After skipping a full yr, Apple plans to fully refresh its iPad lineup in 2024.
This relies Bloomberg Mark Gurman, who shared his ideas on Apple’s subsequent “large factor” on Sunday. Gorman factors out that Apple hasn’t launched a brand new iPad in all of 2023, one thing that has by no means occurred within the iPad’s historical past. Whereas there are nonetheless a few months left within the yr, Gorman believes the brand new iPads will not be coming till 2024.
“Apple may attempt to launch extra new merchandise, however the refurbished iPads and AirPods aren’t prepared but. The corporate plans to refresh the complete iPad lineup throughout 2024,” he wrote. He didn’t specify the fashions, however the “full lineup” means iPad mini, iPad, iPad Air and iPad Professional. All of those merchandise have been final up to date in 2022, aside from the iPad mini, which was up to date in 2021.
Notably, only a few weeks in the past, Gorman thought we might really be getting new iPads late this yr.
In his new report, Gurman additionally says that new AirPods can even be coming in 2024, whereas new AirPods Professional will not launch till 2025.
The report additionally mentions the anticipated M3 Extremely chip. Apple lately launched three new chipsets: the M3, M3 Professional, and M3 Max, however the firm is predicted to prime all of it off with the ultra-powerful M3 Extremely. Nonetheless, in accordance with Gorman, this chip “has not but undergone intensive testing.”
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