Apple will hold a “rapid” press conference on October 31 at which time it may announce some new products, including new Macs and new iPads. Before then, a regulatory database may have revealed some information about the new product.
According to information discovered by MacRumors, last week, two Apple suppliers resubmitted battery information for some existing Apple products to China’s regulatory database, including the latest 14-inch MacBook Pro, 16-inch MacBook Pro, Mac’s Magic Keyboard and iPad mini. The batteries, all of which had been submitted in 2021 or earlier, were marked with an October 2023 release date when they were resubmitted last week.
The newly submitted battery information is the same as the original battery capacity, which indicates that Apple’s new products will not have battery capacity changes. However, due to the improvement in power consumption efficiency of the new chip, the new product may still provide longer battery life.
The resubmitted battery information may hint at the existence of new products. For example, before the Apple Watch Series 9 was released, the Apple Watch Series 8 battery was found to have been resubmitted to the same regulatory database, and the Series 8 battery was indeed used in the Series 9.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman predicts that the 24-inch iMac will be upgraded to an M3 chip, while the Mac’s Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad accessories will be upgraded from Lightning to USB-C. Apple will include Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse in the iMac box. Gurman also expects the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros to be upgraded to M3 Pro and M3 Max chips.
It is worth noting that the document also includes battery information for the sixth-generation iPad mini, which may mean that the seventh-generation iPad mini will reuse this battery. Gurman reported last week that Apple does not plan to launch a new iPad before 2024, and Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said last month that a new iPad release is unlikely before the end of this year. So there’s no guarantee that a new iPad mini will be announced tomorrow.
Apple announced the sixth-generation iPad mini at its September 2021 event. The next-generation model may feature the A16 Bionic chip introduced in the iPhone 14 Pro and may offer improvements to reduce the so-called “jelly roll” phenomenon.
Rumors earlier this month that a new iPad was imminent turned out to be inaccurate. Instead, Apple just announced a lower-priced Apple Pencil with a USB-C port in a press release. This new Apple Pencil will be available in early November, and the new products announced at tomorrow’s event may also be available around the same time.
All in all, the information discovered from the regulatory database is consistent with expected updates to the 14-inch MacBook Pro, 16-inch MacBook Pro, and 24-inch iMac. Perhaps a new iPad mini will be released as well, but that remains to be seen given that neither Gurman nor Ming-Chi Kuo believe there will be a new iPad released this year.
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