Apple on Tuesday announced an all-new iPad Air in two different form factors during its ‘Let Loose’ event: an 11-inch model for those who prefer a compact package, and a 13-inch model for those who want the largest screen real estate for their productivity needs.
The refreshed iPad Air lineup comes in two sizes with double the base storage, runs the Apple M2 chip, brings faster Wi-Fi and supports the new Apple Pencil Pro.
A keynote livestream for the upcoming May 7 “Let Loose” iPad + Apple Pencil event could be just 35 minutes long, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has it.
Apple has scheduled an event under the tagline “Let Loose” on Tuesday, May 7, expected to serve as a launchpad for the new iPad Pro and iPad Air models.
Apple’s bigger iPad Air could utilize a premium mini-LED screen borrowed from the 12.9-inch iPad Pro instead of traditional LCD display panels.
The next iPad Pro with OLED and a new 12.9-inch iPad Air were supposed to come out in April but will launch in May instead, rumor has it.
Apple will equip all its tablets with OLED screens, eventually, though the wait for an OLED iPad Air could be a bit longer than anticipated.
Apple's spring hardware refreshes could include M3 MacBook Air laptops, iPad Air tablets with 11 and 13-inch screens and iPad Pros equipped with OLED displays.
Apple allegedly plans to add a 12.9-inch model to the iPad Air lineup while giving the iPad Pro family more premium features for differentiation.
Apple is allegedly developing a larger iPad Air tablet, featuring a screen measuring 12.9 inches diagonally, that might arrive in early 2024.
Apple could release at least three new iPad models around March 2024, in time for the spring, but those should be "more minor" in terms of specifications.
Instead of significant new features and design changes, the new iPad Air, iPad mini and base iPad will bump specs by swapping Apple silicon for newer chips.