In the grand tradition of over-scrutinizing Apple event invitations, here’s what we think «Peek Performance» could refer to.
As you have probably heard by now, Apple is holding its first special event of the year on March 8. As is tradition, Apple sent out invitations to the press with a single image and a short tagline—this time, it was the Apple logo in multiple colors in an “infinity mirror” receding style and the tagline “Peek Performance.” Apple’s event invitations often (but not always!) contain little hints about what the company intends to reveal. The last event featured the Apple logo in a “warp speed” sort of starfield effect and the tagline “ Unleashed .” In hindsight, it was an obvious reference to the introduction of Macs with the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, the fastest Apple has ever produced. In the spring of 2019, the invitation showed the Apple logo on a darkened stage with the tagline “ It’s Show Time,” and the focus of the event was on the launch of Apple TV+ (along with several other services). “ Hi, Speed ” brought the 5G iPhone 12 and, well, you get the idea. So what could the “Peek Performance” invitation be in reference to? Perhaps it’s not really a hint at all…several Apple event invitations just sort of generically reference speed or performance without necessarily referring to any particular product. But what fun is that? We did a little shameless speculation about the Apple event invitation and this is what we came up with. The third-generation iPhone SE is almost certainly going to be announced. With the A15 processor and 5G capability, it’ll be the fastest iPhone SE ever (naturally) and an extremely zippy iPhone for the price (expected to start at $399 and possibly lower).
