Apple’s Mac and MacBooks may not be the highly popular iPhones but these devices have a market niche totally dedicated to themselves. Apple does not have anything to announce regarding this year’s Macs, MacBooks or any other devices other devices till now.
However, a lot of rumors have been surfacing on the internet and they have indicated a tentative release date for this year’s MacBook. In case you are waiting for the 15 inch new MacBooks, you will need to wait two more quarters for them.
According to sources of Digitimes, the two 15 inch models will inter the production phase sometime in the third quarter. In the meantime, a 12inch new MacBook is coming soon and production will start in either this quarter or the next.
This is the same for the 13.3 inch MacBooks and it is not clear whether they will be Pro or Air models. They are being called 13.3 inch MacBooks by Digitimes. The particular screen size of the Air or Pro has not been mentioned either. Another interesting fact is that the 11 inch MacBook hasn’t been mentioned at all.
It has been claimed in some reports that Apple will discontinue the smaller Air Model and it will be further replaced by a 15inch version. It has been reported that the 2016 MacBook Air will be revealed at the WWDC event this summer. According to the latest speculations, Apple has been tipped to ship 20 million Macs next year.
The MacBook and iMac models will further boost the company’s average selling price. In 2015, Apple sold 20.38 million Macs, which was up to 4.03% compared to 2014. Among them, 5 million of were iMacs, according to the tech site.
Meanwhile, the gadgets enthusiasts and techies were really interested and excited since the latest rumors revealed the possible release date of the 2016 Apple MacBook Pro. It is one of the most popular laptops all over the world and furthermore, it is highly anticipated by computer users as well.
It seems like they may not have to wait too long in order to get their hands on the device. According to the latest Vine Report, Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities revealed that the California based computer company will be introducing the 2016 Apple MacBook Pro with a lot of possible upgrades with rumors suggesting that the 13inch model will be released on March or April this year.
If the reports turn out to be true, there are loads of things that Apple fans can be excited about. According to the latest MacBook rumors, the new line of MacBooks will sport Intel’s faster Skylake processors.
Furthermore, the new MacBook is also expected to run on OS X El Capitan. The 13 inch MacBook Pro will be released by March or April and people who are really interested in getting the 15inch model will have to wait till the second half of the year.
The same report from Mac rumors also state that various supply chains revealed how the release of MacBook Pro 2016 will be staggering throughout the year.
Meanwhile, Apple is yet to provide any solid updates regarding the release of this device but according to many insiders, there will be an announcement made by the company during the March media event. They will also unveil the new iPhone 5SE, the iPad Air 3 along with the new Apple Watch bands.