It seems like we’ve been waiting a long time for Apple to finally unveil the new 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro (2024) models, Apple’s first tablets to come with OLED displays.
Thanks to the use of OLED, the new iPad Pro tablets, especially the 12.9-inch model, are expected to see a huge price increase.
To prevent some consumers who want the larger iPad from having to buy one, the company decided to add a 12.9-inch model to the iPad Air line this year alongside the traditional 10.9-inch unit.
Here’s why this makes sense. The iPad Air is the closest iPad model to the iPad Pro.
By offering a 12.9-inch iPad Air variant, buyers can get most of the features they want, and the screen size they want, and because The iPad Air (2024) will still use an LCD panel, the price will be much lower than the cost. of the 12.9-inch OLED iPad Pro (2024).
Both the iPad Pro (2024) and iPad Air (2024) will have a landscape-oriented FaceTime camera and improved chips (M2 for the iPad Air, M3 for the iPad Pro). We could see that the new iPad Pro line has support for MagSafe wireless charging.
A couple of weeks ago, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said to expect new iPad models soon.
We originally expected the new tablets to come out in March and then April, and it finally now looks like they will launch in May. The delay, at least in part, is due to problems OLED panel suppliers have had in creating the displays for the new iPad Pro models.
Earlier this month, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, as knowledgeable about Apple as any journalist technology, said that the new tablets will arrive the week of May 6. In your latest Power On newsletter published yesterday, Gurman pointed out something that indicates the imminent launch of the new tablets.
Gurman noted in the newsletter that inventory levels for the latest (2022) iPad Air have been declining at retail stores as shipments of the model slowed significantly.
This is something Apple typically does before releasing an updated device. Shipments of the iPad Pro have not slowed, which could indicate that Apple has a lot of inventory to get rid of, or it could indicate that the company plans to keep the iPad Pro (2022) tablets as a lower-priced option after OLEDs. Unit launch.
Apple is not hosting a big event to mark the unveiling of the new iPads and will instead simply issue a press release to make the announcement.
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