Subsequent 12.9-inch iPad Professional might be downgrade, says unlikely report

Apple’s iPad Professional

The subsequent iPad Professional is anticipated to launch in 2024, and beforehand it is been rumored that both with this technology or one other one later in that yr, Apple will add an up to date OLED show. Now Digitimes says no, the subsequent mannequin will step again to the LCD backlit panels it had three years in the past.

“Trade sources have revealed that Apple is rolling out new iPad Professional fashions,” says the publication, “and each the brand new 12.9-inch iPad Professional mannequin and the brand new iPad Air are designed with conventional LCD backlights, moderately than the mini-LEDs Apple launched to its premium 12-9-inch [model].”

It does not sound like Apple to revert years to a earlier know-how. It additionally does not sound like there is a technique to make that sound like a profit when it is promoting the brand new iPad Professional to prospects.

There’s the truth that the older know-how would inevitably be cheaper to provide, however Apple is not recognized for passing on financial savings to prospects. So it is not possible that such an iPad Professional could be offered for much less, and if it is not, Apple will wrestle to promote the brand new mannequin as an improve.

The pill market does seem to be shrinking, so it might make sense for Apple to make a less expensive iPad Professional. Besides, all experiences that say pill gross sales are down additionally say that the iPad is doing the very best of all of them.

What seems to be extra possible is that Digitimes is conflating the iPad Professional with the just lately rumored 12.9-inch iPad Air. Provided that the one profit to placing again LCD lighting within the 12.9-inch iPad Professional is that it might let Apple scale back the price, it might additionally presumably then be narrowing the value distinction between this and any new 12.9-inch iPad Air.

Plus, that current rumor a few bigger iPad Air got here from Digitimes.

Extra, the primary report of that rumor in Digitimes was on October 19, 2023, in a teaser for a fuller report popping out on October 20, 2023. Until there may be one other Digitimes report concerning the iPad Air, it appears the teaser was referring to this one.

Digitimes does have a robust observe document for its provide chain sources, however a considerably poorer one for the conclusions it attracts about Apple’s plans. And now seemingly additionally a poor one for studying its personal articles.