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Apple sends May 7 event invites!

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Leander Kahney
April 23, 2024

On May 7, Apple will broadcast a product-launch event with the theme “Let Loose.”

For the first time that I can recall, after decades and decades of covering Apple, the invite includes an image of an Apple product — an Apple Pencil.

Not only is a new Apple Pencil rumored to be in the offing, but the artwork is a strong hint that the event will be about the iPad. Actually, it’s not a hint. It’s a declaration.

This is most unusual. Apple likes to keep a veil of secrecy, even if the Apple rumor mill already knows basically everything about the event and the products to be revealed.

Also surprising is why Apple is holding an event at all for what might usually be a press release. Something special must be in the offing.

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— Leander Kahney, EIC.

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— Steve Jobs, 1998.

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