The iPad Air is growing to iPad Pro sizes which in turn will revert back to LCD screens.
Apple is planning to grow the screen diagonal of its venerable iPad Air to 12.9 inches, or the current size of the panel used on the larger iPad Pro. The report, coming courtesy of the Taiwanese supply chain grape vine via Digitimes, actually reiterates a previous rumor that Apple is prepping a much larger iPad Air than the 10.9-incher it entertains now. According to the display industry sources there, Apple’s «any minute now» launch of the new iPad crop has been postponed, as Apple is reevaluating its screen options. The other day it only announced a new Apple Pencil 3 with USB-C port, whereas Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman who previously predicted the new iPads will launch in October, said that there are no indications now that this would indeed be the case.The new iPad Air launch may now happen in the first quarter of next year, and coincide with an iPad Pro 2024 crop, claim the supply chain sources in the current report.
