14 DAY TRIAL // Apple has recently announced that it will be closing its Apple Store today, and customers won’t be able to place orders for Apple products from 3 a.m. to 8 a.m. Eastern. The company didn’t reveal the reason for the scheduled maintenance downtime, but it did hint towards new products being released.
The Apple Store is currently down, but the message that appears when accessing it reads “We’ve got something special in store for you. And we can’t wait for you to see it. Please check back soon.”
This does hint at new products being added and made available to users once the store returns to service. An official announcement has yet to be made; a press release will most likely be issued later today.
Apple could introduce a 128GB iPhone SE, aside from new iPads
Recent rumors have stated that Apple is working on a series of new iPads, which would be released in the near future. One such iPad will be the highly anticipated 10.5-inch iPad Pro model with a very thin-bezel display and overall size just slightly larger than the current 9.7-inch iPad Pro. However, reports have pointed that this iPad might arrive during an event in April, when Apple will also open its new Apple Park campus.
Aside from this, Apple is also said to release a revamped 12.9-inch iPad Pro and a 9.7-inch variant, while the latter product would replace iPad Air 2 as Apple’s enterprise tablet. The Cupertino company is said to introduce a new variant of the iPhone SE, one that would have 128GB of internal storage. iPhone SE isn’t at the forefront of Apple products, but the phone released last year does have a solid user base consisting of customers who enjoy smaller iPhones, but with powerful capabilities.
There’s also talk of a red color variant for iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, as well as new Apple Watch bands, but the latter solely wouldn’t justify a scheduled downtime for the Apple Store.