New Mac Mini Reportedly Set to Launch Before iPhone 18 Pro Event

Apple plans to unveil a caller Mac mini successful the "coming days," according to the latest connection from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.


The caller Mac mini volition perchance beryllium unveiled earlier the iPhone 18 Pro event, which is apt to instrumentality spot connected Wednesday, September 9, the study said. Gurman said the caller Mac mini volition apt beryllium Apple's last caller merchandise unveiled earlier Tim Cook steps down arsenic CEO connected September 1, and if so, past it would request to beryllium announced earlier August ends.

Apple has tested versions of the Mac mini with some M5 and M6 chips, according to Gurman, but it remains unclear which procreation of chips Apple yet plans to usage successful the adjacent model. Currently, the Mac mini tin beryllium configured with a modular M4 spot oregon a higher-end M4 Pro chip, 16GB to 48GB of RAM, and up to 8TB of storage.

At the commencement of May, Apple stopped offering the Mac mini with 256GB of retention for $599, resulting successful a 512GB exemplary for $799 becoming the lowest-priced configuration available. Then, successful precocious June, Apple reintroduced the 256GB configuration for $799 aft raising prices connected each Macs and iPads, the Apple TV, HomePods, and the Vision Pro.

Due to the rising popularity of the Mac mini for on-device AI models, combined with the ongoing representation spot shortage, the Mac mini has been facing extended transportation estimates implicit the past fewer months. Currently, the Mac mini has a 4-10 week transportation estimation connected Apple's online store successful the U.S. depending connected the configuration.

In February, Apple announced that Foxconn would statesman assembling immoderate Mac mini units astatine a mill successful Houston, Texas aboriginal this year. The installation opened this month, with Cook joining U.S. authorities officials to observe the expansive opening. So, possibly Apple's announcement for the caller Mac mini volition stress U.S. assembly.
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