Apple iPhone Event: “It’s Glowtime” on September 9th

Apple invites you to the iPhone event: September 9th is the day. Under the motto “It’s Glowtime”, the tech giant is presenting its latest products. What can we expect from the iPhone 16 series, the Apple Watch Series 10 and the AirPods 4? An overview of the rumors and expectations.

Apple announces “Glowtime” event for September

Apple has finally let the cat out of the bag: This year’s iPhone event will take place on September 9th at 7 p.m. German time. It was recently expected that the event would take place on September 10th, but this rumor has not been confirmed. Instead, Apple has chosen Monday, the 9th, for the presentation. the motto “It’s Glowtime” The Cupertino-based company invites you to the presentation of its latest products.

As usual, the event will be held in Apple Park and will be accessible to selected media representatives on site. For anyone else interested, the event will be streamed live on the Apple website, YouTube and the Apple TV app. We will report live.

A look into the past

Speaking of Apple events: Did you know that the first three Apple events in history took place in 1984? The very first event presented the Macintosh to shareholders at the Flint Center in Cupertino. Just a few days later, it was shown a second time at an event organized by the Boston Computer Society.

In April of the same year, the “Apple II Forever” event followed, where the Apple IIc was introduced. These events laid the foundation for the now legendary Apple keynotes.

iPhone 16: What can we expect?

The focus of the event is the new iPhone 16 series. According to rumors and leaks, we can look forward to some exciting new features. The basic models are said to retain the familiar design and the previous display sizes, but Apple is said to have planned many changes – and new colors.

iPhone Rumors Summary

• All models are expected to receive the new A18 chip, which enables support for the upcoming Apple Intelligence features in iOS 18.
• A new feature for the entire series is the so-called “Capture Button”. This additional button is intended to make it easier to use the camera app and enable gestures such as zooming by swiping.
• The “Action Button” already known from the Apple Watch will now also find its way into the iPhone and will be freely assignable.
• The standard iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus models may get 8GB of RAM and a vertically aligned camera arrangement for spatial video recording.

Apple Watch and AirPods: More new features in sight

In addition to the iPhones, we can also look forward to new features in the Apple Watch. The Series 10 is said to have a thinner design and a larger display. Rumors suggest that the watch could be available in sizes 45 and 49 millimeters. Refreshes of the Apple Watch SE and Apple Watch Ultra are also on the cards. It will be exciting to see whether Apple will integrate new health functions such as sleep apnea detection or blood pressure measurement this year.

What’s new with the AirPods

Apple is apparently planning to split the AirPods into two models: Two models of the AirPods 4 are to be released. One as a direct successor to the AirPods 3 and another with active noise cancellation at a price below the Pro version.

Outlook on software updates

In addition to the hardware, the release dates for iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, tvOS 18 and visionOS 2 are also expected. These will bring new features and improvements, some of which Apple had already shown at WWDC 2024.

Alexia Hope

Alexia is the author at Research Snipers covering all technology news including Google, Apple, Android, Xiaomi, Huawei, Samsung News, and More.