We’re anticipating to see updates to the iPad Air or iPad Professional lineups as quickly as subsequent month, and a brand new report from 9to5Mac claims the brand new fashions can be considerably thinner. The report, citing sources with information of Apple’s plans, claims the bigger variations can be greater than 1mm thinner than present fashions.
The present 12.9-inch iPad Professional measures 6.4mm thick, whereas the brand new iPad Professional mannequin is claimed to be a mere 5mm in thickness. Equally, the 2022 11-inch iPad Professional is available in at 5.9mm in thickness with the brand new mannequin mentioned to be 5.1mm thick. Nonetheless, each iPad Professional tablets could also be barely bigger in width and peak.
The scale of the present iPad Professional fashions and rumored measurements of the upcoming fashions are as follows:
- Present 11-inch iPad Professional – 247.6mm x 178.5mm x 5.9 mm
- Upcoming 11-inch iPad Professional – 249.7mm x 177.5mm x 5.1mm
- Present 12.9-inch iPad Professional – 280.6mm x 214.9mm x 6.4mm
- Upcoming 13-inch iPad Professional – 281.5mm x 215.5mm x 5.0mm
The slimmed-down iPad Professional our bodies are possible enabled by Apple’s transfer to OLED show know-how for the brand new fashions. OLED show panels are thinner than LCD panels, which permits Apple to make the pill a bit thinner total.
Earlier this yr, we reported that the brand new iPad Professional might get a panorama digicam rather than the horizontally mounted digicam within the present iPad Professional. Particular system strings sound in iOS 17.4 say issues like “Face ID must be in panorama to discover ways to acknowledge you,” and “Throughout Face ID setup, iPad must be in panorama with the digicam on the high of the display. As soon as setup is full, Face ID works in portrait and panorama.”
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman additionally mentioned final yr {that a} new Magic Keyboard for the iPad might be on its manner. The present Magic Keyboard for iPad debuted in 2020 and it hasn’t acquired an replace since then.
Along with the iPad Professional, Apple can also be anticipated to debut two new iPad Air fashions. The brand new iPad Air fashions are anticipated to incorporate a bigger 12.9-inch iPad Air for the very first time. The bigger iPad Air is anticipated to measure near the dimensions of Apple’s present iPad Professional and is claimed to measure 280.6mm by 214.9mm by 6mm.
OLED show know-how is anticipated to be restricted to Apple’s iPad Professional lineup, so whereas the 12.9-inch iPad Air can be roughly the identical size and width because the iPad Professional, the system can be thicker, resulting from its continued use of an LCD show.
Earlier this yr, we reported that CAD renders of the upcoming 12.9-inch iPad Air present a redesigned back-facing digicam. The brand new pill-shaped design is just like the digicam discovered on the iPhone X and iPhone XS.
Each the brand new iPad Professional and new iPad Air fashions are anticipated to be powered by Apple’s M3 chip, which first debuted final yr in up to date MacBook Professional laptops. Whereas Apple hasn’t made an official announcement about when a spring media occasion may be held, we’re anticipating to see an occasion scheduled for someplace from late March to early April.
[The information provided in this article has NOT been confirmed by Apple and may be speculation. Provided details may not be factual. Take all rumors, tech or otherwise, with a grain of salt.]