Apple to Hold iPad Event Oct. 16, Report Says

According to Mashable Apple may be showing off its new iPads and iMacs sooner than expected.

The Cupertino-based company is planning to hold its next event Oct. 16, not Oct. 21 as previously reported, Recode reports.

Apple is expected to show off the next generation iPad Air and iPad Mini at the event. The upcoming iPads are said to have faster processors, likely the same A8 chip in the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, and quite possibly Apple's Touch ID system — which first launched more than a year ago on the iPhone 5S, but has not yet shown up on an iPad.

A new line of iMacs and the launch of Apple's new operating system, OS X Yosemite, could also be on the schedule that day, according to a report from 9to5Mac earlier this week.

Apple first previewed Yosemite at WWDC in San Francisco in June and early beta versions of the operating system include references to high resolution displays.

The upcoming event will likely be more low-key than last month's U2-dominated iPhone and Apple Watch event in Cupertino's cavernous Flint Center.