Apple has invited an unprecedented number of fashion editors and bloggers to its press event on September 9th, signalling that that as expected, the company will unveil a wearable device.
Suppliers are reportedly ramping up production of components for a new iPad Air that will be thinner and feature an improved Touch ID fingerprint sensor.
More alleged iPhone 6 parts have surfaced, showing off sim card trays, touch ID home buttons, a rear embedded Apple logo, and an improved speaker and updated vibrator motor design.
Analyst Matt Margolis has learned that all 5.5-inch iPhone 6 models will get sapphire cover screens but only some 4.7-inch iPhone 6 models will come with sapphire.
The iPhone 6 will reportedly feature 802.11ac Wi-Fi, a 2.0 GHz A8 processor, NFC, improved Touch ID, and possibly a special chip for authenticating Beats headsets.
Cowen & Co. analyst Timothy Arcuri predicts that Apple will equip the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 with a more powerful processor than the 4.7-inch iPhone 6, citing Asian supply chain sources.
Jonathan Ive, who is Apple's Senior Vice President of Industrial Design and now responsible for Human Interface, is reportedly pushing for a more 'flat design' to iOS 7.