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Rose Gold coming to iPhone 5se like iPhone 6s, not ‘bright pink’, plus next iPads & MacBooks

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In January, we reported that the upcoming 4-inch iPhone 5se would be released in the same colors as the iPhone 6s: Silver, Space Gray, Gold, and Rose Gold. That is still the case, according to sources. This weekend, reports have emerged with claims that the new device will be offered in a new “bright” or “hot” pink color option, but sources say that the iPhone 5se’s coloring is identical to the iPhone 6s’s in appearance.

Apple is said to be aiming to keep its hardware colors consistent across iOS devices. In fact, there are Rose Gold variations of the upcoming iPad Air 3 floating around Apple’s campus. Apple is also considering bringing that gold hue over to the next versions of the 12-inch MacBook and the iPad mini, according to sources, but those are unlikely to arrive at next month’s event.

Apple will unveil the new iPhone model alongside the next-generation iPad Air and a series of new Apple Watch options at an event on Tuesday, March 15th, we previously reported. The iPhone 5se is essentially an upgraded iPhone 5s with faster A9 and M9 chips, the iPhone 6’s camera system, more storage, Apple Pay, always-on Siri activation support in a design that is “nearly identical” to that of the 5s.

The upcoming iPad Air 3 will come in around the size of the iPad Air 2, lack 3D Touch, and include a Smart Connector for a new line of iPad Air-optimized accessories, according to sources. Leaked design schematics have indicated that the device could also include a rear-facing LED flash for improved photography. This spring’s Apple Watch updates will include a Space Black Watch with a Milanese Loop, new Sport Band colors, and line of NATO-style nylon straps.

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  1. Jeremy Franklin - 8 years ago

    Pencil support for iPad?

  2. o0smoothies0o - 8 years ago

    First you guys say it will have rounded edges like the iPhone 6, now it’s ‘nearly identical’ to the 5s. I knew they wouldn’t call it iPhone 5se if it had rounded edges. iPhone 5se only makes sense if it has the exterior design of the iPhone 5.

    • Garett Auriemma - 8 years ago

      “iPhone 5se” only makes sense if it’s coming out two years ago.

      • PMZanetti - 8 years ago

        Uh, no. The iPhone 5s is still an active member of the iPhone lineup. It has been so for 3 release cycles. They intend to keep it even longer, but prefer to update it with more current internals so that they are not selling anything new without Apple Pay.

        Really, truly, honestly, not that hard to understand.

    • Chris Cooper (@clcooper) - 8 years ago

      That is why they are called “rumors”, not “facts released in advance by Apple”.

      • taoprophet420 - 8 years ago

        The rumors were always it had rounded glass display and would look like an iPhone 6. Just this site didn’t report it.

      • o0smoothies0o - 8 years ago

        I’ll make this simple for you, 9to5Mac has sources high up at Apple, they give information to Mark Gurman. If they give information to Mark Gurman, the assumption is that it isn’t a rumor, it is basically unofficial fact. Considering the accuracy of Mark Gurman’s exclusives, you can forget the word ‘rumor’.

        Their sources previous said rounded, now they apparently say 5 look, hence my comment.

      • o0smoothies0o - 8 years ago

        @tao No, click on their first link, they reported it.

      • Chris Cooper - 8 years ago

        Mark reported on what he had at the time, now he has this info. Oh no, info changed, and perhaps even intentionally by Apple. Gasp! The humanity!

    • applegetridofsimandjack - 8 years ago

      The iPhone 6 was designed the way it was because of the size of the phone. Using sharp edges like with iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S for such a big phone would not have been smart because it would feel extremely uncomfortable, again, because of the size of the phone.

      The only reson Apple didn’t go with those sharp edges sooner, is becahse it wasn’t possible back in the day to make them as Apple wanted (antennas in the frame of the phone which started with iPohone 4) and so they went with the rounded edges first (iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS).

      It’s ok for the 4 inch phone to have rounded or sharp edges but not for 4.7 inch devices because of ergnonomics. We have to remember there’s a reason iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S are desgined the way they are.

      Another example is the curved display at the edges. This makes using the phone even easier with one hand, which is crucial because of its size.

      • o0smoothies0o - 8 years ago

        That’s completely incorrect. Yes, the rounded edges feel nicer, but they will go back to a square front at least, in the future. Guaranteed. It is actually harder to hold due to the rounded edges. And the rounded edges do not profoundly affect the comfortability, that’s absurd.

        They also said they went to rounded because they added the forward/backward side gesture in iOS 7, and rounded worked best for that.

        To suggest that rounded only makes sense in a big device is funny. It’s a design style, both the square and rounded work perfectly fine in smaller or larger devices.

      • applegetridofsimandjack - 8 years ago

        That’s completely incorrect. Yes, the rounded edges feel nicer, but they will go back to a square front at least, in the future. Guaranteed. It is actually harder to hold due to the rounded edges. And the rounded edges do not profoundly affect the comfortability, that’s absurd.
        They also said they went to rounded because they added the forward/backward side gesture in iOS 7, and rounded worked best for that.
        To suggest that rounded only makes sense in a big device is funny. It’s a design style, both the square and rounded work perfectly fine in smaller or larger devices.

        Don’t know what you mean man. Rounded edges are more difficult to hold than sharp edges?

        Yes swiping back is easier with curved display. But they rounded the edges because of the size of the phone.

        Btw your reasoning doesn’t at all reflect Apple’s thinking. You say ‘They also said they went to rounded because they added the forward/backward side gesture in iOS 7, and rounded worked best for that.’

        As if Apple is going to use that reasoning for designing the iPhone in that way. They did it because of ergonomics. Your reasoning just doesn’t make any sense.
        Apple designs it products by looking at the user.

        They initially knew they were going to make an iPhone with a larger display before designing the phone. To still allow users to use the phone with one hand (gestures and such) they used rounded edges, and to up ergonomics even more, they curved the display slightly which also allows the design to flow (resulting in the edges not looking as a seperate part of the phone like on many other phones)

      • taoprophet420 - 8 years ago

        The rounded glass also makes it easier to crack the phone.

        Ergonomically the rounded edges make the phone feel like a bar of soap.A square frame makes like the 4 and 5 makes the phone feel much more secure n the hand.

      • Greg Kaplan (@kaplag) - 8 years ago

        just to throw my 2 cents in… The 5/5s is annoying to pick up. Unlike the 4/4s, there isn’t enough surface area on the sides for your fingers to vice grip on to pick it up and it lacks enough of a lip to get your nail under to lift it up. An even thinner phone like that would have been even more annoying to pick up off a flat surface.

        The rounded edges allow your fingers to get under so you can lift up one side and then the rest. I’m sure that’s not the only reason for the change but it’s something most people don’t consider.

        I think the 5c was nicest to hold and use. Had a nice curved back with flat sides. Funny it’s about the same thickness as the 4s.

    • Chris Cooper - 8 years ago

      Mark reported on what he had at the time, now he has this info. Oh no, info changed, and perhaps even intentionally by Apple. Gasp! The humanity!

  3. applegetridofsimandjack - 8 years ago

    New Macbook Pro’s is what people want. I mean when was the last time those were updated? They’re still on Haswell, a processor that was launched in the Middle Ages…

    My early 2011 Macbook Pro needs to be upgraded to a maxed out retina Macbook Pro. My current machine is a beast and still works fine but I do notice big differences when it comes to rendering videos and such.

    Praying for 32GB ram…

    • srgmac - 8 years ago

      I was hoping that Thunderbolt 3.0 would be out also.

      • applegetridofsimandjack - 8 years ago

        Personally I don’t care much for Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt hard drives are extremely expensive and I don’t use an external monitor which uses Thunderbolt…

        Don’t care it’s extremely fast, it’s way too expensive…

    • Rich Davis (@RichDavis9) - 8 years ago

      The MacBookPro i7’s are Crystalwell, which was kind of an improved Haswell, but the i5’s and i7’s in the 13 inch models are Broadwell, but you are right in that they should be upgraded.

      I think there are several potential reasons why the delay.

      First, Intel has bugs in some of these Skylake chips where even the firmware update didn’t fix the problem.. The other aspect is that maybe Apple is going to have a much better screen and maybe they are waiting for the panel supplier(s) to have enough supply. Or maybe they have some other tricks up their sleeve. Typically Apple has to wait for Intel to release chips before they do a product refresh, but sometimes it’s the panel supplier(s) that are still ramping up a new screen technology, so there many potential reasons why the delay.

      The jump from Haswell to Broadwell wasn’t Intel’s big jump, there’s a bigger jump between Broadwell to SkyLake then there was from Haswell to Broadwell. but the Crystawell was a better interim processor than the other Haswell i7’s they could use.

      I do agree in that they should have a 32GB limit. I know it’s a stretch on whether or not Apple’s going to move to mobile Xeon architecture or not. I don’t know if they can make laptops thin, lightweight and long battery life with the mobile Xeons.

      Either way, I do hope the MacBook Pro Retina’s get a major refresh in March and that they do kick in some really nice overall specs.

      Yeah, Thunderbolt 3 using USB-C connectors is a given for all new Macs that will have Thunderbolt I/O (MacBook doesn’t have it), but I’m sure everything else will. I’m just wondering if they are going to keep the old USB port connectors altogether in any new Mac released.

      I’m wondering if they are going to integrate Fingerprint ID sensors into newer model laptops. I mean Apple is getting more Enterprise customers and maybe they want that technology. Time will tell. I would certainly prefer it if I just needed a fingerprint instead of trying to remember every password for everything I use my computers for.

      Time will tell, I’m wondering which MacBook platform will get refreshed first. MacBook, MacBook Air’s or MacBook Pros or any combination. I hope they refresh the entire lineup at once, but they probably won’t. time will tell, it’s only a month away.

      • applegetridofsimandjack - 8 years ago

        I think we will see the new Macbook and Macbook Air next month. But the new Macbook Pro’s will not be announced before WWDC is my guess. I recently read that Intel will release the Skylake processors (the ones Apple usually use for Macbook Pro) only in may or june… That’s why I think we will have to wait a while longer.

      • taoprophet420 - 8 years ago

        The Skylakes chips were not available when Apple updated the Pros last year and the Broadwell chips were delayed, so that is why Apple chose the crystalwell chips. I think we won’t see new Macbook Pros until June at WWDC. The availability of the Skyake chips for them is still very low.

        I think Apple will have a 4k screen for the 13′ and 15′ models and switch to USB-C.With the appropriate Skylake chips in short supply I see Apple waiting for the summer for a complete refresh and not just a performance update. The $K model will have some features of the MacBook and be thinner.

    • taoprophet420 - 8 years ago

      They got updated last spring, Skylake wasn’t available for them or they would updated them.. Broadwell chips were delayed so Apple chose updated Haswell chips.

      Apple needs to get OS X running on ARM so Apple can detect its rollouts of Macs. The MacBook should definitely had ARM chips. The iPad Pro has a better a processor and better display for much less money $1598 for a MacBook is crazy. The MacBook and some entry model Mac’s should get a variant of A series processors.

      Apple has never been generous with r,am so do lots of praying. I would imagine the design of the MacBook Pro will get changed and most likely unveiled at WWDC.

  4. peterlobl - 8 years ago

    a 17″ pro … make it pink or army olive – i would buy

  5. Eli Matar - 8 years ago

    Will it have ForceTouch?

  6. Paul Van Obberghen - 8 years ago

    Just hoping that the iPad Air 3 would come with Pencil compability. That’s all for me.

    • applegetridofsimandjack - 8 years ago

      You don’t want more ram? 2GB is nice but 3GB or 4GB like on iPad Pro would be exactly what I would need. More would be overkill.

      • taoprophet420 - 8 years ago

        3 GB of ram has been rumored for 2-3 months.

  7. Robert Wood - 8 years ago

    Colors for 5SE same as current iphones make sense. Not sure who came up with with bizarre rumor for hot pink color. The iphone 5SE will look and features wise very close to current iphone 6 but in smaller package. Not much to debate on. For ipad air 3, hope it is shrink down same featured ipad pro.

  8. modeyabsolom - 8 years ago

    A new 4″ iPhone, iPad Air update and new Apple Watch straps… these are all quite minor updates. Do they really need they’re own keynote? I hope there’s going to be more than that happening next month. Something like new Macs and a Cinema Display too. Now all that together would make a keynote to get excited about!

  9. VIETPHILOPOETRY - 8 years ago

    Steve Job was right : no big phone. Ok 4-4.5 in. Fit your palm and pocket

  10. SKR Imaging - 8 years ago

    Smart connector now reported to be introduced to the 9.7 inch iPAd is a great nws.. Now if only Apple made great use of the connector with accessories (third party or not).. bring us battery cases, storage devices all capable of use with Smart connector.

  11. SKR Imaging - 8 years ago

    All I want is a 15 inch Macbook Pro in Space Grey!! Macbook 12 inch design in 15 inch model with 4 USB -C ports would be awesome.

  12. Erich Rusch - 8 years ago

    Mark, when can we expect new MacBook Pros and MacBooks?

  13. Oflife - 8 years ago

    So let’s see now, (bare in mind until I bought a Surface Pro 4 in December 2015, I had been an avid Apple guy), the news media are making a noise because a forthcoming iPhone will be available in Rose Pink. And the 5se will be similar to the 5s, and the new Airs and so on slightly better than the last. How ground breaking. And we won’t discuss the UX of the Apple Watch or the fact a dock for an iPhone or iPod Touch costs at LEAST £39 in the Apple Store!

    I find this tragic. Thanks to the inability to remove apps from the iPhone desktop, therefore creating havoc when trying to simplify the my mum’s 5c, it’s going up for sale and I just bought a refurbished Nexus 5 for £100. That’s a 2013 year phone with a pretty good camera, a grippy case that doesn’t require a £30 extra protective case, a VERY fast and up to date build of Android, NFC – and wireless charging. Oh, and I can put all the shortcuts and info mum needs on ONE non accidentally scrollable home screen! And the wireless charging dock and mat I bought (new!) to go along with it cost less than the aforementioned wired dock!

    I’m laughing all the way to the bank. Apple? What happened? (I know, but cannot say, it’s too un PC. No pun intended.)

    • Aunty T (@AuntyTroll) - 8 years ago

      Apple have made incremental upgrades to their hardware for years. They have TOTAL control over everything, from operating system to hardware. It’s their business plan and the fact that they make more money than any other company on the planet means it is also the most successful business plan on the planet too.

      I’m very vocal on here and will happily criticise Apple even though I own a fair bit of their stuff but even I know their genius is in giving the masses what they didn’t know they needed and for that they should really be applauded.

  14. yt75 - 8 years ago

    What about the new macbook pros ? and the 13 in particular, in March ?
    I hope so ! :)