Apple plans to launch a brand new MacBook Air sequence within the second quarter of 2023, in line with Taiwanese provide chain publication DigiTimes.
“The primary quarter of 2023 is predicted to see Apple’s MacBook delivery low, however the second quarter will see the discharge of a brand new MacBook Air sequence, in line with business sources,” reads a paywalled preview of a DigiTimes report shared right this moment. The total report has but to be revealed, so no extra particulars can be found right now.
The second quarter runs from April by June and contains Apple’s annual builders convention WWDC in June. The present 13-inch MacBook Air with the M2 chip was introduced at WWDC final yr and have become accessible in July.
This data comes simply in the future after show business analyst Ross Younger mentioned Apple’s provide chain had began manufacturing of show panels for a bigger 15-inch MacBook Air this month. Younger estimated that the brand new MacBook Air will launch in “early April,” which might be in the beginning of the second quarter timeframe supplied right this moment.
A brand new 15-inch show measurement can be the biggest ever for the MacBook Air and would presumably be supplied alongside the 13-inch mannequin. On condition that DigiTimes mentions a brand new MacBook Air “sequence” shall be launched, Apple might be planning to announce each 13-inch and 15-inch fashions, however this isn’t sure but.
It is unclear if the 15-inch MacBook Air can be geared up with the M2 chip or the next-generation 3nm-based M3 chip, which has but to be introduced. Apple’s chipmaking accomplice TSMC started mass manufacturing of 3nm chips in December, however it’s unclear if the M3 chip can be prepared for launch by the second quarter. Apple nonetheless has to announce the high-end M2 Extremely chip for the brand new Mac Professional as its closing chip within the M2 sequence, and it’ll seemingly wish to announce that chip earlier than introducing the M3 chip.
DigiTimes beforehand reported that Apple deliberate to announce a brand new MacBook Air with the M3 chip within the second half of 2023. The web site has a reasonably unreliable monitor file in comparison with extra respected sources like Ming-Chi Kuo and Mark Gurman.
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