Apple’s upcoming “Scary Fast” event takes place on October 30 (or 31, depending where you are) when it’s anticipated to unveil new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professional fashions, and a brand new 24-inch iMac. It could additionally make some additional new products available, however there are a handful of rumored upcoming units that we do not anticipate to make an look this month.
To assist set expectations forward of Apple’s October occasion, we have compiled a listing of merchandise that Apple is unlikely to announce throughout “Scary Quick,” however somewhat subsequent yr and past.
M3 13-inch MacBook Professional
Apple is growing new Macs powered by the corporate’s next-generation M3 chip, which is constructed on chipmaking accomplice TSMC’s 3nm course of, leading to important efficiency and energy effectivity enhancements over the 5nm-based M2 chip that Apple’s most up-to-date Mac fashions are based mostly on.
In response to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, Apple has M3-based variations of the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professional fashions able to go, however a brand new model of the 13-inch MacBook Professional that includes the M3 chip is wanting more and more much less prone to seem alongside them at Apple’s “Scary Quick” occasion.
As just lately as last week, Gurman stated that provides of the 13-inch MacBook Professional have been working low, indicating that it may very well be changed on the finish of the month. However he now says that the brand new machine possible will not seem at Apple’s upcoming occasion.
“Whereas the corporate has been engaged on a low-end MacBook Professional codenamed J504 with a base model of the M3 chip, that machine possible will not seem Monday,” Gurman reported for Bloomberg on Friday.
M3 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air
Apple has not up to date the smaller 13-inch MacBook Air to date this yr. The present M2-powered mannequin was initially introduced in June 2022, so it was hoped that there could be a refresh quickly. Certainly, in June 2023, Gurman claimed the 13-inch MacBook Air may very well be one of many first beneficiaries of Apple’s new M3 chip.
Nevertheless, extra just lately he has stated {that a} 13-inch MacBook Air with the M3 chip has solely just reached engineering verification testing (EVT), an earlier manufacturing testing part on prototype units. Gurman says this places the next-generation 13-inch MacBook Air on schedule for launch between the spring and summer season of subsequent yr on the earliest.
Apple launched the 15-inch MacBook Air in June this yr, and so it isn’t anticipated to be amongst the primary era of M3-powered Macs.
Mac Professional, Mac Studio, Mac Mini
Likewise, Apple this yr has already up to date the Mac Professional and Mac Studio. These updates have been additionally launched in June 2023, so there may be little probability that they are going to be outmoded by newer fashions earlier than 2024. Gurman maintains that Apple is not going to refresh the MacBook Air fashions, Mac Studio, or Mac Professional presently.
As for the Mac mini, Apple up to date the machine with M2 chips in January 2023, whereas M3-powered fashions are usually not anticipated to emerge till late 2024 on the earliest, in response to Gurman.
New iPads
Apple typically releases new iPads in direction of the top of the yr, however there may be growing skepticism about that taking place in 2023.
Apple is broadly believed to be engaged on new M3-powered iPad Pro models with OLED displays and a redesigned Magic Keyboard accent, however these units are usually not anticipated to debut till the spring or early summer season of 2024.
The identical goes for the iPad mini, which was final up to date in September 2021. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in January stated the subsequent mannequin would possible enter mass manufacturing within the first quarter of 2024. On the time, he additionally stated there could also be no new iPad releases within the following 9-12 months, and he has since doubled down on this prediction.
In response to Gurman, Apple can also be developing a new iPad Air with improved specs, however he not believes it would arrive this yr. Apple final up to date the iPad Air in March 2022.
Apple can also be engaged on an Eleventh-generation entry-level iPad. The Tenth-generation iPad was launched in October 2022, and Apple has up to date the entry-level iPad on an annual foundation since 2017, however there are not any rumors suggesting it would debut in 2023.
The Mac focus of Apple’s “Scary Quick” occasion would not utterly rule out new iPads from Apple this yr, as Apple might conceivably select to launch new fashions in November by way of press launch as an alternative, prefer it did in January 2023 for the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professional and the second-generation HomePod. However neither Kuo nor Gurman consider that any iPads are going to reach earlier than spring 2024 on the earliest.
iPhone SE 4
Rumors concerning Apple’s plans for the next-generation iPhone SE have been blended at greatest, with a lot of back and forth on when and certainly if we’ll see a fourth-generation iPhone SE.
The latest rumors suggest the iPhone SE will probably be just like the iPhone 14, that includes an all-display design with Face ID as an alternative of Contact ID, a USB-C port, a single rear digital camera, and an “Motion” button to interchange the mute change. There’s additionally a risk that it might embody OLED display technology.
We’re not anticipating a brand new iPhone SE to debut this yr and even subsequent yr, and it is wanting like it would launch in 2025 on the earliest. It might maybe be one of many first units to function an Apple-designed modem chip.
Imaginative and prescient Professional Headset
Imaginative and prescient Professional marks the corporate’s first entrance into a brand new product class because the 2015 Apple Watch, with the so-called “spatial computing” system introduced at WWDC 2023 in June.
In response to Apple, the Imaginative and prescient Professional will go on sale in early 2024, which possible means January to late April, with an out of doors probability of it arriving in Could.
AirPods Lineup
Apple is planning a serious overhaul of its AirPods lineup, however that isn’t anticipated to start out till subsequent yr, according to Gurman. The usual AirPods and the AirPods Max will see a refresh in 2024, whereas the AirPods Professional will probably be up to date in 2025. For the AirPods and AirPods Professional, Apple will replace the design of the earbuds and the case, whereas additionally enhancing audio high quality.
There isn’t any clear phrase but on when in 2024 and 2025 we would see AirPod refreshes, however Apple usually introduces new fashions within the latter half of the yr round when new iPhones come out. Gurman says that the AirPods will come out “later subsequent yr” and the AirPods Max will come out “across the finish of subsequent yr.”
HomePod Lineup
Lastly, HomePod. Apple’s HomePod mini is now three years outdated. Gurman was first to focus on Apple’s work on a second-generation HomePod mini in August 2022. In February, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo stated that Apple will start mass shipments of the second-generation HomePod mini within the second half of 2024.
It is usually attainable that Apple might wait to introduce a brand new HomePod mini till the debut of a third-generation full-size HomePod, particularly if it contains new options. Apple is claimed to be growing an up to date model of the HomePod that can feature a 7-inch display and arrive in 2024, in response to Ming-Chi Kuo. Gurman additionally believes Apple has a HomePod with a display in growth, however he doesn’t anticipate it to return out till next year at the earliest.