Apple has a busy agenda for 2024. The iPad lineup will be overhauled. Also possibly coming to market are the VR glasses Vision Pro and a new MacBook Air.
Apple seems to have a lot in the pipeline for 2024, Bloomberg reports. One of the main plans is to simplify the iPad lineup. Instead of the current five models, it will be reduced to four: the iPad Air, the iPad Pro, the eleventh-generation iPad and the iPad mini. The current ninth-generation iPad will be phased out.
New iPad portfolio
The iPad Air and iPad Pro will have more distinct differences in the new iPad portfolio. With additions such as an OLED screen, an improved design, an M3 processor and an updated Magic Keyboard attachment, the iPad Pro will be positioned as the premium model, available in 11- and 13-inch versions.
The iPad Air gets an M2 processor and screen sizes of 10.9 and 12-inches. The 11th-generation iPad will also get new features, and the iPad mini will get an upgrade later. In addition, various accessories for the iPad, such as the iPad Pencil and Magic Keyboard, will get upgrades in the coming year.
In addition to the iPad portfolio update, the long-awaited arrival of VR glasses Vision Pro may also be scheduled for 2024. According to reports from Bloomberg, store personnel are reportedly currently receiving training for this. Also, MacBook Air models will then get M3 processors.
Employee departures and privacy issues
In addition to all these product updates, it also appears that key Apple employees will be leaving in the coming year. For example, in February 2024, the executive in charge of Apple’s iPhone and Watch product design team, Tang Tan, will leave. Also, according to reports from Bloomberg, the developer of multitouch screens, Touch ID and Face ID, Steve Hotelling, is retiring in the same month.
Finally, a thorny privacy case may await the tech giant next year. Recently, a U.S. senator announced that Apple and Google would pass Apple users’ push notification data to the U.S. government and foreign governments upon request.
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