A week from now, a cool new iPad Pro with a Mini-LED display could be in the works.
Apple on Tuesday announced that it will host a virtual event on April 20 at 10 A.M. Pacific Time, and a new iPad Pro with a Mini-LED display is expecting to be among the announced products.
Per Taiwanese supply chain website DigiTimes, Apple supplier Ennostar has substantially improved its yield rates for Mini-LED chips and is expected to scale up its output for the new iPad Pro starting later this month. This time frame synchs up with a note published by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who claimed that the new iPad Pro would enter mass production in mid-to-late April.
According to Bloomberg, Apple is rumored to have plans to introduce new iPad Pro models in the latter half of April. The report said Mini-LED backlighting will be exclusive to the new 12.9-inch model, while both the 11-inch and 12.9-inch models are expected to get a faster A14X chip on par with the M1 chip in Macs and Thunderbolt support. Other rumors also suggested that cellular models will gain support for faster 5G networking like iPhone 12 models.
Bloomberg has also reported that given poor manufacturing yields, the new tablets could ship later, and be available in constrained quantities to begin with. Apple is also rumored to be working on its long-awaited AirTags item trackers, a redesigned iMac, and a new Apple TV featuring a faster processor, a redesigned remote, and a stronger gaming focus is also rumored to be in the pipeline.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.