A mysterious Twitter account with a remarkably accurate track record for Mac and Apple Silicon details, dylandkt shares Apple mostly reliable tidbits each month.
Rumor accuracy
Rumor list
2021
July
Redesigned larger iMac, link
- Better chip than M1X
- Coming in 2022
New MacBook Air, link
- New colors
- M2 chip inside
- Launching in first half of 2022
June
- New 14/16-inch MacBook Pro models coming in October/November 2021, link
May
- A15 chip in iPhone 13 will be “comparable to the M1 performance wise,” link
April
- New iMac coming at April event will have M1, link
- Multiple colors
- M1X coming later in 2021
March
- macOS 12 will feature better support for iPad and iPhone apps on Apple Silicon, link
February
- New Mac mini coming in 2021 with new M-series chip, link
- Next M-series chip will be called “M1X,” link
January
Next Macs
- Redesigned iMac is similar to Pro Display XDR, link
- Flat edges
- New stand
- Thicker bezels
- Face ID coming to Mac in 2022, link
- Redesigned MacBook Pro models will see bezel logo removed, link
- Next Apple Silicon Mac will feature Apple-designed GPU, link
macOS 12
- Shortcuts app replacing Automator, link
- Some pre-installed apps moved to App Store similar to iOS, link
iPadOS 15
- Improved external display support, link
- Keyboard and mouse support for games
- Shown at WWDC 2021
2022 iPhone SE
- iPhone 11-like design with smaller display, link
- Touch ID in power button
- Future Macs getting ProMotion in 2022, link
New MacBook Air
- Coming in 2022
- 1080p webcam
AirPods, link
- AirPods 3 coming in 2021
- Different tip sizes
- Wireless charging case standard
- AirPods Pro 2 coming in 2021
- Different tip sizes
- Wireless charging case standard
iPhone 13
- All models getting the following:
- Pro models getting ProMotion display
- September release
- “A15 will be a game changer”
- USB-C to Lightning cable may be removed from box, link
2020
December
2021 Mac lineup, link
- Redesigned 14-inch MacBook Pro
- Redesigned 16-inch MacBook Pro
- Both new MacBook Pros will have same processor
- Redesigned entry level iMac
Redesigned high-end iMac- All new Macs getting 1080p webcam
- Final Cut Pro and Logic coming to iPad Pro, link
- Coming at WWDC 2021
November
Future iPhone models
- Apple working to remove Lighting connector, link
- Apple also trying to remove SIM try in favor of eSIM, link
MacBook Pro
- Redesigned MacBook Pro coming in Q4 2021, link
- 4 Thunderbolt ports
iPad Pro
