October 18 replace under. This submit was first revealed on Monday, October 16, 2023. Apple has now made its announcement and it was for… a brand new Apple Pencil. You can learn full particulars and which you need to select, right here. But there’s different information which has now come to mild revealing that there’s a new iPad in spite of everything, effectively, form of. Full particulars are within the replace under.
Apple’s iPads have been the topic of a number of rumors, not too long ago. And whereas some business heavyweights like Ming-Chi Kuo have beforehand stated no iPads are anticipated earlier than the tip of 2023, a brand new report claims that not one however three iPads will probably be introduced simply hours from now. Read on for what we all know, and when the discharge date will probably be.
According to a report at Supercharged, press briefings to announce an up to date iPad Air, iPad mini and common iPad, will happen as quickly as Tuesday, October 17. So, how possible is that this, and what does it imply, precisely?
What Kuo Said
Remember that Kuo said “New iPad models are unlikely before the year’s end.” At the time this appeared fanciful to me. Apple has refreshed its iPad vary each single yr for a while now. Unless, in fact, by new mannequin Kuo meant a complete new merchandise that we’ve by no means heard of earlier than.
What Gurman Is Saying
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his newest Power On newsletter commented that Apple typically debuts new iPads the month after the iPhone and Watch. Gurman stated, “While I reported in July that Apple was planning such a release this year, the latest indications are that it won’t happen this month.”
Hmm. Well, they’ll’t all be proper. Gurman goes on: “A new entry-level iPad, iPad Air and iPad mini are all in development with faster chips, but I don’t believe updates of any significance are imminent.”
My take? I feel Gurman could also be proved proper on the date, although who is aware of when it comes to the importance of the brand new tablets once they do arrive?
So, What’s Happening?
If Supercharged is true and there are briefings this Tuesday, then that is what we all know. Before any briefings, Apple will announce the brand new merchandise by press launch and on apple.com/newsroom. Please test again right here, the place I’ll cowl any information.
However, I might wager that no-one who has been invited to such a briefing has been instructed what it’s for. So, whereas it’s conceivable that it might be to announce new iPads, my intestine feeling is it’s not.
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The 2021 iPad Air in 5 colours.
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What Will Be Announced, And When?
According to Supercharged, there will probably be a brand new iPad Air with an M2 chip. Plus a brand new iPad mini, which feels proper when it comes to timing, and an 11th-generation iPad. What gained’t be coming simply but is the subsequent iPad Pro. Reports level to that touchdown in 2024.
If Gurman is true, the announcement will probably be some weeks away. My guess is it might be as quickly as early November, with onsale date round ten days later.
October 17 replace. It’s arduous to know precisely what’s taking place generally, isn’t it? As you’ll see above, rumors and counter-rumors are flying round, and we will’t fairly know what’s what. And there’s a brand new report so as to add to the combo. Spoiler alert: I feel it’s by far the most probably one to mirror what’s going to be introduced.
According to MacOtakara, the Apple announcement, anticipated Tuesday, October 17, won’t be for an iPad, not to mention three, however will probably be iPad-adjacent. The reveal, it’s claimed, will probably be for a brand new Apple Pencil.
Well, that’s fairly intriguing, too. As you’ll know, there are two variations of Apple Pencil simply now. The first-generation mannequin is a shiny cylinder with Lightning connector on the prime. It works with the ninth-generation iPad within the present vary and loads of earlier iPads. It additionally works, if you happen to use a Lightning-to-USB-C connector, with the most recent iPad, the tenth-generation mannequin.
Other present iPads, the iPad Air, iPad mini and iPad Pro, all use the slicker, sleeker second-generation Pencil which has one flat facet that lets it snap magnetically to the facet of the pill to pair and cost.
So, the third-gen Pencil is attention-grabbing. What will probably be new? At the least, if it’s going to have a connector in its lid, I’d anticipate this to be a USB-C connector, not Lightning.
At the tip of September, leaker Majin Bu tweeted {that a} new Pencil was on its approach, with one massive change: interchangeable magnetic ideas “for drawing, technical drawing and painting.”
But, please notice, the identical leaker has, in the previous few hours, tweeted that at the very least one iPad will probably be introduced at the moment. The newest remark was, “The new 11 gen 10.9 inch iPad that Apple will present tomorrow will have the exact same design as the 10 gen model, furthermore the accessories will be perfectly compatible.”
I’m going to be straight with you: I don’t imagine there will probably be any new iPad introduced on October 17—although I don’t rule out it coming quickly.
So, if it’s a Pencil, will or not it’s a brand new top-of-the-range mannequin so as to add to the vary? My guess is that will probably be a alternative for the first-generation Pencil and will probably be priced the identical. What can be thrilling is that if Apple made it suitable with all iPads, reasonably than simply the common iPad.
Check again later: we must always know inside a matter of hours.
All the hullabaloo suggesting there can be new iPads introduced led to nothing… besides this intriguing replace which largely went unnoticed.
So, regardless of the rumors, no new iPad was introduced by Apple, proper? Well, not fairly. It seems that the primary occasion was a brand new Apple Pencil that’s suitable with each iPad that has a USB-C connector. But one territory, China, additionally noticed a brand new iPad, or at the very least a variant of an current one.
Apple didn’t make an enormous song-and-dance out of it, however it has now unveiled a variant of the iPad 10thtechnology particularly for China. To be exact, it’s a model which has been up to date in order that the Wi-fi and Cellular mannequin now “supports eSIM for the first time in mainland China.”
In the remainder of the world, this won’t matter that a lot, however it’s one thing which might be essential to many customers in China.
Apple put this info in a information launch—however not concerning the iPad. Instead, it’s a footnote within the announcement of the brand new Apple Pencil with USB-C, which fits on sale within the coming weeks.
That appears about proper. Although an iPad that has had its specs up to date round a yr after it went on sale is fairly uncommon, so headline-grabbing in that sense, it’s not a complete new iPad within the common sense of the phrase.
It’s good we find out about it, however I can see why Apple’s focus was primarily on the brand new Pencil.
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