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

[jclardy]

Look at those "folds" on the surface...Folding iPad coming soon!

 

[abatabia]

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.

Same. I hardly use mine.

 

[joecomo]

finally - ready to upgrade my M1 iPad Pro

 

[MayaUser]

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.

no, he said "dont expect" because Gurman knows better that Apple can change their minds
he said ipads on May with new pencil and keyboard when nobody else didnt...so this should be a lessons that he still is one of the most accurate. Dont be envy that he knows more than you do

 

[MrGunny94]

Let's hope this is the WWDC that the iPad gets some more Mac like features, even if it would gain it just in Dock Mode... Would be already a win

 

[klasma]

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

Trade-ins are not a discount, they are a bad deal.

 

[klasma]

iPad mini this fall

At the earliest.

 

[mapsdotapp]

By the time these iPad Pros are released it will have been 570 days without a refresh. Should be a bigger scandal for the operations wizard in charge than the press is treating it.

 

[coffeemilktea]

New iPads at last after nearly two years? I think my wallet's going to Let Loose also. 😩

 

[Xil3]

Trade-ins are not a discount, they are a bad deal.

Yeah, it's just for suckers that are too lazy to sell stuff themselves.

 

[Dopestdude2]

Dear god we finally have a date.

 

[satchmo]

Incoming Apple Pencil Pro will only work with these new M3 iPad Pros.

I hope I'm wrong.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

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

call it aspirational, if you want to be nice about it

Maybe they mean "let loose of your money"

 

[ELman]

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.

As an Apple stockholder I think you need a new iPad.

 

[tonywalker23]

All that hardware. All those accessories. All that power. All that portability…

And still no tablet version of macOS.

 

[Portavoz]

Let the speculation on whether "Let Loose" is a hint on some feature coming....

 

[BGPL]

I don't use the iPad Air I have now. How about a 4K 32" M3 iMac though?

 

[0827773]

Trade-ins are not a discount, they are a bad deal.

Only if you live in a country with bad consumer rights.

 

[adamw]

New iPad launch would be much appreciated. Have been waiting for this refresh!

 

[satchmo]

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.

I'm wondering if Apple is purposely having iPads one generation behind MacBooks to prevent overlap.

 

[TechElliott]

Let the speculation on whether "Let Loose" is a hint on some feature coming....

12.9" iPad Air and new iPad pros

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Let the speculation on whether "Let Loose" is a hint on some feature coming....

the wallet emptying feature.

the credit loading feature.

the exec cannonball dives in cash vaults #91 & 92 this summer feature.

 

[chucker23n1]

• 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.

So the Air is now the warmed-over previous Pro?

I'm not sure that makes the iPad line-up any less of a mess. What happens to the 9th-gen and 10th-gen, which are quite different? What happens to the mini? I thought for a while they would align the mini with the Air, but not any more.

 

[k1ckdapro]

If they make a dedicated event, they could as well release a new iPad Mini.

 

[VisceralRealist]

I said multiple times that they wouldn't release new iPads with a new design without an event (though I was wrong that they would wait until WWDC. I'm now thinking possibly no hardware at WWDC so they can really go on and on about AI for two hours...)

I think it's obvious these were meant to be released as early as March and got delayed.