Now that the year is coming to an end and we are aiming for a magnificent 2023, it is a good time to take stock. From Apple’s point of view, many checkups can be done and with many approaches, I propose the following: five products that said goodbye to us in 2022 and five that will arrive in 2023.
It is true that when we talk about 2023 we will talk about rumors whereas when we talk about 2022 we will have certainties with us, but it can also be a good exercise in the imagination. That of seeing the transitions in perspective, make sense of some and ask questions about others.
Endings and new beginnings on several fronts
In no particular order, let’s start the 2023 list with the disappearance of the Apple Watch Series 3. An Apple Watch that was offered as an option to those who wanted to enter this part of the Apple ecosystem at the lowest possible price, but that the evolution of other models and the operating system left too much behind.
Something similar happened with the iPod touch. A product which, although its final disappearance was accounted for in 2022, It took years without any attention. The gesture is, however, a kind of statement of intent from Apple and the closure of a very special moment for the company.
secretly, we also had to say goodbye to the 27-inch iMac. An iMac that many all-in-one computer enthusiasts are waiting for its triumphant return. For now, we have the 14-inch iMac with M1 with us.
Next on the list is the iPhone 11, an iPhone that with the presentation of the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro left the catalog, leaving the iPhone 12 as a replacement. we hoped and took for granted.
Finally, we attend the End of the Apple TV HD. An Apple TV that was introduced in 2015 after great expectations, but the need for a high quality picture and a redesigned Siri Remote had to be replaced.
And from there, we get into what we may see in 2023. We’ll ignore the iPhone 15 and Apple Watch Series 9, though we’ll pay attention to what the Second-generation Apple Watch Ultra – we do not know with what news -. We are waiting for the arrival of new Macs, which could, precisely, mean that we would finally see a 32-inch iMac. An iMac that came to continue the already discontinued iMac Pro, perhaps with an M2 Max or even an M3.
We’ll also see a rumored new HomePod. Not a HomePod mini, which maybe too, but a new HomePod which, in addition to being the best speaker in the ecosystem, could be pair with iPad or Apple TV to complete the home device offering. Something about which we still have very vague ideas, but which could represent a big change in approach and strategy.
The rumors also give us clues to a larger iPad. maybe foldable? Here the information is less clear, but the truth is something we could see. To be like this It could also come with a new Apple Pencil, perhaps with cameras as we saw recently patented. We’ll have to keep an eye on it.
To finish, special mention to Apple’s Extended Reality. Something that may represent a far bigger revolution than we can imagine and that has crossed the 2023 calendar with relative ease. Whether it’s in January or in an event dedicated to the end of the year is something we completely ignore, but it makes us think that the year we are entering in a few days is called to be very big by Apple.
