What to Count on From an Apple Occasion in October: iPad Professional, M2 Macs, and Extra

Following its September occasion targeted on new iPhone and Apple Watch fashions, Apple typically holds one other occasion in October targeted on new iPad and Mac fashions, and this 12 months will seemingly be no exception. October continues to be three weeks away, however we have already got a good suggestion of the merchandise that will seemingly be introduced at an occasion subsequent month.

For the October occasion, rumors recommend that Apple plans to announce new iPad Professional fashions with the M2 chip, a redesigned Tenth-generation entry-level iPad, and no less than a number of extra Macs powered by the M2 sequence of chips, with potential candidates together with the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professional, the Mac mini, and/or the Mac Professional.

iPad Professional With M2 Chip

Apple plans to launch new iPad Professional fashions with the M2 chip and MagSafe wi-fi charging assist in October, in keeping with Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Each the 11-inch and 12.9-inch fashions of the iPad Professional are anticipated to be up to date, however the 11-inch mannequin is nonetheless not anticipated to function a mini-LED show.

The subsequent iPad Professional fashions will function the same chassis design as the present fashions, however with “four-pin connectors” on the highest and backside edges, in keeping with Japanese weblog Mac Otakara. The aim of those connectors and whether or not they would substitute the present three-pin Good Connector on the iPad Professional is unclear.

Apple final up to date the iPad Professional in April 2021, with new options together with the M1 chip, a Thunderbolt port, 5G assist for mobile fashions, a mini-LED show on the 12.9-inch mannequin, and an upgraded 12-megapixel entrance digital camera with assist for Apple’s Middle Stage function, which helps maintain you inside the body in video apps like FaceTime.

Tenth-Technology iPad

Apple is anticipated to unveil a redesigned entry-level iPad in October with a bigger 10.5-inch show, a USB-C port, and a flat-edged chassis with a rear digital camera bump. Different rumored options embrace an A14 Bionic chip and 5G assist for mobile fashions.

Whereas the Tenth-generation iPad is anticipated to retain a Contact ID house button, rumors recommend the gadget will now not have a headphone jack.

A questionable report from Mac Otakara claimed that the Tenth-generation iPad will truly function a Contact ID energy button on the highest fringe of the chassis, like the most recent iPad Air and iPad mini fashions. The report additionally claimed that the FaceTime digital camera might be positioned in the correct bezel of the gadget for panorama utilization.

Apple launched the Ninth-generation iPad in September 2021, with key options together with a ten.2-inch show, an A13 Bionic chip, an upgraded 12-megapixel entrance digital camera with assist for the Middle Stage function, True Tone, and double the bottom storage. Within the U.S., the ten.2-inch iPad begins at $329 with 64GB of storage.

Extra Macs With M2 Chips

In late August, Gurman stated Apple had been engaged on M2-based Mac mini, MacBook Professional, and Mac Professional fashions, including that we had been “prone to see no less than a pair of these machines about two months from now,” which strains up with October. Nonetheless, it’s doable that a few of these Macs might be introduced later within the 12 months or subsequent 12 months.

Mac mini With M2 and M2 Professional Chips

Apple launched the Mac mini with an M1 chip as one in all its first three Apple silicon Macs in November 2020. Almost two years later, a brand new model of the Mac mini with an M2 chip is on the horizon, in keeping with Gurman.

Apple nonetheless sells a higher-priced Mac mini configuration with Intel processors, however Gurman stated it is going to be succeeded by a mannequin with an M2 Professional chip.

MacBook Professional With M2 Professional and M2 Max Chips

Apple’s next-generation 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professional fashions with M2 Professional and M2 Max chips are “properly into growth and testing,” and deliberate for launch “as early as this fall,” in keeping with Gurman. As ordinary lately, Gurman stated the timeframe might be pushed again attributable to provide chain disruptions or different components.

Whereas some stories advised that the M2 Professional and M2 Max chips could also be Apple’s first 3nm chips, it appears more and more seemingly that the chips will stay 5nm. The chips would nonetheless have modest efficiency enhancements over the M1 Professional and M1 Max chips, and will increase in GPU core counts and unified reminiscence (RAM) are additionally seemingly.

Mac Professional With M2 Extremely and “M2 Excessive” Chips

After asserting the Mac Studio at its March 2022 occasion, Apple teased that an Apple silicon model of the Mac Professional tower was coming later.

Again in 2020, Apple stated its transition from Intel processors to Apple silicon chips throughout the Mac lineup would take round two years to be accomplished, so the brand new Mac Professional is anticipated to be introduced by the top of 2022.

The brand new Mac Professional will likely be geared up with “M2 Extremely” and “M2 Excessive” chips, in keeping with Gurman. It is doable the brand new Mac Professional will likely be smaller as a result of swap to Apple silicon, however it’s unclear if the desktop laptop may have any main design modifications in comparison with the present Intel-based mannequin launched in December 2019.

The brand new Mac Professional could be the quickest Mac ever, topping the Mac Studio with the M1 Extremely chip.

Apple TV With A14 Chip?

Apple plans to launch a new Apple TV with an “improved value construction” within the second half of 2022, in keeping with analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, however it’s unclear if the gadget could be introduced in the course of the October occasion or at one other time.

A brand new Apple TV is in growth with an A14 chip and 4GB of RAM, in keeping with Gurman, however it’s unclear if this mannequin is identical one which Kuo referred to. Both approach, the interior upgrades would end in sooner efficiency in comparison with the present Apple TV 4K, which is provided with an A12 chip and 3GB of RAM.

Launched in April 2021, the present Apple TV 4K begins at $179 with 32GB of storage, whereas the Apple TV HD stays accessible for $149. By comparability, there are a lot of streaming sticks from manufacturers like Chromecast and Roku accessible for between $25 and $100.