Adam Kos Recently, there has been more and more speculation about whether Apple will introduce its professional iMac. Sure, even before WWDC, there's the expected March event, but it shouldn't bring the iMac. And while the developer conference is primarily about software, it has historically produced some really "big" hardware news.
The Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) is Apple's annual week-long conference primarily for developers. The history of this conference dates back to the 80s, when it was created primarily as a meeting place for Macintosh developers. Traditionally, the greatest interest is in the introductory lecture, where the company presents its strategy for the next year, new products and new software to developers.
14'' MacBook Pro (2021) packaging
WWDC gained such a reputation that at WWDC 2013 all tickets worth CZK 30 were sold within two minutes. This conference concept has been successfully adopted by other companies, such as Google with its I/O. It is true, however, that the last two years the event was only held virtually due to the global pandemic. However, the usual date does not change, so this year too we should wait sometime around mid-June.
24" iMac
Three new Macs with model numbers A2615, A2686 and A2681 are expected from the March event. Based last week's news in first place is the new 13" MacBook Pro. Then, if Apple follows its own trend, the next models could be the M2 MacBook Air and the new Mac mini - here it will be the basic M2 model, or the higher model with the M1 Pro/Max configuration. There isn't much room for an iMac Pro.
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WWDC and introduced hardware
If we look at modern history, i.e. the one since the introduction of the first iPhone, its following models premiered at WWDC. In 2008, it was the iPhone 3G, followed by the iPhone 3GS and the iPhone 4. It wasn't until the iPhone 4S that set the trend for September launches, following the departure of Steve Jobs and the arrival of Tim Cook.
At one time, WWDC also belonged to MacBooks, but it was in the years 2007, 2009, 2012 and most recently 2017. At its developer conference, Apple also presented the MacBook Air (2009, 2012, 2013, 2017), Mac mini (2010) or just the first and last iMac Pro (2017). And 2017 was the last year when Apple presented a major piece of hardware at WWDC, unless of course we're talking about accessories. After all, it was on June 5, 2017 that the HomePod speaker debuted here.
New HomePod mini colors
Since then, the company has held WWDC primarily as an event for developers to introduce new operating systems. But as we can see, historically it is definitely not only about them, so it may well happen that we will see "One more thing" this year.
