The year 2024 started with good feelings for Apple’s iPad. We had been without new updated models for over a year and everything seemed to indicate that the first quarter of the year was going to bring that presentation of new iPads that we were all waiting for. In fact, big and popular analysts predicted the launch for March… then April was postponed and until now we haven’t had any news. Everything seems to indicate a delay added to Apple’s schedule that places the new iPad Air and iPad Pro for the month of May according to analysis by Mark Gurman for Bloomberg.
A constant delay: the new iPad Air and iPad Pro, now for the month of May
Everyone is looking forward to the new ones iPad Air and iPad Pro since we have gone almost 20 months without any updates from Apple. Devices that constitute one of the most purchased and used ranges by users around the world. In addition, there is great concern from users who do not know whether to buy a device now or wait for the launch, without knowing when or in what form it will be, to buy the new iPad.
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The information indicated that the presentation of the new iPad would take place in early March. However, this did not happen and Mark Gurman delayed the release to late March or early April. A new report published by the same analyst indicates that the release schedule has been delayed one more time and we will see the new devices in May.
This delay is also accompanied by a delay in the development of the next major iPadOS update which would not be ready for the joint software + hardware release. Furthermore, Gurman assures that Production of new iPads increases in recent weeks and it could be ready by May. This delay, moreover, would be due to an increase in manufacturing complexity new iPads. Remember that the main novelty expected in the iPad Air is a new 12.9-inch model while the iPad Pro will receive the M3 chip in addition to an OLED screen.
