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iPad Pro When are new iPad Pros being announced?
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Well, I was kind of thinking about they had something on Amazon for the case for the iPad Pro. I was hoping that there was some information that may lead us to some conclusions about a possibility of the iPad mini dropping alongside with the other iPads, but I guess not. It’s really the only iPad I’m in interested in right now because I already have the M2 Pro. I was hoping there was something on the Amazon that might give a hint.
It doesn't really change or invalidate their point - the horizontal FaceID code might've just been a feature allowed to be implemented in the 'main' / 'public' branch of 17.4, while the smaller team was integrating different features for the new Pros.
I'm really, very curious at what this special flavor of 17.4 will bring. I wouldn't think adding support for the new Pros would be all that involved unless there was a decent amount of new functionality being added. Maybe Stage Manager is getting steroids? Maybe the integration of software for the new keyboard and pencil is just that intensive?
I get your point but there is just endless "little" changes that might be required that Apple just wanted to keep out of shipping iPadOS versions until the last second... even things like icons for a new Apple Pencil shape, etc. Bottom line is 17.4 isn't enough to work on the new iPads, they clearly need a modified version and until its ready we don't get the new product.
So, without word a from Apple. We are buying what Gurman is selling?
The Gurman who said that there would be no major products released on a week that the MacBook Air M3 dropped? Don't get me wrong... Gurman might have some insight into the inner workings of Apple, but he's practically on the outside just as much as we are.
Apple many times has required a update out of the box which is also a possibility.
I’m guessing Tuesday but hopefully Monday. Most past iPads were announced on Tuesdays.
Summary of what we have so far (I don't believe in Mark Gurman for release timing this time around)
- Apple Pencil 2nd Generation delisted from Apple Store on Amazon Canada and Coupang
- Many iPads out of stock or running low on the Apple Store on Amazon Canada
- MacWorld said new iPads will arrive before the end of this month
- iPad Air 12.9 cases started to show up (e.g. ESR launches their case on March 26th)
- Apple Pencil 2nd Generation delisted from Apple Store on Amazon Canada and Coupang
- Many iPads out of stock or running low on the Apple Store on Amazon Canada
- MacWorld said new iPads will arrive before the end of this month
- iPad Air 12.9 cases started to show up (e.g. ESR launches their case on March 26th)
Haha, yeah true, I considered adjusting my message to reflect that, but I couldn't be bothered anymore. I'm really hoping for 14 inches, as the rumors previously suggested.
welp this isnt helping with my confidence that something will be announced this week
www.macrumors.com
Apple to Announce New iPads on March 26, Rumors Claim
Apple is widely expected to release new iPad Air and OLED iPad Pro models in the next few weeks. According to new rumors coming out of Asia, the...
www.macrumors.com
welp this isnt helping with my confidence that something will be announced this week
Apple to Announce New iPads on March 26, Rumors Claim
Apple is widely expected to release new iPad Air and OLED iPad Pro models in the next few weeks. According to new rumors coming out of Asia, the...
Yep, saw that too.
Not much on the Pros aside from it being the largest ever update, but they are suggesting no 13in iPad Air. Seems to go against everything we have heard. Click the tweet to see his other responses.
Yeah, I peeped the tweet earlier.
The largest ever update is marketing chatter… I think the largest update ever was the 2018 iPad Pro, not sure how this upcoming one would surpass it. But we shall see in a couple weeks…
I agre. Moving to OLED and changing the camera positio, pencil and ‘magic’ keyboard is not a very large update to me.
I’m definitely interested in upgrading to it, no doubt about it.
But the 2018 model brought a smaller form factor (which that was big in itself), FaceID, USB-C… along with the magnetic Pencil and Magic Keyboard support. However, I‘ve never experienced OLED in a tablet sized format and supposedly Apple is going to have some special sauce included with this OLED display panel.
Same, although it all comes down to price for me. I’m not willing to pay much more than the current 12.9in iPad price. Any more than £1,250 for an iPad 13in is bonkers imo. But let’s see…
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Not too sure but this is the one MacRumours based its iPad release schedule article on (and they never cited me discovering March 26th schedule first...)