After several similar rumors for nearly a year, Taiwanese media Digitimes Asia claims that production of a 15.5-inch MacBook Air M2 began in late January. But the announcements of other specialists cast doubt on the future of the Air range in 2023.
Rumors about the next computers from Apple have multiplied in recent days, without necessarily contradicting each other. According to the website MacRumorsa new MacBook Air could see the light of day as early as the second half of this year, between April and June 2023.
Like the previous model in the Air range, this new version would be equipped with the M2 chip, but in 15.5-inch format this time. information based on an article published on February 15 by Digitimes Asiamedia specializing in the semiconductor market.
Largest MacBook Air ever released
” Industry sources said this 15-inch MacBook Air began mass production after Lunar New Yearof January 22, still quotes MacRumors.
A product that would diversify the current range of new generation MacBook Air. If the first versions of the ultra portable computer from Apple were offered in two screen sizes (11 and 13 inches), the two models currently on sale are both in 13.6 inch format: the MacBook Air M1, released in November 2020, and the updated MacBook Air M2 in July 2022. If confirmed by Apple, this future product would therefore be the largest MacBook Air ever released.
Similar rumors… but not contradictory
Because nothing is confirmed yet. Although the Taiwanese media article resonates with other hypothetical announcements of a 15-inch MacBook Air due in 2023, it adds to other rumors about the next products in the Air line.
Two days earlier, it was the turn of analyst specializing in screen supply chains, Ross Young, to announce that 15.5-inch panels had entered production for an upcoming MacBook Air in April 2023… this time equipped with the next M3 chip from Apple. information corroborated by Digitimes Asia.
Conversely, the famous analyst Ming-Chi Kuo mentioned as early as June 2022 two next 15.5-inch MacBooks equipped with M2 and M2 Pro chips, planned for the second half of 2023… while specifying that they may not be in the Air range.
But all this information does not necessarily contradict each other: as notedMacRumors, back-to-back releases of two MacBook Air models would be unusual but still possible. We will still have to wait for official announcements from Apple to see more clearly.
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