Apple’s iPad lineup might be up for a giant overhaul in 2024.
Apple is claimed to be bringing a bigger 12.9-inch model of the at the moment outgoing iPad Air in 2024, as per Ming-Chi Kuo. Here are the small print.
Apple has not launched an up to date iPad mannequin within the entirety of this yr, however this might be set to alter quickly because it allegedly refreshes its total lineup subsequent yr. And, one replace that might be coming to the iPad Air—is a bigger 12.9-inch mannequin becoming a member of the present 10.9-inch variant.
As per Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is claimed to be bringing a bigger model of the at the moment outgoing iPad Air in 2024. This would launch alongside the up to date 10.9-inch mannequin with a subsequent-era chipset. These fashions are anticipated to enter mass manufacturing in Q1 2024.
Moreover, Ming-Chi Kuo additional notes that this 12.9-inch iPad mannequin wouldn’t have the mini LED show know-how just like the 12.9-inch iPad Pro; as an alternative, it would ship with an LCD show. However, it will nonetheless look higher than the ten.9-inch mannequin as it will use an Oxide backplate (additionally utilized in iPad Pro 12.9-inch), and never an a-Si backplate.
Further, in his Medium publish, Kuo additionally notes that Apple would launch new OLED iPad Pro fashions in late the primary quarter of 2023 or the second quarter. Plus, these OLED fashions are anticipated to come back with the most recent M3 chipset, which Apple launched throughout its ‘Scary Fast’ occasion final month. “The OLED iPad Pros will feature an M3 processor and improved form factor designs,” Kuo stated.
“The OLED panels for the new iPad Pros will adopt the Tandem design and LTPO backplanes (the same backplanes used in the iPhone 15 Pros), outperforming the existing mini-LED iPad Pro in terms of display performance and power consumption,” he added.
As for the pricing, the iPad Air 10.9-inch may retain the value level, however the bigger 12.9-inch variant would definitely be pricier. Kuo says that to keep up a worth hole between the Air and Pro product traces, Apple might enhance the iPad Pro OLED costs in comparison with outgoing LCD and mini LED fashions.
