Apple is planning on launching refreshed variations of the iPad Air and iPad Pro in 2024, in accordance to TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a new Medium weblog publish, Kuo claims that Apple will launch a new 12.9-inch iPad Air mannequin for the primary time, alongside the common 10.9-inch mannequin. The upgraded iPad Pro fashions will characteristic the corporate’s new M3 chip and sport OLED shows, in accordance to the analyst. Apple may additionally launch new iPad mini and eleventh era iPad fashions subsequent yr.
According to Kuo, Apple is planning to launch a 10.9-inch iPad Air mannequin in the primary quarter of 2024, that shall be accompanied by a new 12.9-inch mannequin. It shall be outfitted with the identical Liquid Retina show because the smaller iPad Air, however will provide higher efficiency thanks to an oxide backplane (the mix of the skinny movie transistor (TFT) and the substrate used for the show) that can be used on Apple’s current-generation iPad Pro fashions with Mini-LED shows.
The analyst states that Apple can even launch two new iPad Pro fashions that may ditch Mini-LED shows for OLED screens, between the primary and second quarters of 2024. These fashions are anticipated to sport a new kind issue and shall be powered by Apple’s newest M3 chip — providing higher show high quality and energy effectivity in contrast to present iPad Pro fashions. A market analysis agency lately predicted that the bigger iPad Pro mannequin will sport a barely bigger 13-inch show.
Kuo predicts that Apple will ship round 6 to 8 million iPad Pro fashions in 2024, attributing the prediction for decrease shipments to a doable value hike due to the addition of OLED screens. Meanwhile, the bigger iPad Pro mannequin may additionally face competitors from the corporate’s purported 12.9-inch iPad Air mannequin.
In the second half of 2024, Apple may launch a new iPad mini mannequin, whereas the corporate can be anticipated to launch a refreshed eleventh era iPad, whereas manufacturing of the ninth Gen mannequin — the final one to characteristic a Lightning port — shall be lastly phased out by the top of the yr, in accordance to Kuo.
