Leaker says Apple will not release a 12.9-inch iPad Air this year،
Since TF International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said last year that Apple would add a second 12.9-inch iPad Air (2024) tablet to the traditional 10.9-inch variant, others Analysts and leakers have jumped on the bandwagon calling for Apple's exit. two iPad Air tablets (2024) this year. According to WccftechThis list does not include ShrimpApplePro which says Apple will only release one iPad Air tablet with a 10.9-inch LCD screen.
ShrimpApplePro aligns with other rumors related to the iPad Air (2024), such as a switch to a landscape-oriented front camera giving the device a laptop-like feel when taking selfies. Not to disparage ShrimpApplePro, but the evidence at this point points to the addition of an iPad Air with a larger screen this year. First of all, Ming-Chi Kuo has an exceptional track record when it comes to Apple hardware, and back in January we showed you leaked schematics believed to be of the 12.9-inch iPad Air model.
The new iPad Air is supposed to have the same 12.9-inch screen size as this 2022 iPad Pro model
Look, it makes sense that Apple would create a 12.9-inch iPad Air so that those who want/need a larger tablet but can't afford the high-end iPad Pro can stay in the game. Apple ecosystem. Since the iPad Pro will likely feature expensive OLED panels for the first time this year, now is the perfect time for Apple to offer the iPad Air with 10.9-inch and 12.9-inch LCD panels.
While we've seen that an Asian website says the new tablets will launch on March 26, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says we should expect the iPad Pro (2024) series and iPad Air (2024) line be launched at the end of April.
The tablet market has been in the doldrums since the end of the pandemic. iPad revenue in the fourth quarter was down 10.2% year over year. For the full fiscal year 2023, iPad sales fell 3.4% to $28.30 billion. Keep in mind that for the first time since the introduction of the iPad in 2010, Apple has not introduced a single new tablet in the calendar year 2023. It will be interesting to see if the decision to Apple taking a year off from unveiling new tablets lights a fire under iPad buyers.
