We’re simply over per week away from Apple possible revealing a brand new iPad Professional, iPad Air, and Apple Pencil at its “Let Unfastened” occasion on Might 7, however it seems the occasion will not simply function a video presentation.
In keeping with Andrew Griffin of The Impartial, “Apple will stream the launch as a stay video world wide, however it is going to be accompanied by an occasion in London”. Griffin notes {that a} launch within the UK marks a departure from the normal California-based launch occasions.
This might mark the primary Apple product launch occasion outdoors of the US, and Apple’s new Battersea Energy Station workplaces and accompanying retailer, which opened final 12 months, may very well be a chief location.
What to anticipate from the occasion
Whereas Apple’s occasion invitation affords few clues, this 12 months is prone to be large for iPad followers – particularly since final 12 months noticed no new iPad {hardware} launches.
We’re anticipating to see M2 iPad Air fashions, together with a 12.9-inch model. The Mac has moved onto M3, and the chip is predicted to return to the iPad Professional lineup. Maybe extra importantly, we might lastly see the debut of an OLED iPad Professional, a primary for any iPad.
A brand new Apple Pencil can also be anticipated, and it might provide some Imaginative and prescient Professional performance. There aren’t any reviews of an iPad Mini refresh as but, however reviews counsel it is nonetheless in improvement.
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