Per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his “Power On” newsletter, Apple is likely to announce a new iPhone SE with support for 5G and a faster chip is likely to be among the announcements at its April media event.
“Apple’s first virtual event of 2022 is coming up in just a few short months and is likely to take place in either March or April, I’m told,” wrote Gurman.
For its April 20 media event in 2021, Apple unveiled its AirTag item tracker, new iPad Pro and 24-inch iMac models powered by the M1 chip, the second-generation Apple TV 4K, and a new purple color option for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini.
In 2020, given the COVID-19 pandemic, Apple did not hold a spring event. The company still announced several new products with press releases on its website that spring, including updated MacBook Air and iPad Pro models on March 18 and the second-generation iPhone SE on April 15.
In addition to a new iPhone SE, it’s thought that Apple might announce a new 27-inch iMac as well as high-end Mac mini desktops with M1 Pro and M1 Max chips at is spring media event.
Gurman also said that he is near certain that WWDC will remain a fully virtual event this year, shortly after it was announced that the E3 video game conference normally held in person in June will be an online-only event again this year.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.