New MacBook Air 2022 shipments are likely going as high as a staggering 7 million units, well-known Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo himself predicts.
Early reports expect Apple to showcase its newest take on its MacBook Air during its upcoming WWDC 2022 keynote event on Monday, June 6.
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 30: Tim Cook, CEO of Apple unveils a new MacBook Air during a launch event at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on October 30, 2018 in New York City.
As per a news report by Apple Insider, the TF Securities analyst, Kuo, known for his reliable insights on anything about the iPhone maker, gave us MacBook Air shipment predictions for the second half of the year.
The latest comments of the well-known Cupertino tech giant analyst saw the light of day shortly before the WWDC 2022 debuts the all-new MacBook offering.
New MacBook Air 2022
The Cupertino-based tech giant is reportedly unveiling a refreshed MacBook Air for the upcoming keynote event. As such, Apple fans could not help but wonder what the new iteration of the Air excitingly offers.
But thanks to earlier predictions from folks like Kuo and the Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman, among other sources, we are getting a glimpse of what to expect from the 2022 MacBook Air.
Recently, or on June 3 to be more exact, Gurman of Bloomberg claims that the all-new Air is more likely flaunting conservative color options rather than sporting the same rainbow options as the iMac.
MacBook Pros are seen on display during a product launch event at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California on October 27, 2016. - Apple revealed its new line of MacBook Pro laptops as well as a new Apple TV app.
It dispels earlier rumors, saying that Apple plans to offer vibrant color options for the new MacBook Air, which Gurman dubs a mere "exaggeration." Instead, the Bloomberg journalist suggests it is getting a blue option -- similar to what the iMac lineup showcases.
Kuo echoes that the next-gen MacBook Air is potentially getting the same "three standard color options," such as gold, space gray, and silver - "plus one new color."
While the Apple analyst did not mention what the new additional color could likely be, he made this prediction in response to the tweet of Gurman, which attached a blue iMac image.
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MacBook Air 2022 Shipments
Apart from the color prediction of Kuo, the analyst also provided a shipment forecast for the upcoming MacBook.
A picture shows the Apple logo outside the Apple store in Covent Garden in London August 30, 2016.
According to a recent report by 9to5Mac, Kuo was generous enough to give us a shipment forecast for the all-new Apple product.
The Apple analyst suggests that the shipments of the new MacBook Air could roughly be around 6 million to 7 million units in the second quarter of 2022.
Kuo adds that this shipment forecast could potentially be a reality only if the capacity of the Shanghai facility of Quanta goes back to its pre-lockdown performance as soon as possible.
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2H22 shipment forecast of new MBA is 6-7mn units if Quanta's Shanghai capacity can be back to pre-lockdown level before 3Q22. Delivery for new MBA made by two EMS (Quanta the 1st & Foxconn the 2nd) should be better than existing 14"/16" MacBook Pro (shipped by Quanta only).— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) June 5, 2022
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