Apple May Not Launch New iMac Until Late 2023: Report

The Cupertino-based tech big Apple is reportedly not planning to launch a brand new 24-inch iMac till late 2023. The 24-inch iMac was launched by the corporate in May 2021, nevertheless it has but to obtain any main updates to its specification

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple will skip updating the iMac with the M2 chip and as an alternative wait to launch a mannequin with the M3 chip, which has but to be introduced.

“I haven’t seen something to point there shall be a brand new iMac till the M3 chip era, which received’t arrive till the tail finish of this yr on the earliest or subsequent yr. “So if you wish to stick to the iMac, you’ll simply have to sit down tight,” wrote Gurman in his newsletter.

Apple’s M3 chip is expected to be manufactured based on TSMC’s latest 3nm process, providing additional performance and power efficiency improvements, MacRumors reported. As per the report, the M3 chip is also expected to be used in a new MacBook Air rumored to launch by the second half of 2023, and potentially in future versions of the 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini. By comparison, the M2 chip is built on TSMC’s second-generation 5nm process.

In related news, Apple has also delayed its 27-inch external display with mini-LED backlighting, which was expected to launch in the first quarter of this year. The display is expected to support ProMotion, allowing for up to a 120Hz refresh rate.

Industry analyst Ross Young has not seen any signs that the display is entering mass production, which indicates that the launch is not about to happen. It appears that the launch date of the display has been postponed a number of times, MacRumors reported. He first anticipated the display to launch around June 2022, then in October 2022, and most recently in the first quarter of 2023.

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