In the latest Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple is on track to release the next generation of its M-series chip. The M5 chip will make its debut with the iPad Pro, which is currently “in late testing” and is “on track” for the second half of this year. Gurman also reports that Apple will release an M5 MacBook Pro in the October/November timeframe.
Gurman refers to the M5 iPad Pro as a “chip-and-ship” model, meaning that the only major upgrade to the device will be a new processor. With the M4 iPad Pro released in July last year, Apple upgraded the display to OLED, made the device thinner, and moved the front-facing camera to the long side, in addition to the chip upgrade. That doesn’t leave much in the way of updates beyond the new chip.
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