Apple in March: Are a 15-inch MacBook Air and a yellow iPhone 14 on the way?

At the start of the year, we thought March might be one of the most significant months in Apple’s history. Persistent rumors claimed that Apple would unveil its long-awaited mixed reality headset, “Apple Reality Pro,” at a spring event, with a release scheduled toward the end of the year.

Now, it appears as though the announcement has been pushed back to WWDC in June (or even later), which brings into question the entire point of having a spring event in the first place. There’s not a lot of other stuff to announce–a rumored 15-inch MacBook Air is still said to be coming this spring, but everything else is further out.

So we expect a rather tame March this year. The 15-inch MacBook Air might get a direct-to-web release (April is a possibility as well), the next round of OS updates will probably exit beta, and several new and returning Apple TV+ shows will launch, along with the usual weekly Apple Arcade games.

New hardware

With all recent rumors pointing to a WWDC (or later) announcement of the Apple Reality Pro, we’re not sure if we’re going to get an Apple event in March as was once rumored. However, there are a couple of possible hardware announcements that could arrive:

15-inch MacBook Air: The latest rumors say we’re on the cusp of an all-new MacBook. A 15-inch MacBook Air, to be precise, with an M2 chip (and potentially an M2 Pro option). Outside of the larger display size we don’t know what to expect from it, but it’s a pretty safe bet to expect it to be the same as the 13.6-inch Air, only expanded to the size of a 15.5-inch display. Apparently, mass production of the displays is underway, which could be announced in March (likely with a glossy site update and not a live event), with a release in early April.

Yellow iPhone 14: According to Mac Takara, Apple will soon unveil its new spring iPhone 14 color: yellow. It could arrive as early as this week on Apple’s web site.

AirPods Max: Apple’s high-end headphones have been low in stock for months, and it’s been more than two years since the original model landed. Several improvements could be on the way, including USB-C, Adaptive Transparency, better noise…