Apple Announces 'Let Loose' Event on May 7 Amid Rumors of New iPads

[MacRumors]

Apple has announced it will be holding a special event on Tuesday, May 7 at 7 a.m. Pacific Time (10 a.m. Eastern Time), with a live stream to be available on Apple.com and on YouTube as usual. The event invitation has a tagline of "Let Loose" and shows an artistic render of an Apple Pencil, suggesting that iPads will be a focus of the event.

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The event invitation does not mention an in-person component, with Apple inviting the media to watch online alongside the general public.

During the event, Apple is expected to announce new iPad Pro and iPad Air models, along with updated Apple Pencil and Magic Keyboard accessories.

Here is everything that has been rumored:

• Two new iPad Pro models with the M3 chip, OLED displays, a thinner enclosure, thinner bezels, a matte screen option, a landscape-oriented front camera, other design changes, and possibly MagSafe wireless charging.
• Two new iPad Air models with the M2 chip and a landscape-oriented front camera, including a first-ever 12.9-inch iPad Air with a mini-LED display.
• A new Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro with an aluminum enclosure, larger trackpad, and other design tweaks.
• A new Apple Pencil, which may have a new "squeeze" gesture for certain actions and support visionOS eventually.

Apple has not released any new iPads since late 2022, so this event has been a long time coming. The event will take place just over a month before Apple's annual developers conference WWDC, which runs from June 10 through June 14.

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[truthsteve]

surprise
Mark Gurman is dead wrong:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1764308680479265005

 

[PeterKeller]

Finally we can stop talking about this.

 

[MayaUser]

2 events on 1 months?

 

[Stella]

Confirmed: New iPads on 7th.

 

[MayaUser]

surprise
Mark Gurman is dead wrong:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1764308680479265005

but still he called ipads in May
How do you know Apple didnt wanted first an event, and now they changed their mind?

 

[erikkfi]

FINALLY we can stop speculating about when the iPad launch is happening this year! Exciting times!

 

[abatabia]

Odd time for an event. For me I’m not updating my iPads any time soon. I hardly use the ones I have tbh.

Still any apple event is welcome I guess.

 

[TechElliott]

I think this is fake. There is nothing on apple.com, even in the newsroom

 

[wanha]

"let loose" is basically the antithesis of Apple's control freak culture

but let's be nice and call it aspirational

 

[MayaUser]

where are those who thought that next ipads will get M4...because they are watching clickbait websites?

 

[Macalway]

Gurman is right enough. But this puts a lot of angst to rest. It's late.

 

[TechElliott]

Plus, it's at 7 am PST, not 10. There is an Apple Pencil in the image, it's not something that Apple would do

 

[YunoLumi]

I just traded in a bunch of devices for store credit.
I'm ready to buy a heavily discounted new iPad pro.

 

[elmughrabi]

Finally we will see new iPad mini

 

[TechElliott]

Finally we will see new iPad mini

iPad mini this fall

 

[Warped9]

A 12.9 iPad Air just might be an upgrade purchase for me.

 

[truthsteve]

but still he called ipads in May
How do you know Apple didnt wanted first an event, and now they changed their mind?

usually mark has been good in dropping hints about changes that make his earlier predictions wrong.

mark didn't drop a hint on this change.

 

[Ajrmatt]

Ope, caught it before you updated @MacRumors 😁

 

[tonie walker]

so an apple pencil that can pick color outside the ipad?

 

[MayaUser]

usually mark has been good in dropping hints about changes that make his earlier predictions wrong.

mark didn't drop a hint on this change.

maybe because Apple changed their minds over night...you dont know, i dont know...so Mark is the Goat still

 

[TechElliott]

I was wrong, it is on Apple.com now. But now, I'm hyped!

 

[PeterKeller]

iPad mini this fall

Oh let us have 10 minutes of potential joy, please.

 

[Halmahc]

Didn't Gurman say there wouldn't be an Apple Event to launch the iPads? This is a lesson for those of you who take Gurman's rumors like World Cup.

 

[dbwie]

I'm interested in a new iPad, but all the rumors about the M4 are making me think to hold off and squeeze more life out of my current iPad. I'm also beginning to wonder if I need an iPad at all, since my usage of Apple products is 1) iPhone, 2) Mac, 3) Apple TV, and 4) iPad, in that order. I'm also wondering if they decided to have an event in order to push back against a negative narrative about Apple in the media.