What To Expect From Apple's 2022 Spring Event: New iPhone SE, iMac And More

• Bloomberg analyst expects Apple to host a spring event virtually in March or Apple of 2022.
• Apple is likely to announce a new iPhone SE with support for 5G and a faster chip, along with a new 27-inch iMac and a high-end Mac mini.
• Apple Watch Series 8 with body temperature sensor is unlikely to introduced in 2022.

Apple, Inc.'s AAPL hardware product launch events are key catalysts that move the needle for the stock. Cupertino has been staggering its seasonal launch events in recent years.

What Happened: The spring event Apple will be hosting is likely only months away, and here's what Bloomberg's Mark Gurman expects from the event:

The spring event could be held virtually in March or Apple of 2022, Gurman said in his "Power On" newsletter.

Apple is likely to announce a new iPhone SE with support for 5G and a faster chip, the Bloomberg columnist said. He expects the model to largely retain the appearance of the existing iPhone but come with internal upgrades.

The tech giant could also announce a new 27-inch iMac and a high-end Mac mini with M1 Pro and M1 Max chips at the event, he added.

Gurman anticipates that Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference - a platform to launch operating system upgrades - will be hosted virtually yet again.

Although it has been rumored that the Apple Watch Series 8 will add a body temperature sensor, Gurman sees a reduced possibility of this feature being introduced in 2022.

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Why It's Important: Apple's 2021 Spring event, named "Spring Loaded" was held on April 20, wherein the company unveiled the AirTag accessory, a new slim Mac with M1 chip and touch ID, a bigger iPad Pro, the Apple TV 4K and a new purple iPhone 12. The company also announced Podcast subscriptions and the Apple Card Family.

The stock, however, did not have a strong reaction to the announcements, and experienced modest losses on the day of the announcement along with the ensuing couple of sessions.

In 2020, the company did not hold a Spring event but announced new products through press releases.

Apple closed Friday's session up 0.10% at $172.17.

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