Apple’s spring occasion might be a couple of month away, and we’re anticipating Apple to launch its first new iPads in additional than a 12 months. And based mostly on the newest rumors, it might deliver the primary main design change to the iPad Professional in additional than six years.
In keeping with 9to5Mac, the iPad Professional will probably be getting a critical discount in thickness when the brand new mannequin arrives. Due to the swap to OLED, Apple is reportedly going to trim some 20 % from the thickness of the gadget, making it one of many thinnest units Apple has ever made:
- 11-inch iPad Professional (2022): 247.6 mm x 178.5 mm x 5.9 mm
- 11-inch iPad Professional (2024): 249.7 mm x 177.5 mm x 5.1 mm
- 12.9-inch iPad Professional (2022): 280.6 mm x 214.9 mm x 6.4 mm
- 12.9-inch iPad Professional (2024): 281.5 mm x 215.5 mm x 5.0 mm
The positioning additionally confirms studies that Apple will launch a brand new 12.9-inch iPad Air with comparable dimensions to the prevailing iPad Professional. That might make the iPad Air and iPad Professional traces equivalent in dimension however differentiated by options and specs like the usual and Professional iPhones. The primary variations between the traces will probably be the processor (M2 vs M3), show tech (LED vs OLED), and biometrics (Contact ID vs Face ID). The iPad Professional may even probably nonetheless have larger storage choices, higher cameras, and sooner information transfers.
The new iPad Professional can be rumored to get a new Magic Keyboard accent with a redesigned aluminum physique and a bigger trackpad.
Apple’s spring occasion is anticipated to be held subsequent month and can probably embody new M3 MacBook Air and Mac mini together with the brand new iPads (probably a new iPad Air, iPad mini, and eleventh gen iPad). Apple might additionally unveil the M3 Extremely chip for the Mac Studio and Mac Professional in addition to a brand new mid-cycle iPhone shade.
