Apple is expected to launch a new 21.5-inch iMac with 4K display, after the company’s September event. The new devices might release during the holiday season at the end of year
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) may have its hands full with its upcoming September event, however, reports are that the company won’t just stop there and is believed to introduce more offerings by the end of October this year. Apple is expected to launch a 21.5-inch Mac with 4K display, according to latest reports.
Although news of a 21.5-inch Retina iMac with 4K display has surfaced repeatedly in the recent past, after the codes in the upcoming OS X El Capitan pointed in the direction of a 21.5-inch Mac with a resolution of 4096 x 2304 pixels. The code snippets also gave an insight on the hardware we’re likely to see in the upcoming iMac. It could include Broadwell chips with Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200, and AMD Radeon M380 - M395X discrete graphics. Although the codes in the upcoming OS point toward Broadwell chips but we won’t be surprised if Apple turns to Intel’s Skylake processors for the new iMac models.
Sources close to the company believe Apple is ready to introduce the new iMac next month and will make it available to buyers by November this year, pointing toward the possibility that the devices could release during the holiday season at the end of year.
Apple might have updated its 27-inch Mac to a 5K display but its smaller desktop models remain unchanged with a lower resolution screen. It is surprising that Apple hasn’t yet made the upcoming devices more appealing to users by getting them certified to work with 4K/UHD content from the likes of Amazon and Netflix. If the company wishes to drive up sales of its 5K and upcoming 4K iMac then a viable decision would be to make sure the devices support the content.
The current 5K model is priced at $1,999 while the lower resolution 21.5-inch iMac will start at $1,099. Hence, the upcoming 4K iMac is likely to be priced around the $1,299 mark. We will cover more news on the upcoming 4K iMac in the future. As of now, all the focus seems to be on the company’s September event where it is expected to launch new iPhone models and its Apple TV service.
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