It was reported that Steve Jobs had said don’t Apple like he would. And, he didn’t.
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Apple Expected to Update Entire iPad Lineup Next Year
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He said that at a very dark time in his life. I doubt he’d have the same advice if he saw the company today.
Considering that the company is healthy and profitable it’s very likely exactly what he expected from Tim.
He’d probably be dismayed that the Mac is still around, though LOL
New...-ish. Just an update for iPad 10 with eSIM support in China. Technically a new release, but it's an existing name, not an entirely new one.
I mean, why stop there? The PS5 is a computer for all intents and purposes. Why can’t it dual boot windows or run office, or let me browse the web?
Because it’s not a new model, but rather a variant of an existing model released in 2022.
I’ve heard suggestions that the non-pro iPads would be updated in the spring and the pro iPads would be updated in the second half of the year. Not sure if the mini gets an update this year or not.
I doubt that. They’ll most likely update all ipads in the spring. Waiting until the second half of the year to update the ipad pros would mean a full two years without new ipad pros. Apple has never left any of its products without an update for a full two years.
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Given how 2023 unfolded with no new iPads I think we can expect a crush of products this coming spring. I expect iPad 11 with a likely/possible price drop while they also finally axe iPad 9. Indeed the entire iPad lineup could be revamped in the spring.
I think the switch from Lightning to USB-C will be complete on remaining devices and accessories. With existing devices like the iMac with included mouse and keyboard they could just quietly switch over with little fanfare.
MacBook Airs 13 and 15 will get M3 most likely this spring. But I think Mac Mini and Mac Studio will get M3 later. Big question mark is how much longer will the M1 MacBook Air hang on and will there indeed be a new entry level MacBook sometime next year? A summer release of a new entry level MacBook would be ideal for the back-to-school sales period.
I think the switch from Lightning to USB-C will be complete on remaining devices and accessories. With existing devices like the iMac with included mouse and keyboard they could just quietly switch over with little fanfare.
MacBook Airs 13 and 15 will get M3 most likely this spring. But I think Mac Mini and Mac Studio will get M3 later. Big question mark is how much longer will the M1 MacBook Air hang on and will there indeed be a new entry level MacBook sometime next year? A summer release of a new entry level MacBook would be ideal for the back-to-school sales period.
Would you see the old button style iPad being removed from the line up? With the removal of the lightning port?
Would be cool to see a $249.99 iPad in the line up. Would sell like hot cakes.
I would. The only such model that apple is still selling is the 9th gen ipad and by the spring it will be almost two years since its first release.
The days of the iPad 9 are definitely numbered—it’s going on over two years old. It’s the sole remaining device with a home button as well as Lightning while everything else is switching over to all swiping gestures and USB-C.
What Apple plans is murky. Would they introduced a totally redesigned entry level iPad (to replace the 9) or drop the price significantly on the forthcoming iPad 11?
I would expect that too. Otherwise, it would mean that some ipad models wouldn’t be updated for a full two years, and Apple has never, ever, done that for any of its flagship products (iphone, ipad, apple watch).
I wouldn't be surprised if Apple drops the iPad 9 from their lineup completely and the iPad 11 getting the M1 SoC.
They've left the iPad Mini and plenty of Macs for more than two years. Most cases are desktop Macs (the laptops sometimes got VERY minor updates, especially in the YetAnotherLake era in the late 2010s, but they got a slightly tweaked GPU or a new CPU that was essentially the same as the last), but they've gotten SOME update.
iPad Mini - 2014-2019, 2019-2021 (two years and a few months), 2021 to date
Mac Pro - 2013 to 2019, 2019 to 2023
Mac Mini - 2012 to 2014 (two years and two weeks), 2014 to 2018, 2020 to 2023
27" iMac - 2020 to date (it's still Intel). Apple would argue this, because they would say that it was discontinued and replaced by the 24" M1 iMac as the only option in March of 2022. A machine that is stuck at 16 GB of RAM can't replace one with 128 GB, though. There is no creative pro iMac, between this and the final entry.
iMac Pro - 2017-2021 (discontinued). There have been plenty of "one-and-done" Macs, some intentional (Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh), and some not (Cube). The iMac Pro stands out among them because it was an active, promoted product for a long time, and because Apple discussed it as having a future. The Cube and Twentieth Anniversary Mac were only active products for about a year, and the Twentieth Anniversary Mac was an intentional collectors' item with a sale price three to five times higher than its performance and features justified. The Cube sold almost no units, and it was clear within six months that it was a dead-end "one and done". The iMac Pro was a real product that Apple promoted heavily - it was their flagship desktop Mac the day before Apple Silicon was revealed...
iPad Mini - 2014-2019, 2019-2021 (two years and a few months), 2021 to date
Mac Pro - 2013 to 2019, 2019 to 2023
Mac Mini - 2012 to 2014 (two years and two weeks), 2014 to 2018, 2020 to 2023
27" iMac - 2020 to date (it's still Intel). Apple would argue this, because they would say that it was discontinued and replaced by the 24" M1 iMac as the only option in March of 2022. A machine that is stuck at 16 GB of RAM can't replace one with 128 GB, though. There is no creative pro iMac, between this and the final entry.
iMac Pro - 2017-2021 (discontinued). There have been plenty of "one-and-done" Macs, some intentional (Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh), and some not (Cube). The iMac Pro stands out among them because it was an active, promoted product for a long time, and because Apple discussed it as having a future. The Cube and Twentieth Anniversary Mac were only active products for about a year, and the Twentieth Anniversary Mac was an intentional collectors' item with a sale price three to five times higher than its performance and features justified. The Cube sold almost no units, and it was clear within six months that it was a dead-end "one and done". The iMac Pro was a real product that Apple promoted heavily - it was their flagship desktop Mac the day before Apple Silicon was revealed...
iMac Pro was promoted, and was strong enough, but all-in-ones are a poor way to configure higher end computer solutionss. Display needs change, displays lose color accuracy, computer side breaks, display side breaks, etc. It is very inefficient to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
M-series MBAs are a newish product, esp. the 15". No big question mark on entry level MBA since M2 MBA simply ages into that role over time as M1 MBA ages out Apple might do something newish with M3, but probably nothing worth caring much about. The truly big question mark is what Apple intends for the M3 Mac Pro, and to a much lesser extent the so far unannounced M3 Studio.
Another theory: Maybe only the iMac, MBP and iPad Pro will get the M3 treatment and the rest of the lineup will get updated when the M4-series debuts, so we possibly could have;
WWDC 2024 - M4 MBA
Fall 2024 - M4 iMac / base MBP, M4 Pro / Max MBP
Jan 2025 - M4 / M4 Pro Mac mini; M4 Max / Ultra Mac Studio
WWDC 2025 - M4-based Mac Pro
But never the ipad pros, the ipad air or the budget ipad. All those I would expect to see updated in march or, the latest, in june at the wwdc.
I sometimes wonder why the Mac Pro is even still around, considering it doesn't really seem any better than the Mac Studio.