M5 MacBook Pro Could Launch in October as M4 Model Faces Supply Constraints

Supplies of the 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro exemplary look to beryllium constrained amid rumors that an upgraded M5 exemplary could motorboat arsenic soon arsenic this year.


As noted by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, customized configurations of the ‌M4 MacBook Pro‌ exemplary person a delayed shipping day and volition not beryllium delivered to customers until October 23 to 28. The restricted proviso could beryllium an denotation that Apple is readying to motorboat a caller M5 exemplary astatine immoderate constituent successful October.

Custom configurations of 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M4 Pro and M4 Max chips person much modular transportation dates ranging from October 15 to October 20 with explicit transportation available. Custom configurations of the 14-inch ‌MacBook Pro‌ person a notable hold successful comparison, with nary explicit shipping option.

It is imaginable that Apple is readying to refresh the 14-inch ‌MacBook Pro‌ with an M5 chip, portion waiting until aboriginal 2026 to present 14-inch and 16-inch ‌MacBook Pro‌ models with higher-end M5 Pro and M5 Max chips.

Last week, the FCC leaked respective upcoming devices, including a single MacBook Pro model. The leak was antithetic due to the fact that the FCC lone included a azygous ‌MacBook Pro‌ exemplary number, but usually determination are aggregate exemplary numbers for antithetic size and spot options.

The azygous exemplary listed successful the FCC's documents makes consciousness if Apple is splitting up the M5, M5 Pro, and M5 Max ‌MacBook Pro‌ launches.

Rumors astir the M5 ‌MacBook Pro‌ person been confusing this year, which could beryllium explained by a staggered launch. At the beginning of 2025, Gurman said that M5 ‌MacBook Pro‌ models would travel retired earlier the extremity of the year. In July 2025, Gurman said that Apple alternatively planned to motorboat caller ‌MacBook Pro‌ models successful aboriginal 2026, having decided to push backmost their debut. Just past weekend, Gurman changed his prediction and said that caller ‌MacBook Pro‌ models would beryllium released astatine immoderate constituent betwixt precocious 2025 and aboriginal 2026.

In August, Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo suggested that high-end M5 chips would not beryllium introduced successful ‌MacBook Pro‌ models until 2026, but helium didn't notation the basal M5 chip.

If Apple introduces the M5 ‌MacBook Pro‌ successful October and past waits until outpouring 2026 to present ‌MacBook Pro‌ models with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, it mightiness not beryllium bully quality for those 2026 OLED ‌MacBook Pro‌ rumors. For the past mates of years, rumors person suggested that Apple volition present an upgraded OLED ‌MacBook Pro‌ successful precocious 2026. It is antithetic to person 2 ‌MacBook Pro‌ refreshes successful a azygous year, but not unheard of. The ‌MacBook Pro‌ was updated with M2 Pro and ‌M2‌ Max chips successful January 2023, and past M3 Pro and M3 Max chips successful October 2023.

An aboriginal 2026 motorboat for the M5 Pro and M5 Max ‌MacBook Pro‌ models could mean that the OLED ‌MacBook Pro‌ models aren't coming successful 2026 aft all, with Apple to clasp them until 2027. Of course, it's besides imaginable that the FCC's documents were incomplete, and Apple does person plans to present the M5, M5 Pro, and M5 Max each astatine the aforesaid time. Here are the scenarios we could see:

• Apple launches the 14-inch M5 ‌MacBook Pro‌ successful October. M5 Pro and M5 Max models travel retired successful the spring. No OLED ‌MacBook Pro‌ launches successful 2026.


• Apple launches the 14-inch M5 ‌MacBook Pro‌ successful October. M5 Pro and M5 Max models travel retired successful the spring. OLED ‌MacBook Pro‌ models travel successful the fall, with 2 MacBook launches successful a azygous year.


• Apple launches conscionable the 14-inch M5 ‌MacBook Pro‌ successful October. M5 Pro and M5 Max models are held until precocious 2026 and are utilized successful the OLED ‌MacBook Pro‌.


• Apple launches the M5, M5 Pro, and M5 Max ‌MacBook Pro‌ models successful October. M6 ‌MacBook Pro‌ models travel successful precocious 2026 arsenic rumored.

It's not antithetic for Mac timing to beryllium a small harder to pin down than iPhone timing due to the fact that determination are less machines being manufactured and little involvement successful plan details from lawsuit makers and different parties. Apple besides doesn't person a acceptable clip of the twelvemonth for Mac refreshes, and determination is saltation from twelvemonth to year.

At this point, it's unclear if we're going to get an October event. We're besides expecting the M5 spot to travel to the iPad Pro and the Vision Pro, positive rumors suggest Apple could update the Apple TV and the HomePod mini. If the M5 ‌MacBook Pro‌ launches, that's 5 caller devices successful the autumn 2025 timeframe, but unfortunately, it's each conscionable spec bumps. It doesn't look similar immoderate of the devices that are going to beryllium refreshed successful the coming months volition person plan changes, and successful that situation, Apple often does launches with property releases.

The M5 spot confuses the situation. All of the next-number M-series spot upgrades person been announced astatine events, not done property releases. Apple unveiled the M1, ‌M2‌, M3, and M4 astatine events. Some of the "upgrade" chips were introduced with a property release, similar the ‌M2‌ Pro and ‌M2‌ Max, but ne'er a main chip.

The M5 spot could beryllium the archetypal that Apple announces with a property release, oregon we could get a abbreviated October lawsuit similar the 2023 "Scary Fast" Mac event. The October 2023 lawsuit included the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chips successful the ‌MacBook Pro‌ and iMac, and neither Mac got plan updates.
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