Gurman: M2 iPad Pro to be announced in the coming days, new Macs coming later this year - 9to5Mac

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Apple already introduced its caller lineup of iPhone and Apple Watch past month. However, the institution has besides been rumored to beryllium moving connected immoderate different caller products. A caller study from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that the M2 iPad Pro volition beryllium announced successful the coming days. However, caller Macs won’t beryllium disposable until aboriginal this year.

New iPads coming precise soon

Gurman today corroborated that determination are caller iPad models coming “very soon.” More specifically, a new procreation iPad Pro equipped with the M2 chip, the aforesaid arsenic the M2 MacBook Air introduced backmost successful June. Codenamed J617 and J620, the caller iPad Pro models volition support the existent form-factor with 11-inch and 12.9-inch displays.

The M2 spot is astir 20% faster than the M1, which means that consumers are improbable to announcement a important show leap compared to the existent iPad Pro model. Other large hardware changes besides look improbable astatine this point.

In summation to the M2 iPad Pro, Gurman said that a caller entry-level iPad is besides expected to beryllium announced successful the coming days. 9to5Mac archetypal revealed details of the 10th procreation iPad successful June. Codenamed J272, this iPad exemplary volition get a caller plan and a USB-C larboard alternatively of Lightning, arsenic good arsenic 5G support.

However, dissimilar the much costly iPads, the caller entry-level iPad volition beryllium powered by the A14 Bionic chip, the aforesaid arsenic the iPhone 12 and iPad Air 4. This means that Apple volition support the M-series chips exclusive to the iPad Pro and iPad Air for longer.

A fewer days ago, Gurman had already said that helium expects iPadOS 16.1 to beryllium released to the nationalist the week of October 24. Since this update adds enactment for the caller iPad models, it won’t beryllium a astonishment if the institution announces the caller iPads arsenic soon arsenic adjacent week. The writer besides believes that the products volition beryllium announced with a property merchandise alternatively than a peculiar event.

What astir caller Macs?

Recent rumors person besides pointed to the merchandise of caller Macs successful precocious 2022. While Gurman inactive believes that Apple volition present caller Macs soon, helium says that the caller machines volition beryllium introduced astatine a aboriginal date, not alongside the caller iPads.

More specifically, determination are caller 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models connected way to beryllium released “in the adjacent future.” These MacBooks volition diagnostic much almighty versions of the M2 chip, which volition beryllium the M2 Pro and M2 Max. Gurman’s study besides mentions that there’s an M2 Mac mini successful the works, which has besides been corroborated by 9to5Mac’s sources.

Apple is besides reportedly processing a caller procreation Apple TV with the A14 spot and 4GB of RAM, which would beryllium a large leap from the existent exemplary with the A12 chip. However, details astir erstwhile this caller Apple TV volition beryllium announced are unclear.

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