Few events garner more attention from the tech community than Apple’s  (AAPL) – Get Free Report annual iPhone unveiling. 

At the event, taking place most Septembers, Apple shows interested analysts and fans what it’s been developing for the past year. The highly choreographed event was live until September 2020, when the event was prerecorded thanks to the covid pandemic. Analysts expect this year’s also will be prerecorded, open only to a select audience.

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Within what’s expected to be about a one-hour presentation, many industry experts and insiders are anticipating quite the lineup of releases this year. 

Macworld predicts we could see the following at the 2023 event: 

• Release of the new iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 15 iPhone 15 Plus
• Release of the new Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2
• Release of the dates for the new iOS 17 and watchOS 10
• Maybe: the release of the new iPad mini 
• Maybe: the release of the new AirPods Lite

Of course, Apple has confirmed none of this; we’ll have to wait until the event to know exactly what Apple has up its sleeves. 

We don’t even know when the 2023 event will be held; in 2022, it was held on Wednesday, Sept. 7. We can expect it to take place on or around Tuesday, Sept. 12. 

Apple plans an anticipated upgrade

And while Apple remains tight-lipped about the details surrounding its event, plenty of reports about what exactly we might catch a glimpse of are rolling in early. 

One of the most exciting reports relates to Apple’s iPad, which has seen a slump in sales in recent years and has not received much of a refresh in the past five years. 

Apple isn’t expected to release its new upgrade at the September event, but that hasn’t stopped speculation about the new gadget from swirling. 

Bloomberg reports that the iPad Pro will receive a much-needed upgrade sometime in 2024. Here’s what that might look like: 

• New 11-inch and 13-inch size models
• Refreshed Magic Keyboard
• New M3 chip 
• Crisper, better displays
• OLED displays (which are also used on iPhone models X and later)

The Magic Keyboard features a trackpad and a smart enabled keyboard, which essentially turns an iPad into a laptop. That’s expected to be on of the big hits for the upgrade. It’s believed it will receive a larger trackpad in the upgrade and make new iPads feel even more like true laptops. 

The upgrades and refreshes couldn’t come at a better time. Tablet sales at Apple have been lagging; revenue for the segment was down 20% year-over-year in fiscal Q3. 

Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the iPad upgrade.

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