Abstract created by Good Solutions AI
In abstract:
- Macworld experiences that Apple is anticipated to launch at the very least 5 new merchandise by March 4, together with a possible low-cost MacBook and iPhone 17e.
- Bloomberg’s Marc Gurman predicts the releases will span {hardware}, software program, and chips, with up to date iPads, MacBooks, Mac Studio, and Apple Studio Show amongst potentialities.
- Apple’s March 4 “expertise” occasion suggests a number of bulletins all through that week, marking a big product refresh throughout varied classes.
Apple has invited the press to what it calls an “expertise” on March 4, in the course of subsequent week. However primarily based on the weird terminology and timing, analysts consider Apple received’t save every little thing for that date and can quite launch new merchandise all through the week.
And now a brand new report has revealed extra particulars of what we will count on subsequent week. Within the newest version of his Energy On e-newsletter, Bloomberg’s Marc Gurman claims Apple will launch at the very least 5 new merchandise, and that these “may span {hardware}, software program, and chips.” Gurman believes any or the entire following merchandise may arrive earlier than Apple’s “expertise” kicks off at 9am ET subsequent Wednesday:
- Low-cost MacBook
- iPhone 17e
- M5 MacBook Air
- M5 Professional/Max MacBook Professional
- Entry-level iPad
- iPad Air
- Mac Studio
- Apple Studio Show
Of those five-plus bulletins for the week of March 2, Gurman is most assured that we’re going to get a low-cost MacBook and the iPhone 17e, though he says the latter would possibly even make it out the door earlier than then. Its predecessor was launched in mid-February 2025, and one supply who contacted Macworld in the beginning of this month believed the 17e would arrive precisely a yr after the 16e on February 19, which we now know was a mistake.)
The price range MacBook, Gurman says, “is the one factor in Apple’s imminent pipeline that truly appears new,” referring to the daring colours in each the laptop computer and the invitation paintings. Certainly the hands-on occasion on March 4 wouldn’t be taking place with out this product, he argues, cattily observing that “it’s not price flying in so-called influencers to check out a product if the one distinction is a quicker chip.”
So {hardware} and chips, test. It’s not clear what Gurman’s “software program” prediction refers to, however presumably it’s a spherical of 26.3.1 updates to help all the brand new merchandise.
Past the iPhone 17e and the low-cost MacBook, Gurman identifies 4 additional merchandise or product teams which can be coming in spring 2026. There are two iPads on the best way (the newest model of the commonplace iPad with an A18 or A19 processor, and the M4 iPad Air), and new fashions of the MacBook Air and MacBook Professional. The timing suits traditionally for the MacBook Air, the MacBook Professional “is overdue by months,” and Gurman’s supply-chain sources point out that the iPads are able to go too, so there’s probability that some or all of those merchandise will probably be revealed subsequent week.
And it doesn’t finish there. The Mac Studio is in line for a refresh within the first half of 2026, as is the Apple Studio Show. The brand new show, Gurman says, is able to ship, whereas the brand new desktop isn’t far behind.
So subsequent week may very well be full of pleasure, even when we don’t get an precise Apple occasion.
