revamp just last year, arriving in March as everyone was adapting to work-from-home lifestyles.
Those 2020 iPad Pro models added a LIDAR scanner, a faster chip, more RAM, extra storage and could be used with the elevated Magic Keyboard stand.
The changes were handy but not revolutionary, however, and we noted at the time that upgrades would be “difficult to justify for recent iPad Pro buyers”.
That’s why…