Apple just released MBP, and rumors of new MBA and 27-inch iMac followed

Apple just announced the new MacBook Pro laptops equipped with M1 Pro and M1 Max in the early morning of the 19th Taiwan time. Then there were rumors that Apple would launch new MacBook Air and iMac in 2022.

MacBook Air

Undoubtedly, the bangs design is used for the first time on the screens of the new MacBook Pro that Apple launched this time, which also means that the new MacBook Air screens that Apple will launch in the future will also adopt the bangs design.

According to rumors, the design concept of the MacBook Air laptop to be launched in 2022 will be similar to that of the MacBook Pro laptop launched this time; although the screen adopts the bangs design method, the bangs of the MacBook Air will be the same as the MacBook Pro. , Does not have the biometric recognition function of Face ID, because the bangs of the laptop screen already contain a video lens, an ambient light sensor, and a green indicator light when the screen camera is turned on.

Exterior

The appearance of the MacBook Air that will be launched next year will be slightly different from the existing products. If you are a user of existing MacBook Air products, you will know that when the MacBook Air screen is closed, the thickness of the end of the laptop bearing will be thicker than that of the open cover.

However, in the future, Apple may design the MacBook Air to be thinner and make the thickness of the fuselage more uniform.

MagSafe is back

In terms of charging technology, this time Apple has returned to the MagSafe charging function that many fans miss on the MacBook Pro model; therefore, it is speculated that Apple may also return to this one on the MacBook Air laptop that will be launched next year. Function.

(Source: Apple)

M2 chip

As for processing chips, this time Apple introduced two new chips, M1 Pro and M1 Max, and no matter which chip it is, it can be mounted on a 14-inch or 16-inch MacBook Pro according to user needs. What about the MacBook Air that will be launched next year?

According to the “MacRumors” report, Apple should not include these two chips in entry-level MacBook products, but the existing MacBook Air products have already been equipped with M1 chips, so the most likely solution is to push another one. The successor of the M1 chip-M2.

Mini LED screen

Mini LED display technology began to enter Apple products in the past two years; with the 12.9-inch iPad Pro and the MacBook Pro products launched this time, both are equipped with Mini LED screens; outsiders predict that the MacBook Air that will be launched next year may also use this Item screen technology.

However, there are some people wondering whether the MacBook Air that is not “Pro” will really use Mini LED display? “MacRumors” believes that the newly launched MacBook Pro products all use Liquid Retina XDR displays. Even if the MacBook Air does not use the same screen technology, it can be expected that the product may be equipped with Mini LED variants.

27-inch iMac

As for the 27-inch iMac products, Ross Young, CEO of DSCC, a display panel supply chain consultancy, also pointed out on his Twitter earlier that Apple will launch a 27-inch, equipped with Mini LED display in the first quarter of 2022. New iMac products.

And the new 27-inch iMac will also have ProMotion technology, when its screen will provide 24Hz~120Hz automatically adapt to the update frequency.

OK, tweeted too early. The 27″ MiniLED screen is going in an iMac in Q1’22, not an external monitor. May see a monitor later. Still 24Hz – 120Hz variable refresh…Sorry for the confusion!

— Ross Young (@DSCCRoss) October 20, 2021

(Source of the first image: Science and Technology Newspaper)

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