Apple Devices We're NOT Expecting to Launch in 2023 - MacRumors

While 2023 is shaping up to beryllium a large twelvemonth for caller Apple devices, determination are astatine slightest six caller products we are actively not expecting the institution to motorboat this year.

Certain devices crossed galore of Apple's cardinal merchandise lines, including the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and AirPods, are expected to stay untouched successful 2023, with small to nary hazard of being replaced by a successor. While it is apt that a ample fig of Apple devices present connected merchantability volition stay truthful done the entirety of the year, lone immoderate tin beryllium firmly counted retired for this twelvemonth astatine the existent time.

Third-Generation AirPods Pro

A third-generation mentation of the AirPods Pro is highly improbable to motorboat successful this twelvemonth owing to the comparatively caller motorboat of the second-generation model.

The second-generation ‌AirPods Pro‌ launched successful September past year, offering a large update with progressive sound cancellation enhancements, Adaptive Transparency mode, H2 chips, artillery beingness improvements, interaction measurement controls, improved artillery life, IPX4 sweat and h2o resistance, Apple Watch charger compatibility, the U1 spot for precision finding, and more. The standard of this update suggests that it could beryllium immoderate clip earlier a capable fig of further upgrades are acceptable for a third-generation model.

The second-generation ‌AirPods Pro‌ came 35 months aft the motorboat of the erstwhile generation, which besides suggests that it could beryllium a agelong portion earlier a third-generation exemplary arrives. Likewise, Apple appears to absorption connected refreshing conscionable 1 AirPods exemplary each year, and the AirPods Max are adjacent up for a refresh, followed by the modular AirPods. This means that third-generation ‌AirPods Pro‌ whitethorn not get until 2025.

Fourth-Generation iPhone SE

There person been a multitude of rumors astir the fourth-generation iPhone SE, adjacent predating the motorboat of the current, third-generation exemplary that launched successful aboriginal 2022 – yet it progressively looks similar the instrumentality is disconnected the cards for this twelvemonth and whitethorn adjacent person been canceled entirely.

The existent ‌iPhone SE‌ contains the A15 Bionic spot – thing it shares with the iPhone 13 mini, ‌iPhone 13‌, iPhone 13 Pro, ‌iPhone 13 Pro‌ Max, iPhone 14, ‌iPhone 14‌ Plus, iPad mini, and third-generation ‌Apple TV‌ 4K. The ‌iPhone 13‌, ‌iPhone 14‌, and ‌iPhone 14‌ Plus are each highly apt to stay successful Apple's merchandise lineup this year, adjacent aft the motorboat of iPhone 15 models successful the fall. This means that the existent ‌iPhone SE‌ volition clasp comparatively modern hardware passim the full year, making it little indispensable for Apple to refresh the device.

Apple besides seems to permission 2 to 3 years inbetween ‌iPhone SE‌ models, rendering an update this twelvemonth little likely. Reports astir the instrumentality person besides been reasonably accordant that the adjacent ‌iPhone SE‌ was scheduled to get successful 2024, alternatively than this year.

More strikingly, rumors astir the instrumentality person precocious formed skepticism connected the instrumentality launching astatine all. In October, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said determination was no motion of an iPhone SE with a Touch ID broadside fastener really successful the pipeline. In December, Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo said that the institution had present canceled oregon postponed the merchandise of the fourth-generation ‌iPhone SE‌ owed to consistently little than expected shipments of mediate tier and lower-end smartphones similar the ‌third-generation ‌iPhone SE‌‌, the ‌iPhone 13‌ mini, and the ‌iPhone 14‌ Plus.

Seventh-Generation iPad Pro

The next-generation iPad Pro models are the most-rumored upcoming ‌iPad‌, but they look precise improbable to motorboat this year. The existent 11- and 12.9-inch ‌iPad Pro‌ models were released successful October 2022, adding the M2 chip, Apple Pencil hover, Smart HDR 4, Wi‑Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.3 – different insignificant refresh similar the fifth-generation iPad Air.

With the current- and previous-generation ‌iPad Pro‌ models featuring M-series chips, and the 2022 refresh making the leap to the ‌M2‌ chip, the M3 spot is the astir apt spot to beryllium included successful the next-generation ‌iPad Pro‌. The ‌M3‌ spot is expected to beryllium manufactured using TSMC's 3nm process, bringing the biggest show and ratio boost to Apple's chips successful respective years. The archetypal Apple devices with ‌M3‌ chips are not apt to look until the 2nd fractional of 2023, which seemingly rules retired a caller ‌iPad Pro‌ anytime soon.

Moreover, the main diagnostic rumored for the next-generation ‌iPad Pro‌ is OLED displays – an upgrade that has been rumored for over a year. Dozens of reports from aggregate sources are accordant that ‌iPad Pro‌ models with OLED displays are scheduled to launch successful 2024, alternatively than this year. The OLED displays Apple is readying to usage volition reportedly beryllium much durable and alteration thinner and much lightweight instrumentality designs, and they could person slimmer bezels with the display size options increasing from 11- to 11.1-inches and 12.9- to 13-inches.

The 1 happening that is wide astir the adjacent large ‌iPad Pro‌ update according to rumors is that it volition not motorboat successful 2023, meaning that immoderate caller ‌iPad Pro‌ models this twelvemonth look precise unlikely. Apple waited implicit 18 months betwixt the 2021 and 2022 ‌iPad‌ Pros, and if a akin timeline was followed again, the next-generation ‌iPad Pro‌ would motorboat successful May 2024.

Fourth-Generation Apple TV 4K

Like the ‌AirPods Pro‌, the ‌Apple TV‌ 4K precocious received a reasonably important refresh successful 2022. The third-generation ‌Apple TV‌ 4K added the A15 Bionic chip, a caller design, enactment for HDR10+ content, doubly arsenic overmuch storage, and a USB-C larboard connected the Siri Remote. As a important update precocious successful 2022, different update successful 2023 seems unlikely.

Like the ‌iPhone SE‌, the ‌Apple TV‌ present contains the A15 Bionic – a spot that is apt to stay prevalent crossed a scope of Apple devices done 2023, meaning that a further spot upgrade this twelvemonth seems highly unlikely. It is besides not wide what other Apple could bring to the ‌Apple TV‌ astatine this clip to connection a meaningful upgrade, and the lineup seems to beryllium successful a beardown presumption with 2 models astatine little terms points of $129 and $149.

No contiguous successor to the existent ‌Apple TV‌ has been rumored for 2023, but determination person been reports astir a combined Apple TV and HomePod device for immoderate time. This instrumentality does not look to beryllium nailed down for a motorboat day this year.

13-Inch MacBook Air

There is simply a slim accidental of a MacBook Air refresh that adds the ‌M3‌ spot successful the second fractional of 2023, but this seems improbable fixed that Apple is rumored to person plans to motorboat a 15.2-inch ‌MacBook Air‌ with the M2 and M2 Pro chips astir mid-2023.

It seems improbable that Apple would privation to present a much powerful, smaller ‌MacBook Air‌ exemplary conscionable months aft it launched a larger exemplary with the ‌M2‌ chip, truthful a caller 13-inch ‌MacBook Air‌ whitethorn not motorboat this twelvemonth astatine all. Supporting this, determination person been nary factual rumors astir Apple launching a ‌MacBook Air‌ with the ‌M3‌ spot successful 2023.

Some of the astir reliably insightful sources successful the rumor community, including Ming-Chi Kuo, Mark Gurman, and Ross Young, person each said that a 15-inch ‌MacBook Air‌ exemplary is coming this twelvemonth – and this appears to beryllium the absorption of ‌MacBook Air‌ rumors successful 2023.

Apple Car

Apple has been rumored to beryllium moving connected its ain electrical vehicle for galore years astatine this point, and portion the task is seemingly progressively developed and focused, the car is not expected to look publically this year.

There person been hundreds of well-sourced reports astir Apple's car plans, but the latest accusation from Bloomberg suggests that the institution precocious scaled backmost its plans and dropped its projected $120,000 terms point, eliminating ambitions for a afloat self-driving conveyance with nary steering instrumentality oregon pedals.

Now, the car is expected to person a overmuch much accepted plan with constricted self-driving capabilities, for a terms nether $100,000. The car is present expected to motorboat successful 2026 astatine the earliest, but it could beryllium announced sometime successful 2025.