Apple is extensively anticipated to launch new iPad Air and OLED iPad Professional fashions within the subsequent few weeks. In keeping with new rumors popping out of Asia, the corporate will announce its new iPads on Tuesday, March 26.
Chinese language leaker Prompt Digital on Weibo this morning claimed that the date will see some form of announcement from Apple associated to new iPads, however stopped wanting calling it an official launch date. As a substitute, Apple may announce pre-order availability, with transport dates to observe.
Individually, Chinese language web site IT Residence claimed that March 26 will see Apple launch new iPads. Nonetheless, the outlet seems to have interpreted this as a launch date based mostly on when a number of Amazon listings for third-party protecting instances for the brand new iPads go dwell, fairly than particular info from a trusted supply.
In keeping with Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, Apple plans to launch new iPad Professional and iPad Air fashions across the finish of March or in April. That stated, the well-connected reporter now appears to be leaning extra in direction of the opportunity of an April launch.
Writing within the newest subscriber version of his Energy On publication, Gurman stated he wished to clear up confusion about when he believed Apple would launch new iPads (particularly new iPad Professional fashions).
Gurman reiterated {that a} new variant of iPadOS 17.4 designed for the up to date fashions will not be full till the tip of March and even someday in April. “As soon as the OS is completed, Apple must ship it off to the factories to be put in on the brand new {hardware}. That course of may final a pair weeks, most likely taking us deeper into subsequent month,” he wrote.
Two new iPad Professional fashions are anticipated to characteristic a brand new M3 chip, OLED shows, a thinner enclosure, a landscape-oriented entrance digital camera, a redesigned digital camera bump, and presumably MagSafe wi-fi charging.
The 2 new iPad Air fashions are anticipated to characteristic Apple’s M2 chip and a landscape-oriented entrance digital camera, together with a first-ever 12.9-inch mannequin.
Different bulletins anticipated within the March-April window embrace a brand new Magic Keyboard for the iPad Professional with a bigger trackpad, and a brand new Apple Pencil.
Gurman beforehand dominated out an Apple Occasion for the brand new iPads. As a substitute, he believes they are going to be introduced in a press launch on the Apple Newsroom web site, like the brand new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air fashions have been earlier this month.