macOS News

NO

YES

NO

YES

YES

2025-2027

2031-2033

2037-2040

2028-2030

2046 or later or never

2034-2036

>= 8x optical zoom

>= 12 GB RAM

>= 6.85" display

a Thunderbolt 4 or USB4 port

>= 3 high-performance cores

>= 130% mAh battery of next-tier iPhone

greater optical zoom than next-tier iPhone

more high-performance cores than next-tier iPhone

2 TB storage option

>= 1.5x RAM of next-tier iPhone

Special LLM capabilities (e.g. extra cache for LLM weights near a Neural Engine)

>= 1.5x transistors of next-tier iPhone

No physical buttons https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/28/20th-anniversary-iphone-solid-state-buttons/

officially supports a desktop-like experience when used with external displays (~same web app experience as MacOS Safari)

a Thunderbolt 3 port

special LLM capabilities beyond next-tier iPhone. Just 2x inference volume wouldn't count.

split-screen multi-tasking

more external buttons than next-tier iPhone

a Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) chip

>= 2 USB-C ports

Touch ID

YES

YES

YES

2030+ or never

End of 2029

End of 2028

End of 2027

End of 2026

NO