Apple’s annual fall occasion takes place on Monday, September 9, when it’s anticipated to unveil the brand new iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Professional lineup, and a few new Apple Watch fashions. It might additionally make some further new merchandise out there, however there are a handful of rumored upcoming units that we do not count on to make an look this month.
To assist set expectations forward of Apple’s “It is Glowtime” occasion, we have compiled an inventory of merchandise that Apple is unlikely to announce in September, however fairly in a while within the 12 months or in 2025 and past.
M4-Powered Macs
Apple is growing new Macs powered by the corporate’s next-generation M4 chip, which is constructed on chipmaking companion TSMC’s second-generation 3nm know-how and contains a new show engine, leading to vital efficiency and energy effectivity enhancements over the M3 chip that Apple’s most up-to-date Mac fashions are primarily based on.
The primary of Apple’s new M4-powered Macs are anticipated to reach later within the 12 months. In response to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman’s sources, Apple is planning to refresh the MacBook Professional, Mac mini, and iMac with M4 chips this 12 months, and we’re prone to see the brand new fashions someday in October.
4 machines that Apple has been testing reportedly have base-level M4 chips, in keeping with developer logs. Three of the Macs have a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU. The fourth machine has an 8-core CPU and an 8-core GPU, which isn’t an M4 configuration that we have seen to date. All 4 of the M4 Macs have both 16GB or 32GB of Unified Reminiscence.
In the meantime, Apple’s provide chain is reportedly starting mass manufacturing of next-generation 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professional fashions with M4 Professional and M4 Max chips. If Apple repeats final 12 months’s launch sample, these machines are round two months away from being launched.
iPhone SE 4
Following the discharge of the iPhone 16 lineup in September, Apple will launch the fourth-generation iPhone SE as early as the start of 2025, in keeping with Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman.
The fourth-generation iPhone SE is rumored to characteristic an iPhone 14-like design, Face ID as an alternative of Contact ID, a USB-C port, an Motion button, an Apple-designed 5G modem, an A18 processor, and an all-screen look that does away with the Residence Button.
The gadget’s show is anticipated to develop in dimension from 4.7 inches to six.06 inches and use OLED for the primary time, and the gadget will nearly actually include 8GB of RAM, up from 4GB within the 2022 mannequin, because of the {hardware} necessities of Apple Intelligence.
The gadget could possibly be launched forward of the Lunar New 12 months in January 2025. Nevertheless, all three present iPhone SE fashions had been introduced in March through the years, so a March 2025 launch appears fairly attainable too.
HomePod mini 2
Apple’s HomePod mini might be 4 years outdated in October. Gurman was first to focus on Apple’s work on a second-generation HomePod mini in August 2022. He additionally expressed skepticism about what a brand new HomePod mini may provide since “the most recent HomePod would not embody any main new capabilities that are not already within the $99 mini.”
In February 2023, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed Apple would start mass shipments of the second-generation HomePod mini within the second half of 2024. However given how way back Kuo made the declare, it is not clear how a lot weight ought to be given to it. And since then, rumors in regards to the gadget have been scant.
That mentioned, it will be affordable to imagine a brand new mannequin would characteristic improved sound and microphones, together with an up to date S-series chip and new shade choices. If Apple needs to maintain up with Amazon’s rumored new Claude AI-powered Echo units, Apple Intelligence may additionally issue right into a next-generation HomePod mini.
Speaking of colours: In an uncommon improvement, Apple changed the Area Grey with a virtually equivalent Midnight end only a few months in the past, which might make it appear odd to count on a brand new mannequin to be unveiled anytime quickly, and nearly actually not at Apple’s upcoming iPhone 16 occasion.
AirPods Professional 3
Apple is anticipated to launch a redesigned model of the AirPods Professional in 2025, in keeping with Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. The replace will seemingly embody enhanced audio high quality, an improved design, and a quicker chip.
Apple might introduce a new listening to check characteristic for the AirPods Professional, doubtlessly able to detecting listening to points. Moreover, new well being sensors are underneath improvement, which may allow options corresponding to studying physique temperature from the ear canal and enhancing hearing-related capabilities like Dialog Enhance and Dwell Pay attention.
The subsequent-generation AirPods Professional are rumored to have considerably improved Lively Noise Cancellation (ANC) in comparison with the AirPods Professional 2, though particular particulars on how ANC might be enhanced should not but out there.
New Apple TV
Apple is reportedly growing a brand new Apple TV with a quicker processor whereas retaining the identical design as the present mannequin. Initially, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman recommended a 2024 launch for the brand new Apple TV, however he later indicated that an replace is not imminent, leaving the timeline unclear.
In response to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the next-generation Apple TV could possibly be extra inexpensive, and that may match a sample of Apple lowering the worth of the gadget. The second-generation (2010) and third-generation (2012) fashions of the Apple TV had been each launched within the U.S. at a worth of $99. Apple later decreased the worth of the third-generation mannequin to $69, establishing a precedent for a sub-$100 Apple TV that might higher compete with low-cost streaming units from firms like Amazon and Roku.
A future model of the Apple TV may characteristic a built-in digital camera for FaceTime and different video calling apps, as reported by Mark Gurman. Whereas Apple launched a FaceTime app for the Apple TV in tvOS 17, which works through a related iPhone or iPad, this could possibly be a step towards an Apple TV with an built-in digital camera.