Apple to Launch This iPad in a 12.9-Inch Display Size Next Year: Kuo

Apple is planning on launching refreshed variations of the iPad Air and iPad Professional in 2024, in line with TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a brand new Medium weblog put up, Kuo claims that Apple will launch a brand new 12.9-inch iPad Air mannequin for the primary time, alongside the common 10.9-inch mannequin. The upgraded iPad Professional fashions will function the corporate’s new M3 chip and sport OLED shows, in line with the analyst. Apple may additionally launch new iPad mini and eleventh technology iPad fashions subsequent yr.

In response to Kuo, Apple is planning to launch a ten.9-inch iPad Air mannequin within the first quarter of 2024, that might be accompanied by a brand new 12.9-inch mannequin. Will probably be outfitted with the identical Liquid Retina show because the smaller iPad Air, however will supply higher efficiency because of an oxide backplane (the mixture of the skinny movie transistor (TFT) and the substrate used for the show) that can be used on Apple’s current-generation iPad Professional fashions with Mini-LED shows.

The analyst states that Apple can even launch two new iPad Professional fashions that can ditch Mini-LED shows for OLED screens, between the primary and second quarters of 2024. These fashions are anticipated to sport a brand new kind issue and might be powered by Apple’s newest M3 chip — providing higher show high quality and energy effectivity in comparison with current iPad Pro fashions. A market analysis agency recently predicted that the bigger iPad Professional mannequin will sport a barely bigger 13-inch show.

Kuo predicts that Apple will ship round 6 to eight million iPad Professional fashions in 2024, attributing the prediction for decrease shipments to a attainable value hike as a result of addition of OLED screens. In the meantime, the bigger iPad Professional mannequin may additionally face competitors from the corporate’s purported 12.9-inch iPad Air mannequin.

Within the second half of 2024, Apple may launch a brand new iPad mini mannequin, whereas the corporate can be anticipated to launch a refreshed eleventh technology iPad, whereas manufacturing of the 9th Gen model — the final one to function a Lightning port — might be lastly phased out by the tip of the yr, in line with Kuo.