“It was a year ago tomorrow that Apple sent out invitations for a March 21st event,” Bill Maurer writes for Seeking Alpha. “Just a few weeks later, Apple would unveil and then release its new smaller iPhone, the SE, along with a 9.7-inch version of its iPad Pro. While these products might not have necessarily made a huge dent in the company’s quarterly results, they likely delivered enough to make a difference when we look at this year’s comparisons.”
“Now that we are more than a week into March, it is time for Apple to refresh these products,” Maurer writes. “Sure, the iPhone SE seemed likely a one-time release, hence the “SE” naming standing for special edition as many say. There was/is a crowd that still favors a smaller, 4-inch display phone, but it appears that it may not be large enough for annual refreshes. As I’ve detailed in the past, it doesn’t seem like Apple will launch a SE 2 or similar type model this year.”
“More important, currently, may be Apple’s strategy with the iPad. The 9.7-inch Pro is nearly a year old, the 12.9-inch is almost half a year older, and the company still sells models like the Mini 2, which launched in late 2013,” Maurer writes. “If we don’t get anything new in the next few weeks, or if these products don’t ship until late April or perhaps May, it could set up Apple for a guidance disappointment at next month’s earnings report.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Here’s hoping we do see new iPads soon, especially that rumored slim-bezel 10.5-inch iPad Pro!
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Love my iPhone SE – best size and chassis for me, matched to decent power.
Now waiting for that iPad Pro and Pencil update.
Let’s just hope that if Apple updates the iPhone SE, they’ll keep the headphone jack for those of us who prefer the reliability of wired headphones.
Every iPhone sold ships with a pair of wired headphones. Just sayin’
My wife loves her 5 … and dislikes my 6s, so she’s passed over updates.
I’ve tried to convince her to move to a 5SE before they disappear, but now that they’re old enough to need a refresh, in keeping my mouth shut.
If Apple doesn’t continue the small form factor, she’ll move to Android to stay small … and while I would normally say that that will totally screw up our home ecosystem, if Apple doesn’t update their desktop Macs real damn soon, that’s going to happen anyway.
It is curious how almost everyone I know calls that phone iPhone 5SE. There is nothing 5 (not even 5s) about it. It is an iPhone 6s in a smaller body, minus the 3D touch (pressure-sensitive display).
It is called iPhone SE (no numbers; just SE).
It’s interesting that Apple lagged going to large smartphone displays leaving the field open for competitors, then when they did move, practically abandoned the small display and allowing the competition to ‘win’ over that size. With their resources can’t they refresh both form factors simultaneously?
IPad 4 in serious need of refreshing. But not nearly as much as my ProAudio iMac- now dead as a door nail.
You mean the iPad? Well yeah the iPad 4 has since been refreshed with the iPad Air, iPad Air 2 and iPad 9.7″ Pro. Try and keep up. And again, it’s iPad. iPad.
I won’t even start with all of what has gone wrong at Apple concerning refreshing their product lines.
Apple, I’ll say it in Japanese, leflesh. Soon.
Apple, a leal remon?
What a bunch of idiots posting here and at Seeking Alpha.
Apple needs this, Apple must do that. Bullshit. Bullshit. Bullshit.
If any of you had 10% of the expertise that Apple management has you’d be busy running a multi-million dollar firm, and not posting here.
The monkey-writers have no ideas of their own and are just producing clickbait. Apple users aren’t really trying to project any superior management expertise. They are just venting because Apple doesn’t produce what they want. They try to justify their emotional response in any number of ways; criticising management decision-making being one of them.
Lots of noise out there, not too much signal.