Category: 📔 Note

• 2026 Jan - 12.9" MacBook Air M5
• 2026 Jan - 14.2" MacBook Pro M5 Pro (+16.2")
• 2026 Mar - 3X" Display + Mac Studio M5 Pro
• 2026 Jun - 13.3" MacBook A19 Pro
• 2026 Jun - 13.6" M3/M2/M1 Discontinued
• 2026 Oct - 3X" iMac M6 (2027 Mar?)

I wonder if the rumor about a MacBook with a new 12.9" screen size might actually be a new M-Series or M5 MacBook Air size and design, with the rumored budget A-Series MacBook being a separate device coming another time in either the current 13.6" design or former 13.3" design.

Budget A-Series MacBook Design

I would guess that the most likely scenario is the M-Series MacBook gets a redesign first, possibly as a 12.X" device with M5, and then the budget A-Series MacBook gets the "old" 13.6" design. Second most likely is just a budget 13.3", but that design is quite old and colorless.

• M5 will be built on 2nm GAAFET
• M5 uses hybrid bonding chiplets so CPU is 2nm
• M5 MacBooks come out in late 2025
• M5 MacBook Air is Mini-LED, maybe new size/design
• iMac and Mac Mini skip M5, wait for M6?
• Next iPad Pro uses 2nm A-Series Pro?

I wonder if Apple might release a redesigned MacBook Air in two new 12" and 14" sizes that are even thinner, lighter, and smaller, and which may not have a tandem OLED screen like the iPad Pro.

What

• M4? - Redesigned - 12" and 14" - $1199/$1399?
• M2? - Discounted - 13" and 15" - $799/$999?
• M3? - Discontinued

Why

• Make next MacBook Air thin, light, and small
• Offer cheaper old MacBook Air for education
• Keep MacBook Air somewhat lower priced
• Leave tandem OLED for MacBook Pro first

Guesses

• Mac Ultra, nee Pro, with M3 Ultra
• 30" or 32" iMac Pro with M3 Pro
• 14" and 16" MacBook Pro updates
• M3 Pro and M2 options for iMac

Notes

• N3B on 3nm was ready long ago - A17/M3 Pro
• M3 Pro vs M2 may encourage iMac Pro sales
• No M3 or A17, straight to M4 and A18

• 15.3" - M3 - Notch Design - Upgraded - MacBook Air
• 12.5" - M3 - Notch Design - Added - MacBook mini
• 13.6" - M2 - Notch Design - Discounted - MacBook Air
• 13.3" - M1 - Older Design - Removed - Discounted?

I wonder if the rumored 5.7 inch iPhone SE could actually be a potential new size and design for the regular iPhone, possibly for fall 2023. The next iPhone SE could be based off that new design with USB-C, possibly for spring 2025 or 2026.

Notes

If there is an earlier iPhone SE in the spring of 2024, I wonder if it would be based off of the 5.4 inch iPhone 13 mini, or the 6 inch iPhone 13. However, they would need to at least slightly redesign the exterior of the device, to add USB-C, and possibly also Touch ID in the power button for cost reasons. Previously, the iPhone SE was not updated for 4 years from 2016 to 2020. Waiting three or four years after 2022 until the next iteration could make sense, to allow it to be based off of a newer design with USB-C, instead of ever having an iPhone SE based on an iPhone from the Face ID and notch era of devices.

I wonder if the new highest end Mac mini will simply get the new M2 chip, instead of having a Mac mini with an M2 Pro chip. The previous M1 chip could stick around as a lower tier Mac mini, and the M-Series Pro chips would be saved for the Mac Studio.

I wonder if Apple will have a higher tier brand called Ultra in more products, similar to Apple Watch and Apple Silicon. Maybe they would therefore have a Mac Ultra as their highest end desktop for instance.

I wonder if the 2023 iPhone release may even be around June instead of September, because ARM unconventionally missed its tick-tock cycle with 3 iterations of 5nm chips. The first 3nm chips for iPhone, based on ARMv9, may be ready to release earlier than normal.