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Apple is allegedly getting ready to introduce new iPad fashions with a minor spec-bump as quickly as Tuesday, however there are causes to doubt the timetable.
The rumor mill has mentioned iPads repeatedly in current months, with a late 2023 launch turning into an early 2024 introduction for some fashions which will acquire an OLED show. Now, it’s believed by one report that an replace to the iPad vary will happen inside days.
In a Saturday submit, sources “aware of Apple’s media plans” who spoke to Supercharged stated that Apple is planning briefings with “choose media personnel” in regards to the iPad. The sources additionally stated an announcement might happen as early as October 17.
These updates will encompass minor modifications that enhance the velocity of the fashions, slightly than any type of overhauling. This might embrace the iPad Air gaining the M2 chip, whereas the iPad mini might shift to the A16 Bionic.
Regardless of being comparatively minor, the occasion might nonetheless happen in a video format, with the suggestion of it viewable on Apple’s web site and on YouTube. Nonetheless, a “hybrid” occasion with guests to Apple Park has been discounted.
Questionable timing
Whereas the declare of a Tuesday might be useful for potential iPad upgraders, there’s all the time a chance the rumored occasion couldn’t occur. The publication is new, and has no monitor document because it pertains to their very own rumors about Apple’s product cycle. Different venues have since chimed in, and stated that they corroborated it with their very own sources.
In Mark Gurman’s weekly publication, he seems skeptical concerning the rumor of a Tuesday announcement.
“Whereas I reported in July that Apple was planning such a launch this yr, the most recent indications are that it will not occur this month,” writes Gurman on Sunday morning. “A brand new entry-level iPad, iPad Air and iPad mini are all in improvement with quicker chips, however I do not consider updates of any significance are imminent.”
In response to TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, it was “unlikely” that Apple would make updates to the iPad lineup earlier than the finish of 2023.
AppleInsider has tried to find out if an occasion will happen. Typical indicators of a launch, equivalent to a block on worker time-off requests for particular days, aren’t in impact on this event. Whereas blocked days aren’t fully dependable to point a product launch, their lack of presence two days earlier than a debut, and presumably 5 earlier than the supply places the discharge into doubt.