CONFIRMED .. It's ON .. As We Predicted Last Week .. Apple's iPad + Other Devices + More .. News/Products Release Event is Happening on the16th Oct .. OFFICIAL INVITES SENT

Apple will hold its next product launch event on 16 October, the company has confirmed in an invitation sent out to journalists. New iPad models are expected to be the focus for the event.

The invitation features a close-up of the top of the Apple logo, like the recent iPhone 6 event invite, except this time it is in colour and has the tag line “it’s been way too long”.

The event will be held in the the Town Hall auditorium at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California: a smaller venue than the the Flint Center that housed September’s launch of new iPhones and Apple’s first smartwatch.

The event will run from 6pm UK time, with European journalists invited to a simulcast of the launch in Apple’s Kurfürstendamm store in Berlin.

Apple is expected to unveil new iPads that include Touch ID fingerprint sensors, which were first introduced on the iPhone 5S in September 2013.

The Touch ID sensor is the cornerstone of Apple’s new mobile payments solution, Apple Pay, and will likely be used to authenticate online payments.

Rumours have long suggested that the next iPad will be available in a “Pro” version with a larger screen. The current iPad Air has a 9.7 inch screen, while the iPad mini with Retina Display has a 7.9in screen.

The larger iPad may be aimed at business users, as well as people who create content on the tablet – designers, for example – rather than simply consuming media and browsing the web.

The “it’s been way too long” tagline may hint at one of Apple’s other product lines getting an update. The iPod touch, for example, or a new iMac computer. Apple is also likely to use the event to announce the launch date for its Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite software, which was unveiled at its WWDC event in June.

The Mac Mini, which was last replaced in October 2012, could also see a new model, while some rumours have suggested that Apple’s laptop lines, the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, could see new models.

Apple’s Autumn press events have traditionally included a musical element, although the company’s controversial giveaway of U2’s new album at its last event in September may have bucked that trend.

However, the company could use the 16 October event to announce more launches beyond the US of its streaming music service, Beats Music, which it acquired earlier in 2014.

Sources: Many

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