2024 will be a busy year for Apple, with the launch of many major new products across the company’s product lines, but rumor has it there are some notable omissions in its plans. Using information from various analysts and reliable sources, here’s everything we didn’t expect from Apple again this year.

iPhone SE 4

While it was previously rumored that Apple would launch the fourth generation iPhone SE in 2024, the company is now expected to launch the device in 2025.

The current ‌iPhone SE‌ was released in March 2022, meaning it will be at least 33 months before its successor arrives. The next-generation ‌iPhone SE‌ is expected to have a design based on the iPhone 14, an OLED display, a larger battery, an action button, a USB-C port, Face ID, and possibly Apple’s first dedicated 5G cellular modem.

Air Tag 2

Production of the second-generation AirTag tracker was apparently supposed to begin in the fourth quarter of 2024, but the latest forecast from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims that the accessory will not reach mass production and will be released before 2025.

According to Kuo, the second-generation ‌AirTag‌ will be part of a new spatial computing ecosystem that Apple is building, and Vision Pro will form the basis for the integration of other devices. The new ‌AirTag‌ will likely include Apple’s second-generation Ultra Wideband chip, which was first seen in the iPhone 15 models and enables more accurate tracking over long distances.

MicroLED Apple Watch Ultra

The first Apple device to offer a MicroLED display will apparently be the Apple Watch Ultra, which will be released in late 2025 or 2026. In fact, Apple may not update the Apple Watch Ultra in 2024 and delay the big screen upgrade to next year.

Apple’s plan to add a microLED display to the Apple Watch Ultra has been widely confirmed since a report by display analyst Ross Young in January 2023. The MicroLED display is expected to be 2.12 inches in size, which is 10% larger than the screen. current Apple Watch Ultra.

Advanced display technology delivers improved brightness, color reproduction, dynamic range, viewing angles and efficiency, making images appear as if they were “painted” on the screen glass. The project is part of Apple’s plan to take advantage of developing its own displays and chip technology while reducing its dependence on Samsung as a supplier.

While initial reports clearly stated that the microLED Apple Watch Ultra will be released in 2024, recent reports point to late 2025 or possibly even 2026.

iMac Pro

Apple is said to be still working on a high-end iMac Pro model with a 32-inch mini-LED display and a larger array of ports. Despite discontinuing the iMac Pro and “iMac” models larger than 24 inches in 2021, Apple is said to still have plans to release a much larger and more powerful “iMac” model.

Mark Gurman is Bloomberg He stated that 2025 may be a more likely date for the car to be launched in late 2024. ‌Ming-Chi Kuo‌ also said that the new ‌iMac‌ Pro will be released in 2025, so the 24-inch ‌iMac‌ may continue to be Apple’s only all-in-one device released this year.

Foldable iPhone and iPad

It is known that Apple has been working on foldable screen technology for years and has applied for many patents related to the technology, but it seems that a foldable iPhone or iPad is still far away.

Rumors in September 2020 suggested that Samsung was providing Apple with foldable display samples for the upcoming iPhone, but until recently there was no strong indication that Apple was planning to use Samsung’s technology.

in 2021 Bloomberg He claimed that Apple had begun “early work” on an iPhone with a foldable screen, but had not committed to a foldable device at that time. Developments in 2021 did not go beyond the screen, and Apple did not have fully foldable iPhone prototypes.

‌Ming-Chi Kuo‌ initially said that Apple would introduce a foldable ‌iPhone‌ in 2024, but in 2022 he revised his prediction to say that Apple was unlikely to introduce a foldable ‌iPhone‌ until 2025 or later. Display analyst Ross Young also suggested that 2025 is the earliest we could see a foldable iPhone.

Apple is expected to launch a foldable “iPad” before the foldable “iPhone”, but for now the company is focused on expanding OLED displays in the “iPad” and Mac series and is considering introducing a foldable “iPad” even further. future.