New iPod touch 6th generation, iWatch release date, iPhone 6S 2015

By Jake Robison | March 7, 2015

The iPhone 6S, the iWatch, and the iPod touch 6th generation are all on deck for Apple heading into its March press event. At least one will see its release date, and perhaps all three. But at least one of them is likely to debut under a different name than the one that the public has been most commonly using. Here are the key facts for all three products in the Apple launch chute.

The iWatch is instead being referred to as the Apple Watch by the company itself, and is virtually guaranteed to be a part of the March release date event. Apple introduced the product last fall to give developers time to work on apps so they’d be ready by day one, marking the rare instance where Apple previews a new product in one year but doesn’t bring it to market until the next. Pricing has been tagged at $349 but nothing is set until the launch event – in fact there is still a chance the name could be shifted back to iWatch. But the more intriguing question is the fate of the iPhone 6S and iPod touch 6th generation.

Apple is past due with the iPod touch 6, with the current model having been on the market for the past 2.5 years. But it’s never been a high priority for the company, particularly since the iPhone was expanded to include most carriers in most nations. This is as good a stage as any to roll out the iPod touch 6th generation, but it could raise eyebrows over the fact that the iWatch may not be compatible with it. The biggest question of all is that of the iPhone 6S.

Apple has yet to break protocol and launch a new iPhone less than a year after the previous. But if there was ever a time, this is it. The iWatch, technically an iPhone accessory, is dropping in the middle of the iPhone release cycle. The most sure fire way to boost watch sales is to roll out the iPhone 6S release date concurrently. Those answers will come on March 9th.