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LG has negotiated a deal to supply the majority of OLED panels for Apple’s highly anticipated first generation of OLED iPad Pros, according to industry sources. The South Korean display maker is positioned to provide between 6.2 and 6.5 million OLED panels per year for the new tablets, surpassing rival Samsung’s planned contribution of up…
Apple is reportedly looking to add MagSafe wireless charging capabilities to its next iPad Pro tablets launching in 2024. The move would allow the high-end iPad models to leverage the same magnetic charging tech used on recent iPhones. Rumblings suggest Apple considered integrating the feature already back in 2021. But engineering challenges likely forced delaying…
(According to Nikkei Asia- December 8, 2023, Reuters) Apple is moving new product introduction (NPI) resources for an iPad model to Vietnam for the first time. NPI involves collaborating with suppliers on design and ensuring manufacturability. The shift sees Apple partner with Chinese company BYD, a major iPad assembler, to allocate NPI resources to Vietnam….
Apple will release several major product upgrades in 2024, including revamped iPad and MacBook models, reports Bloomberg. The new devices aim to boost declining sales as economic pressures lead consumers to cut back on non-essential tech purchases. iPad Air Goes Bigger For the first time, the iPad Air will come in two sizes: the existing 10.9-inch…
Apple iPhones and iPads are set for a major intelligence boost in 2024. The company’s engineering leaders aim to “wow” users by packing iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 with new artificial intelligence capabilities. Dubbed “groundbreaking” internally, the annual software updates will focus on significantly advancing built-in smarts across Apple’s mobile devices. The ambitious effort intends…
A recently leaked product roadmap purports to show Apple’s plans for bringing OLED displays to more devices over the next several years, including a foldable iPad with a 20.3-inch screen in 2026. The roadmap, shared by tech tipster @Tech_Reve on Twitter, indicates 11-inch and 13-inch OLED iPad Pro models arriving in mid-2024. This would mark…
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo published a good recap of his predictions for Apple’s 2024 iPad lineup on his Medium page today. Kuo has the best track record on coming iPad launches of anyone covering Apple products, so they are worth taking seriously. 2024 Apple iPad Air 10.9 and 12.9. A first iPad Air 12.9 is…
Apple didn’t announce any new iPads today but they did announce a new stylus pen for iPads. The new Apple Pencil is still called Apple Pencil, though to distinguish it, the full name is Apple Pencil (USB-C). And as the name indicates, the Apple Pencil (USB-C) does not support wireless charging like the other Apple…
The latest iPad rumors from the weekend has concluded that Apple will launch as much as three new iPads this week. Will this materialize? Well, even if Apple has been able to avoid any official registrars so far, and even though none of the analysts covering Apple lean towards an iPad launch this week, the…
Quite a few reports have come out over the last two years about Apple’s suppliers of OLED panels. And the newest one today says that Samsung has been chosen as supplier of OLED panels for iPads and Apple’s new laptops by 2026. So this report in Korea JoongAng Daily which is even based upon confirmations…
Well informed South Korean leakester Yeux says more iPad are likely to get OLED displays. According to supply chain sources, Apple has started negotiations with both the OLED screen leaders LG Display and Samsung, as well as Chinese OLED manufacturers for AMOLED displays to be used in two new iPads other than next year’s upcoming…
While the new iPad Air 6 from Apple had previously not been expected to launch before early 2024, a new rumor from Weibo says otherwise. According to an Apple leaker with a good track record, Apple will launch one new iPad in 2023, with that being the iPad Air 6 in October, as noted by…
The fact that Apple will be resizing the 2024 iPad Pro series and give them OLED displays for the first time in iPad history is old news. So is the story of Apple’s flagship iPads obviously obtaining even more powerful M3 chipsets next year. What is news however is that Apple is also giving the…
In the tablet computer world, one of the greatest questions is what new iPads Apple will launch this year? Well according to what have been reputable Apple leakers for years, Apple won’t launch any new iPads this year. So at time of the writing, nobody actually has any information that suggests Apple will launch a…
Market intelligence company IDC has published the 2022 tablet sales figures, including the latest Q4 2022 tablet computer stats, which gives us an indication of how the largest tablet brands were doing last year. The IDC figures used in these charts are preliminary figures, so they won’t be 100% exact yet, but enough ballpark it….
Another cheap alternative to the Apple Pencil is launching this month, when Xiron launches a new Apple Pencil 2nd generation digitizer with support for 12 different iPads: https://www.amazon.com/Magnetic-Wireless-Charging-Generation-Upgraded/dp/B0BRN5C1ZM It mostly has the pencil look of the original Apple Pencil too, as opposed to the look of a digitizer pen that most digitizers have. And it…