iPad When can we expect an updated iPad Air 5th generation?

[clutchm3]

Hey everyone, trying to see When can we expect an updated iPad Air 5th generation?

I don't follow iPad updates very often, this is for my father who wants to get a new one. He like's the current iPad Air sizing but REALLY don't want to grab anything if it is going to updated soon? With the iPad Mini update I feel it may be around the corner?

Thank you!

 

[*~Kim~*]

Apple usually release iPads in October, so the Mini in September surprised us all. Some hope that the Air will come then, otherwise it’s likely March at the earliest.

I certainly wouldn’t want to pay full price for one now that the Mini has better specs than it. Perhaps a refurb Air 4 would be the answer, but I don’t know when they’re likely to hit. In the UK the iPad 7th has only just appeared and that was released a year earlier, but they do have the 4th Gen Pros listed, originally released March 2020.

 

[tann]

I don't see why they didn't do it now. All they had to do was A15 + front camera.

Can't imagine the next update will be more than that even if they do it at another event.

 

[Mrawr]

I wonder if they’re aligning Air with the Pros in getting M-series chips? If that’s the case, perhaps next March with an M1 and the Pros get an M1X or whatever they’ll call it.

 

[clutchm3]

Blah all good points. I guess I will wait for October event, let's see if there is a surprise. Otherwise may have to just go Mini.

 

[rui no onna]

Blah all good points. I guess I will wait for October event, let's see if there is a surprise. Otherwise may have to just go Mini.

Buy your dad what he wants based on size. I certainly wouldn't buy minis for my parents just because it has more advanced tech than the Air (they find it too small for their liking).

 

[turbineseaplane]

Spring time at the earliest

 

[snipr125]

I have a feeling that the next Air 5 will be released in September/October next year with the new iphone 14's and get the A16 and maybe OLED, like how the Air 4 was introduced. Why would they release it in the next few months to potentially cannibalise the sales of the Mini 6?.

 

[Digitalguy]

March at the very earliest, fall 2022 at the latest, A15 in the first case, A16 in the second

 

[philosophree]

I wouldn't mind if they alternated updating the Air and mini.

 

[IcyStorm]

I'm just going to guess October because Apple's Back to School event ends next week (with the current iPad Air and AirPods being part of that promotion).

 

[ElectronGuru]

Traditionally: next year for sure

Covid math: they want all pads to have wide front cameras ASAP to soak up the zoom client market