Apple announced the Apple iPad Air 10.5 today, and while this new iPad is not in the Pro lineup, it does still replace it as a 10.5-inch iPad, as the iPad Pro 10.5 which had been sold alongside iPad Pro 11 and iPad Pro 12.9 is discontinued today. The Apple iPad Air 10.5 release date is March 26: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NHNG1G/ The new Apple iPad Air 10.5 then is like the top … more…
Apple announced the new Apple iPad mini 2019 model today, the first refresh of Apple’s 7.9-inch iPad mini since 2015, and it now packs some serious punch again. The new iPad mini release date is March 26: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PRD2NBST/ First of all it’s powered by the hexa-core A12 chipset, which makes it a powerful small tablet and up to 3 times faster than its predecessor on the processor side, and up … more…
The middle of March typically marks the time for a few weeks of sudden tablet sales as new tablet models are about to hit the market, and some stores will place some of their tablets on sale either to sell more during this time of the year, or because the stores need to clear out space before new models are launched. And while there are several tablet sales going on … more…
The latest noteworthy rumor has it that Apple is planning to launch both 10.2-inch and 10.5-inch non-Pro models of the iPad, based on the latest rumor by occasional Apple leaker CoinX today. The rumor of a 10.2-inch iPad replacing the original size iPad 9.7 have seemed like a very solid leak or rumor for months already, so the news of a 10.5-inch non-Pro iPad is the main news here, especially … more…
Ever since the first leak on the possibility of a foldable iPhone or some sort for foldable iPad, PhonePad, or iFold, there hasn’t really been any news ever since. But at least some Apple patents for a foldable tablet reveals that one way in which Apple approaches the hard-to-solve issue of wobbly or cracking display folds, is to heat up the part of the display where the fold will be, … more…
In today’s largest Apple news, MacRumors is once again quoting reputable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities who has mentioned that he believes Apple will launch 4 new iPads for the 2019 model year. These are the new iPad mini 5, two new iPad Pros, and iPad 10.2, which would be the first time we would see this new form factor from Apple. It has been believed since 2018 … more…
According to Mark Gurman and Debby Wu at Bloomberg, Apple is planning to introduce a laser scanning 3D camera for the next iPad Pros, which is said to be launched in 2020 and not in 2019. These new long range 3D sensors that will capture 3D models better and can be used for augmented reality, may even come from none other than Sony. It may also bring with it a … more…
A new report out of China Times picked up by Mac Otakara confirms the report from October that Apple is preparing a new iPad mini 5, quoting supply chain sources, and the report also says that the iPad mini 4 is expected to go into production now in December. So far only a more cost effective display and a newer processor are the specs that have been expected to go … more…
A slight Applegate is currently developing because of the problem with the new iPad Pros bending or breaking too easily, like we wrote about a month ago, after JerryRigEverything demonstrated how easily the thin new iPad Pros can break. We are not someone for fake news or sensationalist headlines here at Tabletmonkeys, but we were shocked by how easily the new iPad Pros at 11- and 12.9 inches could bend … more…
I thought we had the last minute tablet deals before Christmas covered yesterday, as we now have just 7 days left before Xmas, but then some additional iPad deals came online today. And those Apple iPad deals are on the Apple iPad 9.7, cut from $329 regularly, to a record low $249 right now. But this is not the only iPad launched in 2018 that’s on sale right now, as … more…
It hasn’t been more than two weeks since Apple released their two beautiful powerhouses iPad Pro 11 and iPad Pro 12.9 III, but one thing that seems worth drawing some attention to is that these two iPad Pros might break or crack earlier than you would expect because they have been built to be so thin, at just 5.9mm of thickness. Most people I see using iPad Pros seem to … more…
Mac Rumors is quoting an article from Fast Company these days, where unknown sources says that Apple will launch its first 5G iPhones in 2020, which also leaves us with the question of when we can expect the first 5G iPads. The rumor has it that Apple is planning to go with Intel’s 8161 chip for 5G. It’s interesting to note that the rumor also has it that Apple is … more…
After Apple unveiled the new iPad Pro 11 and iPad Pro 12.9 III two days ago, ahead of their launch next week on November 7, the tech community have been waiting for the new iPad Pro benchmark scores too. And now that they have surfaced, the scores indicates well what kind of performance we can expect. Apple itself stated that the new 64-bit octa-core Apple A12X Bionic chipset was 35-95% … more…
As Apple announced the new Apple iPad Pro 11 and Apple iPad Pro 12.9 today, Apple also announced at the end of the iPad Pro presentation that they would keep the original Apple iPad Pro 10.5 in production for now. So this means that the 2018-2019 iPad Pro lineup now consists of 3 iPad Pros. The Apple iPad Pro 10.5 is still a very good tablet so it makes a … more…
Apple unveiled their new size iPad that is the Apple iPad Pro 11 in New York today, and this iPad Pro will be sold alongside the Apple iPad Pro 10.5 that it’s based upon. So the iPad Pro 10.5 will be sold for $649, while the new iPad Pro 11 will be launched on November 7 from $799. The first 11-inch iPad is very light, at 468 grams for both … more…