Looking at the Apple website and what has just appeared as "New", I am guessing only the Pro and iPad is getting a refresh. Maybe they just missed Air though...we can hope.
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Just another prediction. Along with the Air being dropped today we will also see the budget 9th gen iPad with home button dropped as well.
The iPad 10th gen will become the budget model with limited colour options, un-laminated screen, lesser storage, slower chip and lesser camera. Maybe they'll also brand this as the SE.
The iPad 11th gen will replace the Air.
And new Pros will arrive next year with a Pro exclusive, more laptop-like aluminium keyboard.
The iPad 10th gen will become the budget model with limited colour options, un-laminated screen, lesser storage, slower chip and lesser camera. Maybe they'll also brand this as the SE.
The iPad 11th gen will replace the Air.
And new Pros will arrive next year with a Pro exclusive, more laptop-like aluminium keyboard.
Just start with 128gb please.
64gb isn’t enough and the price jump to 256gb is ridiculous.
64gb isn’t enough and the price jump to 256gb is ridiculous.
Doesn’t look like anything is happening today based on Apple Store stock info. No new iPad of any kind.
The only product with a relatively extended lead time is engraved iPad 9. That suggests it might be deleted. iPad 10 has plenty of stock including 2-day turnaround on engraved. It might simply get a price drop.
The only product with a relatively extended lead time is engraved iPad 9. That suggests it might be deleted. iPad 10 has plenty of stock including 2-day turnaround on engraved. It might simply get a price drop.
Another 'iPhone Mini' drop in a tablet related article. It's not going to happen. Deal with it.
I’m just looking at stock of all iPad models. iPad 10 and M1 Air are fully in stock and ready for same week delivery including engraved. If those products are being deleted, we would see extended lead times by now.
The only thing that could happen today is iPad 9 gets deleted.
Which we all know won't happen unless there are new iPad Pros, Airs and/or Minis to go along, it wouldn't make sense to have the latest accessory only on the low-end of the iPad line.
Could it be, just maybe, that a new Pencil wouldn't require new iPads and would be backward-compatible with existing ones instead?
I am confused, is this a ”NEW” 10th gen? Is it required for use of the new apple pencil?
We will not drop the iphone Mini requests, we will insist in any possible article and we expect everyone to support us. Btw we are talking about Mini’s here 😂🤣 … will share a picture of how nice the two minis look when placed next to each other
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Primarily it is older , mature tech (that pragmatically has already had its R&D paid for). The second factor is just 'less' stuff. (less RAM, less storage). And less modem ( $130-200 more cost in Apple's BTO system. )
The iPad 9th uses the same screen tech as previous versions. It picked up the A-series SoC that was about to fall out of the iPhone 'hand me down" line up during its service lifetime. ( iPad 9th has a A13 and still being sold. The iPhone with a A13 stopped being sold over a year ago (iPhone 11 A13). )
Mainly same reasons Apple sells the iPhone (n - 2) for a lot less at the end of its service life than it was sold when it was the leading edge iPhone n .
P.S. iPad 10th gen didn't keep the same screen or same camera placement/tech and the price crept up to where it couldn't replace the iPad 9th.