WWDC21 - The hardware wild card.

From new hardware, to redesigned operating systems, speculation and rumours are all over the place.

Source: Apple

As is Apple tradition, WWDC is held every year and Apple announces new software, like clockwork. But it's the hardware that's the wild card.

Releases expected this year:

- iOS 15

- macOS 12

- tvOS 15

- watchOS 8

Wild cards:

- 14 inch MacBook Pro

- 16 inch MacBook Pro

- 32 inch iMac "Pro"

Out of all the wild card releases, the 14 inch MacBook Pro seems to be the most probable, most likely coming with an upgraded M1X chip. This is followed by the 16 inch MacBook Pro, which is the next most probable. The iMac is the least likely of them all, and will probably be released some time late this year, at potentially a November event, which we will get into in a separate article.

The 14 inch MacBook Pro is rumoured to keep roughly the same size chassis, but redesigned with a more boxy look, doing away with the slight curve on the lid as well as the "hump" on the bottom and also shrink the bezels for a larger, 14 inch screen, up from 13 inches.

The 16 inch MacBook Pro is rumoured to get the same boxy treatment, bringing it in-line with Apple's flat edge, boxy theme. However the bezels aren't expected to get any smaller.

The 32 inch iMac looks like the most radical redesign of all, taking the display size up from 27 inches, introducing flat sides, doing away with the bezels and making the chassis thinner by a lot.

None of these rumours can be considered "confirmed" until Apple themselves releases these products.

By Apple Tomorrow