It was rumored that the new 15-inch MacBook Air will be released in the next quarter – Macbook

“The first quarter of 2023 is expected to see Apple MacBook shipments at low levels, but the second quarter will see the launch of a new MacBook Air lineup, according to industry sources,” according to a preview of a publicly released DigiTimes report. the last days. The full report has not yet been released, so no additional details are available at this time.

The second quarter runs from April to June and includes Apple’s annual WWDC developer conference in June. The 13-inch MacBook Air with M2 SoC was announced today at WWDC last year and became available in July.

The news comes just a day after display industry analyst Ross Young announced that Apple’s supply chain has begun producing display panels for the larger 15-inch MacBook Air this month. Young estimated that the new MacBook Air will be released in “early April,” which would be at the start of the second quarter time frame set today.

The new 15-inch screen size will be the largest ever for a MacBook Air and will likely be available alongside the 13-inch model. Since DigiTimes reports the release of a new MacBook Air “series”, Apple may plan to announce 13- and 15-inch models, but this is not yet confirmed.

It is unclear if the 15-inch MacBook Air will be equipped with an M2 SoC or the next generation of M3 chips based on 3nm, which has not yet been announced. Apple’s chipmaking partner TSMC began mass production of 3nm chips in December, but it’s unclear if the M3 chip will be ready for release until the second quarter. Apple has not yet announced the high-end M2 Ultra chip for the new Mac Pro as the final chip in the M2 series, and will likely announce this chip before the M3 chip is introduced.

DigiTimes previously reported that Apple was planning to announce a new MacBook Air with M3 chipset in the second half of 2023. However, it should be noted that the website has a somewhat unreliable track record compared to more reliable sources like researcher Ming- Chi Kuo and Mark Gorman from Bloomberg.