Kuo corroborates expectations that the new iPad Air will feature Touch ID in the side button, as well as blood oxygen support on the Apple Watch Series 6.

The Apple analyst also predicts that the 5.4-inch iPhone 12 will include a “slightly narrower notch area.”.

Kuo corroborates that Apple’s September 15 event will focus on the new iPad Air and the Apple Watch Series 6.

He expects that the form factor of the new Apple Watch will be similar to the current Apple Watch, and that mass production of the Apple Watch and iPad Air will commence in mid-September.

All four new iPhone 12 models are expected to feature 5G connectivity, and Kuo predicts that there will be two versions of all models: one version with solely sub-6 GHz and another version with mmWave 5G and sub-6 GHz

The analyst predicts that mass production of the sub-6 GHz version of the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Max, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max will begin in October, mid-October, late October, and late October, respectively

Kuo does not outline when mass production or shipments of the mmWave 5G iPhone 12 models will begin, but he does note that it will be after the sub-6Ghz variants ship