Apple’s new iPad Pro and iPad Air are coming a little later than expected.
At the beginning of March, we saw reports that Apple was going to release new iPads and MacBooks, but in reality only the latter part happened, with the company launching two new MacBook Air devices.
Now, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claims that Apple plans to release new iPad Pros and new iPad Air devices in “early May.”
According to the report, the new iPad Pro models will come with OLED displays, and the iPad Air will appear in a 12.9-inch version for the first time (currently, the iPad Air is only available with a 10.9-inch display).
It might not feel like it given how busy Apple has been (the company released the Vision Pro mixed-reality headset in February, followed by new MacBook Air devices in March), but we haven’t seen a new iPad in a long time. iPad Pro was last updated in October 2022 and iPad Air was updated in March 2022.
The new iPad Pro and iPad Air are also likely to come with faster chips and improved accessories, such as a new Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil for the iPad Pro.
Earlier reports indicated that the new iPad Pro models will be thinner than the current models and that they will be available with a matte screen option.
Apple’s iPad Pro could come with a matte display
Gurman claims that Apple did plan to unveil new iPads in March, but the company delayed the launch due to the complexity of manufacturing the new displays, as well as some software delays.