- Apple will reportedly launch two new tablets soon
- These will be new models in the iPad and iPad Air lines
- They could have new chipsets but few other upgrades
If you’re in the market for a new standard iPad or iPad Air then now is just about the worst time to buy one, as it sounds like new models could be launching very soon.
This is according to reputable Apple watcher Mark Gurman, who in his latest newsletter for Bloomberg (via MacRumors), claims that new models in these lines are “coming soon”.
He doesn’t mention an exact date, but the iPad (2025) and iPad Air (2025) both launched in early March last year, so another early March launch would make sense, and would definitely count as “coming soon”.
These don’t sound like they’ll be massive upgrades over their predecessors, but one major thing is apparently changing, with Gurman claiming that the next iPad will have an A18 chipset (an upgrade from the A16 Bionic in the current one), while the next iPad Air will have an M4 chipset (up from an M3 currently).
An AI upgrade
So the iPad Air will unsurprisingly be the more powerful of these tablets if this claim is accurate, but the standard iPad would arguably be getting the bigger upgrade, since the move to an A18 should allow it to handle Apple Intelligence, which the current standard iPad can’t. For fans of AI, that’s a big deal, and should help seriously future-proof the slate.
Beyond the chipsets, though, not much is apparently changing, with these two tablets said to look much like their predecessors and have generally similar specs.
If that’s the case then they might not be worth upgrading to if you already have an iPad or iPad Air from 2025; but for new buyers or anyone currently using an older model they should absolutely be worth waiting for compared to what’s available right now.
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