Apple Expected to Update Entire iPad Lineup Next Year

[MacRumors]

Apple plans to update its entire iPad lineup throughout 2024, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. This means new models of the iPad Pro, iPad Air, iPad mini, and entry-level iPad can be expected to launch next year.

Gurman touched on the lack of new iPads and AirPods heading into the holiday shopping season in the latest edition of his Power On newsletter:

Apple could have tried to rush out more new products, but revamped iPads and AirPods aren’t yet ready. The company plans to update its entire iPad lineup during 2024. New low-end AirPods are coming next year as well, with a refreshed Pro model following in 2025.

2023 is expected to be the first year without any new iPads released since Apple first unveiled the device in 2010, so updates to all models next year sounds likely.

When each iPad model was last updated:

• iPad Pro: October 2022
• iPad: October 2022
• iPad Air: March 2022
• iPad mini: September 2021

Gurman previously reported that the low-end to mid-range iPads could be updated as early as March 2024, while he expects new 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Pro models with the M3 chip and OLED displays to launch in the first half of 2024. The next iPad Air and iPad mini are likely to be equipped with M2 and A16 Bionic chips, respectively.

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[haydn!]

With all the refreshes due at the same time, it gives them a rare opportunity to tidy up a few things and better differentiate between the models. Hopefully.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Waiting on a new mini.

 

[DHagan4755]

Given the lapse in iPad Air updates this year & much like the iMac... the iPad Air should jump from M1 to M3. If indeed iPad Pros go up in price because of OLED displays, the iPad Air coming in 2 sizes makes perfect sense to bridge the gap. The lineup will be setup just like the iPhone with iPhone 15/iPhone 15 Plus & iPhone 15 Pro/iPhone 15 Pro Max.

 

[Sheepish-Lord]

Scary similar!

 

[abatabia]

What they need to update is a compelling reason to upgrade, of which there are none.

 

[AeroEd]

Who wants an ipad

 

[gigatoaster]

Best decision ever, who needs a yearly update?

 

[lartola]

2023 is expected to be the first year without any new iPads released since Apple first unveiled the device in 2010, so updates to all models next year sounds likely.

This is a bit exaggerated. Apple actually hasn’t updated ipads yearly since 2014. While they do update at least one category of ipads every year, be it the pros, the air or the budget ipad, all ipad categories are actually updated roughly every 1.5 years, not yearly. Yet after all this time lots of people -including forecasters like gurman or kuo- still don’t seem to get this and expect yearly ipad updates.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

With all the refreshes due at the same time, it gives them a rare opportunity to tidy up a few things and better differentiate between the models. Hopefully.

Apple: "Today we're adding a 12.9" iPad Air to our incredibly bloated lineup and eliminating nothing."

 

[revs]

Best decision ever, who needs a yearly update?

People who need a new iPad, and don’t want to buy one that’s been out for over a year?

Like the phones - they don’t come out yearly so that people can upgrade every year - they come out yearly so that when you do decide to upgrade, whatever you buy is fairly new and modern. And of course keeps up with the competition, which is good for marketing and sales.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

With all the refreshes due at the same time, it gives them a rare opportunity to tidy up a few things and better differentiate between the models. Hopefully.

Pro models: M3, OLED
Air: M2
Mini: A16 Bionic or A17 Pro
11th gen: A15 Bionic
9th gen: Please for the love of god kill it.

 

[AlexESP]

Who wants an ipad

61.7 Million people last year. A lot, from my point of view. And many more than people who want a Mac!

 

[128KMac]

At what point do the MacBook Air and iPad Pro merge into a single product with a detachable keyboard?

 

[Warped9]

iPad Pros get M3.
iPad Air gets M2.
iPad Mini gets M1?
iPad 11 gets A16?
iPad 9 gets axed.

 

[MarkNewton2023]

Mini is the only one I am sooo looking for.😊 We shall see if Gurman forecast will materialize 🤔 as Doris Day sang:
Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
What will be, will be

 

[XboxEvolved]

If they update the Pro with oled and m3 and really do price it at more then a freakin 14 mbp, then Apple would have just priced out a lot of people myself included, since I plan to get a pro since the iPad I have now was like the worst buying decision I’ve made that I can remember.

Also lol at continuing to quote Gurman

 

[doolar]

Waiting on a 11" Pro with better display tech to replace my 2018 11" Pro. Hopefully next year then!

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

With the terrific iPad Mini 6 and the generally long legs of iPad (not so quick to "long in tooth" like its little brothers), I'm looking forward to upgrading to iPad Mini 9 or 10 about 5-6 more years from now. The jump to this 6 was from an iPad Mini 2, after about 8 years.

But I'd reconsider this plan for an iPad Mini PRO, basically iPhone Pro Max in an iPad Mini form factor, even if priced like existing iPad Pros. Else, this 6 keeps right on rolling for perhaps the balance of the 2020s.

 

[jz0309]

Another bold prediction by this guy - since there haven’t been any updates this year, what do we expect Apple to do for next year?

 

[Surf Monkey]

I love my 12.9 iPad Pro.

I’d like to see the big pro iPad get slightly bigger so that the screen is the same size as an A4 piece of paper. I’d also like to see some weight shaved off of it. The big Pro is very heavy.

 

[McWetty]

I bought a 12.9” iPad Pro M1 (woot sale) last month. I love the size, but the weight is a bit much. Makes me miss my 11” Pro. I kind of wish they would split the difference with a 12” iPad Pro and put it on a diet. Maybe a 10” iPad Pro to flesh out the smaller preferences. And for the love of God make them have feature parity.

 

[t0rqx]

It does not even matter if they put a M10 inside next year. We need a revamped OS.

 

[6787872]

cant wait to see the crippled storage numbers. 512mb base

 

[t0rqx]

There was a new iPad introduced in China. Why is nobody acknowledging that?