New iPad is coming, but probably not in 2024
As 2024 draws to a close it’s looking less and less likely we’ll get a base iPad refresh – a shame especially after last week’s surprise iPad Mini 7 reveal has left the base model as the only iPad to not get an update this year. The latest rumors now suggest it won’t arrive until 2025.
That means those of you desperate for an update will have to make do with an iPad Mini 7, or upgrade to an iPad Air (2024) or iPad Pro (2024) to get a new Apple tablet in 2024 – or wait a little longer. This is based on reports that Apple iPad display shipments are set to begin this month (via Ross Young in a subscriber-only tweet), which would line up with an early 2025 launch – the same time as when the next MacBook Air is expected.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman backed up these display shipment claims, and – in the latest edition of his Apple newsletter – has said that the iPad “will probably get updated” with Apple Intelligence features sometime next year adding further support to the iPad refresh being on the way. The current iPad model only uses an A14 Bionic chipset, which isn’t set to support Apple Intelligence, so a new model would need to be released to change this hardware deficiency.
