TechSmartwatchesApple Watch fans will be disappointed with this 2023 rumourLooks like it’ll be a quiet year for most Apple products, with all attention on a new mixed reality headsetWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechSmartwatchesApple Watch fans will be disappointed with this 2023 rumourLooks like it’ll be a quiet year for most Apple products, with all attention on a new mixed reality headsetWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Looks like it’ll be a quiet year for most Apple products, with all attention on a new mixed reality headset
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It may only be the second week of January, but already it looks likeApplefans could be in for a quiet year, with very few major new products expected.
This is the opinion of Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who has an excellent record for insider news on upcoming Apple products.
In what will no doubt be disappointing news for Apple fans, Gurman’s first email newsletter for 2023sayshe does not anticipate “major changes” to theApple Watch’s hardware this year, “save for some minor performance boosts.”
TheApple Watch Ultraonly arrived a few months ago, so it is unlikely that 2023 will see any big upgrades for that model, and for several years now the regular Watch has received only incremental improvements each year.
Gurman has similar news for Apple’sAirPodslineup, with no major upgrades expected, even for theAirPods Maxthat arrived back in 2020. He also says there are no plans to update theApple TV, although a new version of the originalHomePodsmart speaker is expected for 2023 but he adds: “I wouldn’t expect anything revolutionary about it.”
(Image credit: Antonio de Rosa)
(Image credit: Antonio de Rosa)
Apple is working on OLED displays for the 11in and 13iniPad Pro, Gurman says, but he adds that these won’t arrive until 2024, while only small upgrades are expected for the rest of theiPadfamily.
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Mercifully, Gurman says the iPhone 15’s hardware “could still be impressive”, with theiPhone 14 Pro’s Dynamic Islanddisplay appearing on all four models of handset. He also predicts a titanium frame will replace the stainless steel of the Pro models, and there will be “haptic volume buttons” and (finally) a switch from Lightning to USB-C for the charging port.
All of this, Gurman says, is because Apple is working hard to launcha mixed reality headset. In the works for half a decade and originally due back in 2019, the headset is now planned for 2023. After yet another delay from its January deadline, Gurman says Apple “is aiming to unveil it this spring ahead of the annual Worldwide Developers Conference in June,”.
He added: “Apple has already shared the device with a small number of high-profile software developers for testing, letting them get started on third-party apps…On this timeline the company would then ship the product later in the fall of 2023.”
The headsetis expected to offer both augmented reality and virtual reality experiences, running on a new operating system dubbed Borealis and expected to be known publicly as xrOS, with XR short for mixed reality.
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