Apple's 2013 Roadmap: Multiple iPhones in Q3, No Apple HDTV Until 2014

 

Image source: KGI Research estimates

The start of the year is a good time for making predictions of upcoming products from major manufacturers, and KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is among the first to share his projected roadmap for Apple. In his roadmap, Apple is predicted to release the following devices in this order: 

• Q1 2013: Apple TV refresh 
• Q2 2013: MacBook Air 
• Q3 2013: iPhone 5S, a new design iPhone 5, iPad 5, iPad mini 2, New design MacBook Pro, Modified iPod Touch 5, iPod nano refresh 
• Q4 2013: iMac and Mac mini

Kuo believes that an Apple HDTV will not show up until next year, and expects a refresh of the Apple TV set-up box in Q1. The MacBook Air is unlikely to come with Retina displays as it still remains a challenge for Apple. A more likely upgrade will be outfitting the MacBook Air with Intel's Haswell platform.