We thought we knew everything about the new iPad Air 2024, which will already be the sixth generation of Apple’s mid-range tablet. Or rather the iPad Air, in the plural. We’ll see two sizes, just like we’ve seen on the iPad Pro since 2018. However, it has now been leaked that the larger size It won’t just look like these “Pro” ones in dimensions.
The new big iPad Air could become a full-fledged 2022 iPad Pro. Not for nothing does the supply chain leak indicate identical screen technology which, if we add that it will also have the M2 chip, means that ultimately, for practical purposes, it may be extremely similar.
Adopt Mini-LED, also on the iPad Air
It was the 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2021 that debuted the Mini-LED display as a new technology, leaving its 11-inch smaller brother with the usual IPS panel. In the aforementioned iPad Pro 2022, we saw identical features in this regard. Well, if the iPad Air already had a reputation for receiving new features that were once part of the “Pro”, it seems that this year will be no different.
While the iPad Pro 2024 targets OLED panels in both sizes for the first time, which also explains the delay in their launch, analyst Ross Young now points out that the new large iPad Air will have a Mini-LED screen. And this nuance of “large” is important, since in the 10.9-11 inch model (we do not yet know exactly what size it will be) the IPS panel would be retained.
Between the advantages of Mini-LED panel We find greater brightness which provides better quality in the content played in HDR, as well as an increase in resolution which could reach 8K and a much darker and realistic black color, represented by turned off pixels as also occurs in OLEDs.
An unresolved doubt is linked to the refresh rate
The analyst who provides this information has a good history of developing information which makes it possible to give great reliability to this type of leak. Therefore, if it ends up being like this This will represent a historic change in the iPad range. Not only will it no longer be necessary to opt for the most expensive model to have the largest size, but now it will also not be necessary if you want a high quality panel.
This, yes, we will have to prepare for its impact on the price. There are no leaks about it, but if the current iPad Air 2022 was already accompanied by a price increase that placed it at 679 dollars as a base, it would not be strange to imagine that the large model ends up approaching 900 dollars and, who knows, maybe even reaching four figures. It will still be less than the big iPad Pro, yes.
What seems clear, after numerous delays and predictable “imminent launches”, is that, now, in May, they will be presented. These two new iPad Airs should arrive with the two iPad Pros. It will be a surprise except via a press release on the Apple website, without any particular event in between. The week of May 6 is targeted, although the truth is that it is not yet known on which precise day it will take place.
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