New iPad Mini Could Launch In 2024; Apple Might Not Launch Any iPad This Year

For the first time in over a decade, Apple might not launch any new iPad for a whole year. According to multiple tweets by reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the Cupertino firm has no tablet planned for the next 9-12 months, as the iPad mini, the model that needs an update the most, won't get an update until 2024.

He writes:

There may be no new iPad releases in the next 9-12 months as the iPad mini refresh is more likely to begin mass production in 1Q24. Thus, I'm taking a cautious apporach to iPad shipments for 2023, predicting a YoY decline of 10-15%.

Kuo is now adjusting an analysis he wrote at the end of 2022. Previously, he said a new iPad mini would come at the end of 2023 or in the first quarter of 2024 – which now he thinks is the latter.

According to him, this new iPad mini will have a new processor as the "main selling point." Since Apple recently offered a redesign to this tablet with the best processor available, it's unclear how better a new chip can be.

Although he didn't say much in his latest analyses, BGR believes Apple could plan to add an M-chip to the iPad mini rather than keep adding the A-series processors to it. With that, this tablet would join the iPad Air and the iPad Pro models to feature a processor as powerful as the ones available on a Mac.

With Apple pretty much forgetting about the iPad line in 2024, there is a lot to be excited about 2024. Apart from a new iPad mini with a hardware spec bump, the Cupertino firm is reportedly announcing the first OLED iPad Pro by ditching the miniLED technology from the 12.9-inch model.

In addition, the company is also rumored to announce a new foldable iPad, which will not replace the iPad mini but will begin a new, unexplored market by Apple.

Lastly, upgrades to the entry-level iPad and a revised iPad Air could also be in the works.

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Anjie Technology, as a polishing and bonding supplier of the carbon fiber kickstand for the foldable iPad, is expected to continue benefiting from the growing trend of foldable devices equipped with kickstands in the future.

— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) January 30, 2023