9to5Mac also reports being told that completely new bands made out of new materials, plus partnerships with other firms following the Hermès collaboration, are in the works – but it is unclear whether those would be ready for unveiling in March.
The news site’s sources say that Apple is “tentatively planning a small media event in March”. Still, it looks like this could be jettisoned in favor of an online-only announcement, like that of the latest iPod Touch, unless another product becomes ready for announcing around the same time.
That product could be the iPad Air 3. A leading iOS app developer is said to have noticed, in November, evidence that new iPad models codenamed “iPad 6,3 and 6,4” – hinting at devices slotting somewhere between the iPad Air 2 and iPad Pro in specs – were in testing.
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