It looks like the launch of the long-awaited fourth-generation iPhone SE, as well as the new iPad 11 and iPad Air, is almost here, but the new MacBook Air with M4 chip could arrive first. Rumors have been circulating on A very well-known and reliable anonymous source revealed earlier this month that the “budget” iPhone and new iPads will launch with iOS 18.3 / iPadOS 18.3 as the operating system. Very different from saying they would launch with iOS 18.3. However, this means that we can expect them before the release of iOS 18.4, which gives us a fairly specific time horizon, namely by March or April. L As for the specifications, it is believed that the iPhone SE 4 will have the design of the iPhone 14 (or even the iPhone 16, with Dynamic Island), a 6.1-inch screen, Face ID, 8 GB of RAM and Apple A17 Bionic. chip (or A18). The iPad 11 should instead feature the A17 Pro chip, 8 GB of RAM and the first 5G modem designed by Apple, while for the iPad Air the M3 chip seems more likely than the new M4 like the iPad Pro, but the question is rather debated. Apple is also expected to launch new Magic Keyboards for tablets.
But all this, according to Mark Gurman, will only happen after the launch of the new 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air with M4 chip. The Bloomberg journalist has in fact stated several times that these will be the first devices launched by Apple in 2025. In addition to the new chip with 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU, which according to Geekbench6 guarantees multi-core CPU performance up to ‘at 25% higher than those of the M3 chip, the new 12 megapixel webcam could also arrive. This solution supports, as in the latest MacBook Pro, the Center Stage function to keep the subject centered in the video and Desk View, which shows both the user and a top view of the desktop. Finally, the new MacBook Air will likely come with three Thunderbolt 4 ports compared to the current two Thunderbolt 3 ports, with support for two external monitors.
