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TL;DR: Apple is reportedly set to launch its new M4-powered MacBook Air in March 2025 and is preparing its marketing, sales, and retail teams ahead of the official release. Another Apple product that has a tentative launch date is the folding iPhone, which is rumored to debut next year. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air models with the M4 chip will arrive next month, joining a host of other Macs, including the new Mac mini, iPad Pro, iMac, and MacBook Pro that are powered by the same processor family.Gurman recently noted that the M3 MacBook Air stock is "dwindling at Apple retail stores," suggesting that the M4 Air launch is imminent. He also predicted that the M4 MacBook Air, along with new iPads and iPad Air models, will arrive during the first half of 2025.A recent leak on Geekbench seemingly revealed the performance metrics of the M4 MacBook Air, with the scores indicating a particularly interesting GPU. The device notched up a Metal score of 54,806, which is substantially higher than the 41,045 points scored by the M3 MacBook Air.A separate report claims that Apple's much-rumored foldable iPhone may be released in the second half of 2026. According to South Korea's ET News, it will be a "book-style" device like the Galaxy Z Fold and the Pixel Fold rather than a clamshell type, like the Galaxy Z Flip. // Related StoriesThe report adds that Apple is likely to finalize its suppliers by April. The company is reportedly in the process of narrowing down the potential list of suppliers, handpicking the ones it believes will be able to abide by the planned manufacturing schedule without compromising on quality.Details about the folding iPhone remain scarce, but rumors suggest that Samsung will supply the OLED display, with the glass protection likely provided by Corning. The report claims that the display will lack a center crease, unlike the existing folding smartphones from Samsung, Google, OnePlus, and others.Apple has reportedly contracted US firm Amphenol to provide the hinges. The company already supplies hinges for MacBooks, but the folding iPhone hinges are said to be completely different from any of its existing products.
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