Apple may be including a 12.9-inch iPad Air as part of an entirely refreshed iPad lineup coming next year.
According to noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is looking to create a refreshed 10.9-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Air with new chips scheduled for mass production in the first quarter of 2024.
Kuo had previously stated that the all-new 12.9-inch iPad Air would feature an LCD screen that lacks the mini-LED technology of Apple’s current iPad Pro models, but will benefit from the same oxide backplane. This change would offer better display performance than the current 10.9-inch iPad Air which uses an a-Si backplane.
Apple is also rumored to be creating OLED iPad Pro models, and the company is thought to be developing a new 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Pro with a redesigned chassis and new M3 chip in the second quarter.
Kuo believes that last on Apple’s 2024 production roadmap is a new iPad mini and an 11th-generation iPad, a new version of Apple’s most affordable tablet. This will see the discontinuation of Apple’s 9th-generation iPad currently still offered alongside the 10th-generation model in Apple’s lineup.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.