New iMac models aren’t coming this year, says leak - but there is a surprise waiting for us in 2025
Apple has big plans for the iMac
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Despite previous rumors pointing to a 2023 release, it looks like we probably won’t be getting anew M3 iMacthis year - and I’m upset.
A new post on X (formerly Twitter) from knownApplehardware leakerMing-Chi Kuohas claimed that an M3 refresh of Apple’s excellent24-inch iMacall-in-one computer won’t arrive until 2024. This is a revision of a previous leak from Kuo that correctly stated we’d get new Mac Pro and Mac mini models this year, but was wrong about Apple’s iMac plans for 2023.
New iMac prediction update:1. 24-inch iMac refresh in 2024.2. Higher-end 32-inch mini LED display iMac in 2025. https://t.co/l7jzEecwZiOctober 17, 2023
I strongly suspect that Kuo was in fact right on the money with his original predictions, and that it was Apple who opted to push back new M3 iMac models - something partially corroborated by a separate recent report that claimedwe’d see an M2 iMac refresh this year.
Further evidence to strengthen Kuo’s updated prediction comes in the form of an apparentM3 MacBook Air delay. Apple has reportedly run into issues with chipmaker TSMC regarding the timeframe in which the newM3 chipscan be manufactured, resulting in M3 products getting pushed back to 2023 in favor of the A17 chip found in theiPhone 15 Pro. But that’s not the only nugget of information Kuo had for us…
A big-screen iMac is finally coming
Yes, the second half of Kuo’s newest claim concerns an upcoming iMac featuring a 32-inch mini-LED display, something I’ve been anticipating for a while now. Prolific Apple leaker Mark Gurman posited the existence ofa new iMac with a screen larger than 30 inchesearlier this year, and now Kuo’s leak all but confirms it.
The bad news is that Kuo doesn’t expect this bigger iMac to arrive until 2025 - a crying shame, given that the currently available M1 iMac only has a 24-inch display. The delay could be due to chip shortages, or it might involveApple’s difficulties with display manufacturinggiven the new mini-LED screen. There’s also no mention of a possibleM3 iMac Pro, but it should be noted that Kuo describes the 32-inch iMac as a ‘higher-end’ model, meaning it might feature an M3 Pro or M3 Max chip.
In any case, even a standard 24-inch iMac equipped with the M3 chip could potentially be one of thebest Macsever made, since Apple’s upcoming processor is expected to deliver a greater generational performance leap than we saw with M2. Needless to say, I’m excited to see what Apple delivers - I just hope it’s not anotheriPhone 15-style debacle.
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Christian is TechRadar’s UK-based Computing Editor. He came to us from Maximum PC magazine, where he fell in love with computer hardware and building PCs. He was a regular fixture amongst our freelance review team before making the jump to TechRadar, and can usually be found drooling over the latest high-end graphics card or gaming laptop before looking at his bank account balance and crying.
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