The 2021 will undoubtedly be an important year for Apple. Not only for the fact that it will use its own ” made in Cupertino ” processors in new products but also for the fact that these new products could be completely revisited in terms of design. And if that’s not enough, Apple seems to be ready to introduce a completely new design for iMacs, to make a new Mac Pro Mini similar to a Power Mac G4 Cube and still MacBook Pro 14 ” and 12 ” and dulcis in fundo? The new foldable iPhone.

Apple iMac with new design and more

Let’s start from them or from iMac of the future because they will most likely change more than others in this one 2021. As? The indiscretions of Gurman speak for themselves because according to the journalist, who increasingly proved to be a connoisseur of true information from Apple sources, next generation iMacs are coming with an aesthetic appearance practically in line with what is seen with the Pro Display XDR. This means that the design of iMacs that have been identical for too many years will revolutionize, and I would say finally. And Apple will probably bring it closer to what it did with the Mac Pro but above all with the Apple Pro XDR display that is square lines, flat rear body with the particular honeycomb texture and above all a display with frames really reduced to a minimum.

There are currently two codenames , J 456 and J 457, to testify the possibility that Apple still wants to offer users two versions based on the screen size in line with what we already know. What Gurman doesn’t know though is whether Apple will remain loyal to 21. 5 ” and 27 ” current or if new resolutions and even new design may question these versions. Already in the past there has been no lack of indiscretions on the possibility that the company changes from the current 21. 5 ” ai 24 “. Certainly the presence of new Apple Silicon SoCs that are likely to see different new variants, more powerful than the M1s that we have already known and appreciated. Moreover, here we are talking about a desktop device without a battery but with wall power and from this point of view it is clear that Apple will be able to benefit from a greater surface for dissipation and above all none power limitation as there will be no battery to keep active for hours and hours.

Apple Mac Pro Mini (like a Power Mac G4 Cube?)

There is also a lot of talk about a new version of the current Mac Pro. Not so much d i a new generation of the same model already presented and currently on the market but of a real new smaller model, less powerful but with a lot of versatility. Let’s talk about the possible Mac Pro Mini that Gurman names and that therefore could already be in Apple’s plans for this 2021. How will it be? You know the old Power Mac G4 Cube from a few years ago? It had a design that went down in history positively while otherwise it wasn’t Apple’s best product with a few too many problems.

In this case Gurman talks about the possibility that in Apple has been working for some time on a new project based on the fact that the new Apple M1 chips are products capable of reaching exaggerated potential but without overheating and above all without the need to necessarily study an exaggerated cooling system. So why not evaluate the idea of ​​a compact product that is powerful and in some way in step with the times? A Mac Pro Mini might be just right compromise and perhaps with much enhanced M1 chips compared to the current ones.

Apple, however, could be cautious on the transition from Intel to Silicon especially for more powerful machines such as the Mac Pro. Here it is in this case Gurman himself also talks about the possibility that the Cupertino company can continue to make the Mac Pro always with an Intel processor but updated to new versions at least to get to 2022 in order not to have complete compatibility problems with the software.

Pro XDR display minus XDR?

They may arrive also new less powerful and less expensive Apple Pro XDR display models. In this case Gurman is talking about a less expensive model of Apple’s current Pro Display XDR presented with the Mac Pro a few years ago. In this case the will could be to combine it with the Mini version of the Mac Pro and therefore make this version of desktop PC more consumer and less ” Pro ”. We could go back a little to the size, economically speaking, of the old Apple Thunderbolt Display that has made history in the past years and has now actually left a major hole in the Apple catalog.

iPhone 12 S: with Touch ID below the display?

Gurman does not leave out even the new iPhones 12 S that is the new generation of devices that should arrive as every year during the month of September or October. In this case, the attention for the new generation of Apple smartphones goes not so much on the design which will practically remain identical to the current one but rather on the hardware with two novelties that could interest many. On the one hand, the Touch ID that may not so much return as we know it today is still present in some iPads and iPhones but rather a completely new Touch ID placed below the display. In most Android smartphones it has already been present for years while Apple had decided for an unlock with face recognition 3D (the famous Face ID).

With iPhone 12 S may return in vogue the Touch ID but with an invisible fingerprint sensor. Certainly the use of the masks have somewhat angered iPhone users who necessarily had to bypass the unlock with facial recognition by always entering the code manually. So, given that the pandemic could discourage freedom from masks for a long time, Apple is perhaps thinking of an alternative but equally safe way to unlock the iPhone. Perhaps reducing the upper notch that many still cannot completely digest.

Foldable iPhone: is Apple really thinking about it?

And then there is the idea of ​​the foldable iPhone. Many have wondered if Apple is actually working on an iPhone with a display capable of folding or expanding. We have seen that all smartphone manufacturers in recent years have intensified their activities in the creation of a product that would fill a user need: that of having a smartphone that is compact in size but which, if necessary, could allow you to view more content thanks to an extension of the display.

Samsung, HUAWEI, Motorola and many others have thought of it. Apple certainly did not stand by and watch and if the need on the market is to also have a foldable iPhone, it is clear that next few years to see an iPhone with these features on the market. And Gurman mentions him in his indiscretions. It states that in Apple are already testing folding panels. Only these, however, at the moment and therefore it is not legitimate to expect such a product in the short term.