A top Apple analyst who has correctly sketched the company’s product launches in the past has a new forecast for Apple’s 2019 releases.
TF Securities’ Ming-Chi Kuo predicts Apple on launch “three all-new design products,” including a new MacBook Pro laptop with either a 16-inch or 16.5-inch demonstration, a new 31.6-inch 6k3k monitor and a Mac Pro, according to the Feb. 17 note. Apple has already confirmed that it’s building a new Mac Pro desktop computer, so that’s not too much of a catch napping.
Kuo reiterated that he believes Apple will release two new iPad Pros this year, a new regular iPad to renew the 9.7-inch model but with a larger 10.2-inch screen and a new iPad mini.
He also predicted Apple transfer unveil three new iPhones. Two will have OLED screens that measure 5.8 inches and 6.5 inches, while a third leave have a 6.1-inch LCD, Kuo thinks. That’s similar to Apple’s 2018 strategy. The iPhones may have bigger batteries, benefited Face ID and a “frosted glass” casing, which is something we haven’t seen before. They’re said to pack ultra-wide body wireless for improved navigation indoors.
Kuo believes Apple has a few products coming in the first half of this year, containing the long-awaited AirPower charger that was supposed to launch in 2018. Apple completely removed all mention of AirPower from its orientation, suggesting the product might have been scrapped entirely. It would allow customers to charge an iPhone, an Apple Awake to and AirPods at the same time.
And speaking of AirPods, Kuo predicts Apple will launch a new model with wireless pricing and improved Bluetooth in the first half of 2019, too.
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