Apple has a MacBook Air inbound for this 12 months, and it’ll land within the second half of 2022, a report claims – and this isn’t the primary we’ve heard that from the rumor mill.
DigiTimes (opens in new tab) asserts that its sources from the availability chain – insiders within the companies concerned in making elements for Apple’s laptops – have equipped some recent gossip on the incoming redesigned MacBook Air.
The tech web site wrote: “Apple’s MacBook sequence are high-end shopper units, however may also be considered a enterprise pocket book mannequin as they’re favored by many firms or workplace employees, the sources indicated, including that sizzling gross sales of MacBook Professional launched in late 2021 have lingered into the primary quarter of 2022, with cargo volumes larger than anticipated, and new MacBook Air set for launch within the second half of the 12 months is predicted so as to add additional gross sales momentum.”
Current rumors have indicated that Apple will bump up the show dimension barely on the subsequent MacBook Air, from the present 13.3-inch display to a 13.6-inch panel, as theorized by analyst Ross Younger, a widely known supply of Apple leaks. (It’s additionally thought that the corporate may make a fair larger transfer in 2023 with the introduction of a 15-inch Air alongside the 13-inch form-factor.)
Evaluation: Plentiful rumors across the incoming Air
This newest rumor relating to the launch timeframe of the subsequent MacBook Air marries with what we’ve just lately heard from one of many extra dependable Apple sources on the market, Mark Gurman. In current newsletters, Gurman has recommended that Apple deliberate to have the redesigned MacBook Air out already – certainly, the unique intention was supposedly to debut the laptop computer in late 2021 – however has delayed it to later in 2022. It’s rumored to make use of the M2 chip, which might make sense because the next-gen silicon must be prepared at that time.
One other heavyweight Apple leaker, Ming-Chi Kuo, has additionally claimed that the brand new MacBook Air is about to enter mass manufacturing most certainly in Q3, that means models could be able to hit cabinets later in 2022. Actually the rumor mill now appears to be lining up behind this concept, and when these particular person items of hypothesis are thought of collectively, they do, after all, appear extra doubtless.
It additionally is sensible that Apple would need to push ahead with additional energizing Mac gross sales, which appear to be ticking alongside properly, by debuting new fashions later this 12 months (we might also see a revamped MacBook Professional 13-inch with M2 chip, different rumors have hinted).
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