Apple launched brand new iPhones, Apple Watches, and AirPods in September, but has no plans to slow down. It’s preparing to launch two to three products as early as this week, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reports.
As PCMag reports, unlike last month’s in-person event at Apple Park, the upcoming announcements will be made online. They will mainly circle around Apple’s latest M5 series processors, with the iPad Pro and the Vision Pro set to be the first to receive them, Gurman notes.
The M5 iPad Pro has been rumored for quite some time and was allegedly leaked in multiple YouTube videos emerging out of Russia. In addition to improved performance, it is expected to get dual front cameras to satisfy both portrait and landscape use cases. Memory is rumored to get a boost, too, with the minimum RAM set to rise from 8GB to 12GB.
For the Vision Pro, Gurman expects faster performance and a more comfortable headband. The $3,500 headset was unveiled at WWDC 2023 with an M2 chip and hasn’t received an upgrade since. Gurman earlier said that the device could get an M4 chip, but it now looks poised to get the latest Apple silicon.
Both the M5 iPad Pro and the refreshed Vision Pro are in mass production, with launches “imminent,” Gurman adds.
Another product he expects this week is the new MacBook Pro. Since the entry-level M5 chip is already ready for the iPad Pro, Apple could lend the same to its pro-level laptop.
Stores are seeing a shortage of M4-powered MacBook Pros released last year, which is often “a good indication of when a launch is imminent,” Gurman says. Between the two generations, the chip is the only major upgrade, he adds.
Beyond these products, Apple is also reportedly developing the next iterations of the AirTag, HomePod mini, and Apple TV set-top box.
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