iPad Professional
The tip of the winter might herald {hardware} refreshes for Apple, with a brand new report from the business’s most prolific leaker predicting the long-rumored bigger iPad Air and refreshed MacBook Air fashions will hit retailer cabinets by the tip of March 2024.
To fight gross sales doldrums for Mac and iPad, Apple is rumored to be prepping many new releases earlier than the primary calendar quarter of 2024 ends. On faucet are allegedly a bigger iPad Air, new iPad Professionals with OLED screens, and a New MacBook Air mannequin, presumably with M3 processor.
New iPad Air with bigger display screen
On faucet for March 2024 is alleged to be a 12.9-inch iPad Air, matching the scale of the present largest iPad Professional. As beforehand reported, 4 fashions are stated to be within the works. Two fashions are for the prevailing measurement, and two for the bigger 12.9-inch measurement.
The bigger iPad Air rumor is not new and has been hinted at for over a yr. It was as soon as anticipated to debut in October 2023, however that clearly did not pan out.
iPad Professional with OLED
Maybe the most typical iPad Professional rumor is the shift to OLED shows. The brand new fashions are anticipated to reach concurrently the 12.9-inch iPad Air. They’re anticipated to lastly get that OLED display screen and the M3 processor that got here in October.
No measurement modifications are anticipated. As with the 2 iPad Air sizes, 4 fashions are additionally being ready.
In early 2023, rumors have been indicating that Apple supposed to replace the iPad Professional lineup with new show expertise. A report in July stated that the manufacturing of the 11-inch and 13-inch OLED iPads, which mark the primary use of OLED expertise within the Apple iPad sequence, will begin within the first quarter of 2024.
A brand new Apple Pencil and Magic Keyboard is rumored to reach concurrently nicely. The brand new Magic Keyboard is rumored to be aluminum-clad versus the prevailing materials.
MacBook Air with M3
There is not a lot stated in regards to the new MacBook Air in Wednesday’s report by Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. They’re stated to be codenamed J613 and J615 and are available in the identical design, with a lift from the M3 processor.
Later in 2024
The Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional continues to be on monitor for early 2024, however no date has but been introduced.
Touched on in Wednesday’s report is a forthcoming Apple Watch with blood stress sensing. Additionally rumored is a refresh to the iPad mini, a brand new low-end iPad, and non-Professional AirPods with USB-C charging.