Interestingly, Apple made the filing on July 4th, a day when most of the U.S.-tech press took the day off, but French site Consomac spotted it anyway, and VentureBeat picked it up.
In several instances in the past, Apple has launched new products roughly a month after making similar filings with the EEC. That pattern seemed to break in April when Apple filed several new iPhone models with the EEC, but hasn’t yet announced them. I expect, however, for these products to be announced and ship later in July or in early August. The real question is: what will they be?
New iPad Models
Apple filed the following new product IDs with the EEC under tablets: A1876, A1934, A1979, A2013, and A2014. Since we don’t have a ton of teal leaves in these dregs, let’s look at those numbers. The first three are spread out, and if I was a betting man (hint, I am), I’d guess we’re getting a new iPad, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, and maybe even a long overdue iPad mini. The two sequential numbers should be variations on a theme, and I’d peg those as new iPad Pro 12.9-inch models.
That’s really reaching, though, as lolnewiPadmini, but it does appear as if the iPad line is getting a full refresh.
Which, you know, yay!
New Mac Models
Apple’s new Mac identifiers are: A1931, A1932, A1988, A1989, and A1990. Noting that I’m still a betting man, I’d guess these are new MacBooks and new MacBook Pro models. As much as I would like to see new iMacs, Mac minis, and iMac Pros, the groupings strongly suggest Apple’s mainstay portable Macs.
Jeff Gamet and I talked about this on Thursday’s Apple Context Machine (#469), including some different permutations on how to read this numbers.