Apple’s remaining potential launches for 2024
Apple’s iPhone 16 “Glowtime” occasion could also be over, however there’s nonetheless time left within the yr for extra product launches. Here is what Apple is anticipated to disclose earlier than the top of 2024.
As traditional for Apple’s September particular occasion, the corporate launched the iPhone 16 and a bunch of different merchandise. Nonetheless, it did not handle to undergo all the product catalog throughout its 90-minute presentation.
With Apple’s Mac and iPad ranges left untouched for the occasion, this provides Apple a chance to deliver out extra merchandise within the final three months of the yr.
That is what you possibly can count on within the final quarter of 2024 when it comes to Apple product launches.
An October occasion
Whereas the primary focus is all the time on the September Apple Occasion, the autumn promotional schedule normally entails two separate showcases. The primary is in September, and can normally contain an iPhone replace in addition to another related merchandise, as carried out on September 9.
The second tends to be an occasion in October, once more fairly early within the month. There have been uncommon November occasions, together with one yr when all three months had an occasion, however October is the almost definitely possibility.
As for what might be within the October occasion, Apple virtually fills it up with all product classes it did not get to through the September occasion.
Since Apple did not cowl iPads nor Macs in its September launches, they’re the prime candidates for the October model.
iPad and iPad mini
The iPad is commonly up to date concurrently iPhones, although not each time. With its final replace within the fall of 2022, there is a sturdy risk that an replace will occur quickly.
There have not actually been any rumors concerning the iPad, which means there’s little in the best way to count on from an improve. What you possibly can look ahead to is a chip bump, with a view to operating Apple Intelligence.
The iPad mini has been left alone for 3 years by Apple, making it lengthy overdue for an replace. For related causes to the iPad, you possibly can a minimum of count on a chip improve.
Different updates that might occur contains shifting the entrance digital camera to function in a panorama orientation. As for the rear, it is possible that 12MP sensors will nonetheless be used, however the iPad mini may plausibly get a 48MP replace to match the iPhone 16.
What will not be anticipated is an OLED replace for the iPad mini. Even so, Apple might be going to repair the annoying jelly scrolling difficulty that the sixth-gen mannequin suffered from.
Since Apple up to date the iPad Air and iPad Professional earlier in 2024, a second replace in the identical yr could be very uncertain.
Mac mini
Of the rumored inbound Macs, the Mac mini is among the prime decisions Apple may make. Final up to date in January 2023, it has beforehand been among the many first Macs to get new Apple Silicon updates.
Modifications to the Mac mini’s design are anticipated this time.
The rumor mill agrees that it’s due quickly, and presumably in a brand new smaller kind issue. This may be a giant change from its current aluminum puck design and into sleeker territory.
An M4 Mac mini might not be the one mannequin supplied by Apple. Primarily based on earlier iterations, an M4 Professional with an analogous look is also on the best way.
iMac
Whereas the 24-inch iMac was up to date in November 2023 to make use of M3, there’s the overall perception that it may nonetheless get an replace to M4. It isn’t fairly a yr into its M3 life, nevertheless it’s shut sufficient to be a risk.
The 24-inch iMac might be joined by an even bigger mannequin.
A chip replace might not be the one iMac change within the works. The rumor mill has repeatedly mentioned the potential of a bigger iMac, doubtlessly utilizing a 32-inch show, as an alternate measurement possibility.
MacBook Professional
The MacBook Professional is regularly up to date to the newest chips, and the M4 needs to be no exception. After being up to date to M3 within the fall of 2023, an M4 replace within the fall of 2024 appears equally seemingly.
The MacBook Professional has but to maneuver to M4.
Although rumors have raised the prospect of an M4 replace, they’ve additionally lacked any particulars of modifications that is also made. If the quiet rumors are any indication, this might simply be a spec-bump replace for the 14-inch MacBook Professional and 16-inch MacBook Professional.
The unlikely choices
Whereas there are some sturdy candidates for an replace, there are additionally fairly a number of holes within the iPad and Mac lineups that aren’t more likely to occur. Some are attributable to launch timing, and a few attributable to rumors and forecasts of a later replace.
The iPad Professional was up to date to M4 earlier in 2024, which means a fall replace is unlikely until Apple secretly wished to provide iPads with an M4 Professional or M4 Max. Likewise, the iPad Air was shifted to M2 on the identical time.
The rumor mill believes the MacBook Air will not get an replace till the spring of 2025 on the earliest. In the meantime the Mac Studio and Mac Professional are anticipated to be upgraded in late 2025 as an alternative.
It is nonetheless completely potential, albeit remotely, that Apple may introduce a New MacBook Air, Mac Studio, or Mac Professional in October, or earlier than the top of 2024. The higher wager is that it will not, and the 2025 launches for the Professional-grade desktops are extra possible.