2020 was a busy year at Apple, with the release of many new products.We recapitulatejust a few days ago all the new features launched by the Cupertino company last year. This report allowed us to see that the pace of appearance of new Apple products over the last 12 months has been sustained. And this could well still be the case in 2021, according to rumors and analysts.
To see this, here, continuing our 2020 report, are the predictions that can be made for 2021 from the Californian giant.
Arrival in 2021 very likely
iPhone 13
A year without new iPhones would be a big surprise. We can obviously easily imagine that a new generation of Phone should be released at the beginning of fall 2021. Logically, this would be the new iPhone 13.
These could have the following characteristics:
- 4 models for range 13(as for 12)
- until1 TB of storage
- Wi-Fi 6E compatibility
- compatible screenProMotion et 120 Hzwithpermanent display
- possiblyno more Lightning jack
- improved camera, perhaps with the move to 5 sensors,but without design change
- hypothetical return of Touch ID, perhaps in theignition buttonlike on iPad Air from 2020
- new technology ofsoft batteryfor improved autonomy
- Face ID notchsmaller
Apple Watch Series 7
As with the iPhone, we can expect a new generation of watches after summer 2021. This new Apple Watch couldchange designaccording to the latest information on this subject. Some sources mention the arrival of themicroLED screen technology, when others rely onTouch ID integration. We'll have to wait until next September to find out for sure.
Apple Silicon M2
While the M1 chip from the Apple Silicon project made a sensational entry onto the market a few weeks ago, Apple could do it again at the end of 2021. The Californian firm should in fact launch in the fall of this year a new generation of Ax chip, which could be called M2.
It would be reserved foriMac Pro and Mac Pro at first. Logical, given that it would offer up to 12 computing cores.
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New MacBook Pro 16″
The 16″ MacBook Pro should also upgrade to an Apple Silicon chip this year. Some sources would see it integrating an improved version of the Apple M1 chip,in the form of an M1X processor12-core with support for 16 GB of RAM. Others are counting on the integration of an M2 chip with approximately the same characteristics. Perhaps this is simply a disagreement over the name of the next generation of Appe Silicon chips. However, we can conclude that the next 16″ MacBook Pro should offer an improvement of the M1 chip introduced in 2020.
In addition, he would benefit from anew mini-LED technology for its screen.
New MacBook Pro 14″
Apple would launch aMacBook Pro 14″This year. This model would replace the 13″ MacBook Pro from 2020 and would obviously integrate an Apple Silicon chip, either an M1 or an evolution of the M1 chip.
New iMac with Apple Silicon chip
The iMac should certainly be refreshed this year with the new Apple M1 processor. Difficult to say at this stage if other changes would be in the game. Hewhispered a little while agothe upcoming arrival of an edge-to-edge design for Apple's all-in-one. To say that this could already be the case in 2021 seems complicated to us.
New Apple TV
Apple is reportedly working on a new TV box,as reported by Bloomberg via Mark Gurman a few weeks ago. You shouldn't expect a major design change. On the other hand, this new generation of Apple TV would be focused on the video game experience and should therefore include components capable of supporting good graphics performance. Perhaps we would be entitled to an Apple TV with an Apple MX chip? LeaksAppleProwould rather rely on an A12Z processor. Response within a few months.
New iPad Pro
As with the 16″ MacBook Pro, the 2021 iPad Pro isexpected with mini-LED technology. Remember that this allows more measured energy consumption than OLED, but also better contrasts and brightness management.
The next generation iPad Pro couldarrive before summer 2021.
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New iPad
In spring 2021, anew iPadwould appear, slightly larger (10.5 inches screen diagonal, compared to 10.2 for the current generation), but also thinner and equipped with an A13 chip. No Face ID there, but still Touch ID and probably even a Home button. For storage capacities, we would need to count on twice as many GB as the current generation, or at least 64 GB.
Arrival possible in 2021
AirTags
The AirTags object tracker has been the subject of many rumors in 2020.Some analystseven saw the product released in 2021, while version 14.3 of iOS 14 already containedindicesas to the object in question and its use. Still, Apple has not revealed any information on this subject so far and nothing certifies that AirTags will indeed arrive this year. Butall the elements available to date about themsuggest a release in the next 12 months.
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AirPods Pro Lite
After the release of the AirPods Max headset in 2020, Apple could put its AirPods earbuds back in the spotlight in 2021. The firm would prepare aLite version of AirPods Pro. It would be a pair of in-ear headphones, equipped with active noise reduction that is probably less efficient than the non-Lite AirPods, all at a price lower than the 279 euros of the latter.
Furthermore, according to some sources,two earphone sizeswould be offered for a new pair of AirPods Pro.
Mac Pro mini
In desktop computer, at Apple, and apart from Apple's all-in-one, there is on one side the Mac Pro, large and expensive, and on the other, the Mac mini, very small, but much more accessible. Between the two, and especially for users such as video editing, music and image editing professionals, Apple does not offer a solution.The idea of a Mac Pro miniwould fill this gap and satisfy a certain need in terms of power for a more accessible budget than the classic Mac Pro.
Which of these products are you most looking forward to?
