Apple to host next-gen iPhone launch event on 9 September
28 Aug 2015
Apple is all set to host its next-gen iPhone launch event on 9 September. The event will be live streamed on Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and also on PCs.
The company had started sending out invitations to some media houses for the event to be held at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California. With the event image reading, ''Hey Siri, give us a hint,'' Apple had ensured that Siri was a part of its media invite this time.
This year, Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus. There were also rumours that Apple would launch a cheaper variant – iPhone 6c – at the event. However, a new report by 9To5Mac claimed otherwise. According to the report which cited sources, Apple was working on the 4-inch device but it was not yet ready to ship.
''Apple has also internally prototyped a new, smaller iPhone with a 3.5-inch display, the same size of the iPhone's screen from the first model in 2007 to the iPhone 4S in 2011, but it does not appear that the company plans to move forward with actually releasing such a device,'' the report further added.
It further added that the company planned to pull the plug on iPhone 5c, but the iPhone 5s, 6 and 6 Plus sales would continue.
Meanwhile, a report claimed that the long-rumoured iPhone 6c would not be launched at Apple's 9 September event alongside the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus.
Last year's plastic-clad iPhone 5c would also not be seeing a refresh and the series would be discontinued, the report added.
According to earlier reports, Apple could launch three iPhone models this year - the iPhone 6s (successor to the iPhone 6), the iPhone 6s Plus (successor to the iPhone 6 Plus), and the iPhone 6c (successor to the iPhone 5c).
It the report was to be believed Apple would have a five-model iPhone lineup this year. With the iPhone 5c pulled out, the company would have the iPhone 5s at the lowest rung, with iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, and the iPhone 6s Plus rounding it off.
All the iPhone models had Touch ID, the fingerprint sensor.
Many had expected the company to launch an affordable iPhone, the iPhone 6c at the event to take on Android smartphones.
