At the company’s annual September product event, Apple also demonstrated its work on artificial intelligence and other new devices.

Fans of the company’s products widely believe it will unveil a folding smartphone at its annual launch event on Wednesday.

The company recently raised prices on a number of products because of component supply shortages caused by the artificial intelligence boom.

John Sorochan, a turf scientist at the University of Tennessee, has led the yearslong, multimillion-dollar effort to develop perfect playing fields for the 2026 World Cup.

For the second time, the company is expected to explain its artificial intelligence plans. Unlike some rivals, it is not reorganizing around the technology.