live_tv
Livestream Starting Soon
00
Hours
:
00
Minutes
:
00
Seconds
Up next in 10
More Apple news: @
The M5 MacBook Pro may be delayed, but Apple is rumored to have a busy year with the M5 iPad Pro, M4 iPad Air, iPhone 17e, M5 MacBook Air and even a new Studio Display… and the mysterious new low-cost MacBook.
Produced by Extra Ordinary for Cult of Mac
Follow us!
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cultofmac
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@cultofmac
Instagram: https://instagram.com/cultofmac/
X: https://x.com/cultofmac
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cultofmac
Show More Show Less View Video Transcript
0:00
[Music]
0:01
We were all hoping to get new MacBook
0:03
Pros this year with the M5 chip, but
0:05
you've got some bad news.
0:07
Potentially bad news if the rumors are
0:09
correct. That's right. News flash. It
0:10
now sounds like the M5 MacBook Pro might
0:13
not be coming out this fall at all. So,
0:16
um, let's see. Apple has been planning
0:19
to release new 14in and 16inch MacBook
0:22
Pros cenamed J714 and J716 later this
0:26
year with M5 chips. Bloomberg reported
0:29
on Thursday. But Apple is now internally
0:32
targeting a launch early next year.
0:34
Bloomber Bloomberg's sources apparently
0:36
did not give a reason for the potential
0:38
delay, but it doesn't seem to be related
0:40
to the M5 processor given that an M5 an
0:43
M5 powered iPad Pro is allegedly still
0:46
on track uh to launch this fall,
0:48
replacing the M4 version from spring
0:51
2024.
0:52
So, a redesign is reportedly coming for
0:56
the MacBook line, but not until the M6
0:58
version, which is currently expected in
1:00
late 2026. Um, I guess as soon as I
1:03
heard the story, what I thought is, oh,
1:04
I hope they're delaying the launch of
1:06
the M5s because we're getting some
1:08
redesign, but it doesn't sound like
1:09
that's the case. The redesign is
1:11
potentially not coming for another year
1:13
anyway. So, it's it's not immediately
1:15
apparent what this delay is about. And
1:18
this is a rumor, so we don't know if it
1:19
is a delay. Yeah. And even if it's not
1:21
really a delay because Apple never said
1:22
they were coming out in September
1:24
anyway. But I guess
1:26
this is kind of like this is just us in
1:29
the blogersphere like, "Oh my gosh, oh
1:31
my gosh, Apple's not releasing them in
1:32
September." Well, they never said they
1:33
were going to, you know.
1:35
Well, the iPad Pro only gets the base M5
1:37
chip, but the MacBook Pros get the M5,
1:39
M5 Pro, and M5 Max. So, it could be a
1:42
delay on those bigger chips that's
1:45
pushing things down.
1:46
That sounds like the most likely
1:47
explanation, especially if there's no
1:48
redesign coming. and what other what
1:49
other components could possibly be
1:51
constraining the supply? But anyway,
1:52
tell go ahead. Tell us what is coming
1:54
next year.
1:54
Uh, as for the M4 iPad Air, Bloomberg
1:58
reports that the updates will land in
1:59
March or April next year. A refreshed
2:02
$350 base iPad with a faster processor
2:05
will be launching alongside it. So,
2:08
updates to all three iPads within the
2:10
next 12 months. Uh, both tablets will
2:12
get a minor spec bump. No major design
2:14
changes, but they're pretty good design,
2:16
so I don't think anybody's upset about
2:18
that. Uh, Apple also plans to launch the
2:21
iPhone 17e. So, this is apparently now
2:24
going to get annual updates. It'll look
2:27
similar to the 16e, but will include the
2:29
A19 processor to match this year's
2:31
iPhone 17 line according to the report.
2:34
And they're going to adopt a yearly
2:37
refresh cycle with that going forward.
2:38
So, that's that's good. I think I think
2:41
everybody's hoping like will the 17e get
2:44
Mags safe? I think that'll be the big
2:45
question,
2:46
right? That was the big thing missing,
2:47
wasn't it, from the 16e?
2:50
And of course, it's one of the best
2:51
features you can get on a phone. So,
2:53
it's a big big thing missing. If they
2:55
did do that, though, I mean, then what
2:56
what would stop you, you know, wouldn't
2:59
it cannibalize the the regular iPhone
3:02
lineup? Because that the difference is
3:03
it's got the same processor, it's got
3:05
Mag Safe, it looks more or less the
3:07
same. Um,
3:08
I don't think that would be a big thing
3:11
stopping them now because you could
3:12
still buy a 16e and just put it in a CA
3:14
case that has Mag Safe on it
3:15
or you can stick stickers on it.
3:16
I don't think Apple's worried about
3:17
cannibalizing sales as long as they're
3:19
being cannibalized by Apple.
3:21
They they just want you to buy an iPhone
3:22
no matter what.
3:23
Yeah, that's always been their
3:24
philosophy. Yeah,
3:25
Apple has such a checkered history with
3:27
with the with the lowc cost iPhone has
3:28
never never nailed it and they
3:30
definitely haven't been I mean they've
3:32
released what three now that have been
3:34
18 months apart or something like that.
3:36
Um, so they've never been able to hit
3:38
that yearly cadence, which seems kind of
3:39
crazy, um, that they haven't been a
3:42
managed to do that. So, it's it's kind
3:43
of welcome, I think, um, for for price
3:46
sensitive customers. And I I love
3:47
Apple's low-end stuff. Like, all the
3:49
budget stuff, I think, has gotten really
3:51
really good lately. The the budget iPad
3:53
is is phenomenal. I mean, that's about
3:55
as much iPad as as I personally need
3:57
from an iPad, and it has all the modern
3:59
features now. USBC,
4:01
um, a full screen design, no horrible
4:03
home button anymore. Um it uh and it's
4:06
plenty snappy enough, you know, to for
4:08
for the kind of media consumption I use
4:10
an iPad for. I think it's absolutely f
4:12
and and the price is crazy, you know. Uh
4:15
you can get you could pick it up for
4:16
like two it's uh now priced at what uh
4:19
what was the price at 3
4:21
350
4:21
350 but you can usually get it for about
4:22
300, can't you? And and uh recently went
4:25
down to 279 I think or something like
4:27
that. So I think it's a it's a bargain.
4:29
And I genuinely loved the 16e. Like when
4:31
I when I had it, I I felt genuinely sad
4:34
when I went back to my 16 Pro because
4:36
like it's you need you need to hold you
4:38
need to go to an Apple store and hold
4:39
one in your hands and you'll just be
4:40
like, "Oh my gosh, this phone is so
4:42
light." The lightweight is just
4:45
incredible.
4:46
Here's a big surprise, though. Apple
4:48
supposedly plans to launch a new studio
4:49
display early next year as well. So,
4:54
they released a studio display and they
4:55
haven't revised it, I think, since 2021
4:58
or 2022. And of course, all these, you
5:02
know, third party display makers have
5:03
now caught up to it. So, you can buy
5:05
like a 5K 27in display with virtually
5:08
the same screen panel for like half the
5:10
price now,
5:11
$1,000, $800. I mean, I'm looking at one
5:14
right now. I have the uh Vonic display,
5:17
which actually surpasses it. it as a 75
5:19
Hz refresh rate over 60. But it's it's a
5:22
big problem because like a lot of these
5:24
people have these nice MacBook Pros with
5:26
these fancy like liquid retina XDR super
5:30
turbo displays that I don't Apple keeps
5:32
throwing on more adjectives on it. But
5:34
the MacBook Pro displays are so
5:35
excellent and then you plug it into a
5:37
studio display and you're looking at a
5:38
worse display.
5:39
Yeah.
5:39
That's just bigger. So I think they have
5:41
some room to improve that like moving it
5:44
to miniLEDD. Now, this is this is very
5:46
much a confirming rumor because we have
5:48
this has been on the rumor radar for a
5:50
while now. The studio display like I got
5:52
a new office and a new desk uh at the
5:55
beginning of this year and I wanted to
5:57
get a studio display for my new for my
6:00
new desk and because I'm an Apple
6:03
fanboy, it had to be a studio display. I
6:04
didn't want one of these third party
6:06
ones. And it just, you know, because the
6:10
rumors are that there is this new one
6:12
coming, then I've been holding out. Um,
6:14
I will admit, um, contrary to my advice
6:17
last week of buy it when you need it, I
6:19
have been holding out.
6:21
Yeah.
6:21
Because I'm a hypocrite. So, I've been
6:23
holding out for the new studio display.
6:25
What I did do was I thought, well, I
6:26
wonder if I can buy an, you know, a
6:28
cheap secondhand one. And I I, you know,
6:30
I would if I found one at good price
6:32
secondhand, I would buy that.
6:33
Is there a market? Are there any? Are
6:34
there is there a market for them? Are
6:36
there, you know, do people
6:37
Not really. You know, when I was looking
6:39
on the the secondhand sites that we have
6:40
in in Spain, there were people like
6:43
selling them for more than Apple sells
6:44
them for.
6:47
So, no, I I so far I haven't found any
6:49
good deals there. I I would be up for a
6:52
a secondhand bargain there, but um yeah,
6:54
I haven't seen any. So, I'm excited
6:56
about this. You know, I'm looking
6:58
forward to have a gigantic display. I do
6:59
a lot of work in Adobe Premiere Pro and
7:03
I have it all on my laptop screen and
7:05
having all of those windows all jammed
7:06
in together, it's hard. And uh stuff
7:09
like After Effects as well, to have a
7:11
gigantic uh studio display would make my
7:14
life so much easier. And so, yeah, I
7:16
can't wait for that.
7:17
We have still more. Apple is working on
7:19
a MacBook Air refresh likely with the M5
7:21
chip that will also be launching in the
7:23
first half of next year. And not to
7:25
forget Apple's long rumored smart home
7:28
device hub. Maybe it's a HomePod. Maybe
7:30
it's just a smart display. Maybe it's a
7:32
new thing. Who knows what it is.
7:34
Robotic arm.
7:36
Yeah, robotic arm. Uh, but it'll only
7:39
launch once the new Siri make its public
7:40
debut. So, that'll probably still be in
7:42
the canon until 2028,
7:44
if not longer. My goodness me. Yeah.
7:46
I I thought this was interesting. Mark
7:48
German makes no mention of the rumored
7:50
lowcost A18 Pro powered MacBook that
7:54
other sources are saying is coming this
7:56
fall or sometime soon. Mark German
7:58
doesn't mention it at all. So that's
8:00
curious
8:01
what is going on. Yeah, I mean that that
8:03
one was going to be like 600 bucks,
8:04
wasn't it? And that made a big that was
8:06
a big big deal. I mean potentially a big
8:09
deal. Another lowcost, you know, entry-
8:10
level product that sounds really pretty
8:12
good. My guess for that, I've thought
8:14
more about the price and considering
8:16
that they have the, you know, the the
8:18
the M1 Walmart MacBook Air at what 700,
8:24
no, $650. They have the And then on the
8:27
other end of the they have the the entry
8:29
level M4 MacBook Air at $1,000. I'm
8:32
thinking this new computer is probably
8:35
going to be $800 full price from Apple
8:39
and in the education store 750.
8:42
It's a $100 price increase over the M1
8:45
MacBook Air, but it is a new model and
8:47
they'll be able to say, "Oh, well, this
8:48
is new." It'll probably have more memory
8:50
than the M1 MacBook Air that they sell
8:52
through Walmart because that's still
8:54
only at
8:54
800. Yeah. Which is too little. Too
8:56
little.
8:57
Yeah.
8:57
Yeah.
8:58
Yeah. Good.
8:59
I'm thinking strong 750 in the education
9:01
store and 800 at apple.com.
9:03
Good theory. Sounds Sounds right.
9:05
Which is $200 more than what everybody's
9:08
speculating, which is how you know it's
9:09
probably going to be true.
9:10
I'm right. Yeah. I like the logic there.
9:14
Yeah, Apple doesn't do cheap. They do
9:15
value, but they don't do cheap.
9:17
And it'll still be a good value. Like
9:18
the the the single core performance on
9:20
the A18 Pro is faster than the M1 by a
9:23
significant margin.
9:24
It'll still be a faster computer in a
9:26
lot of respects.
9:26
That's crazy.
9:27
But
9:28
yeah. Yeah. Well, value is is for sure.
9:29
I mean, everything is top-notch. The
9:32
silicone uh the industrial design, they
9:35
finally got, you know, nailed things
9:36
like the keyboards and uh uh the
9:39
trackpads are wonderful. I mean, they're
9:40
just really, really beautiful machines.
9:42
I've got a an M2 MacBook Air, and it's
9:44
just unbelievably gorgeous.
#Computers & Electronics
#News