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Bloomberg technology reporter Mark Gurman (Mark Gurman) wrote that Apple will launch a large number of new products between the fall of 2022 and the first half of 2023, including at least four iPhone 14s, three Apple Watches, and several models equipped with M2 and M3. Chip-based Macs, the company’s first mixed reality headset, low-end and high-end iPads, new AirPods Pro, a new HomePod and an upgraded Apple TV, among others.
All new iPhones released this fall will continue to use the Lightning port, but he expects Apple to transition to USB-C in 2023; while the new entry-level iPad, released this fall, will feature a USB-C port, an A14 chip, and 5G support .
Regarding the M2 chip, which was officially released in June, Gurman said he was told that Apple’s mixed reality headset will be equipped with an M2 chip and 16G of memory, and that Apple is already developing an M3 chip, which it plans to use as early as next year.
He believes that major updates to Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro series include the strongest iPhone front camera ever, a new rear camera system featuring a 48MP main camera, thinner bezels, a faster A16 chip, and a new “exclamation mark screen” ” Compared with the two basic models of the iPhone 14, the upgrade is not a big deal.
That is to say, the Pro series phones codenamed D73 and D74 will be the highlight of this year’s iPhone, while the non-Pro iPhone 14 base models (D27 and D28) are slightly less than satisfactory. After all, these two phones will use the same A15 chip as the iPhone 13, but the 6.7-inch Max model has many expectations.
He also said that Apple’s iPadOS 16’s foreground scheduling (StageManager) function actually cannot meet Apple’s vision of enhancing multitasking capabilities, and Apple needs to provide more professional solutions for professional users. However, he does see it as an exploration of the future of the iPad Pro.
He believes that Apple will release new 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPads later this year, new iPads with M2 chips, codenamed J617 and J620. Apple is said to have said they have five different iPads that support the interface (probably referring to the M2), and only three we can see today (two M1 iPad Pros and iPad Air).
He expects Apple to release an iPad with a larger display sometime in the next year or two, somewhere between 14 and 15 inches in size, and he also said that Apple’s iPadOS 16 front-end scheduling is on devices of this size. might make more sense.
It is worth mentioning that after Apple released the new M2 chip at WWDC, it seems that it is not in a hurry except for the MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro. He said Apple has several other core products in development that could arrive sooner than the M1-based Mac.
Here’s what his informant told about the M2 Mac:
M2 Mac mini.
M2 Pro Mac mini.
M2 Pro and M2 Max 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro.
M2 Ultra and M2 Extreme Mac Pro.
Outside of the Mac and iPad Pro, he expects the M2 to appear on Apple’s MR headsets. The informant revealed to him that the latest internal version of the device already runs the M2 regular version, along with 16 GB of RAM.
In addition, he also said that Apple is already developing the M2 successor M3 chip, and the company plans to come up with the chip as early as next year, which will be equipped with the 13-inch MacBook Air code-named J513, while the 15-inch MacBook Air (J515), On a new iMac, codenamed J433, and a 12-inch laptop that’s still in early development.