No new iPads will launch alongside the iPhone 14, report claims

Date:
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 15:05:43 +0000

Description:
A leak suggests that Apple will buck tradition with the iPhone 14, and debut its 2022 iPads a month after the event.

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With every new generation of iPhone, Apple generally also uses their launch event to showcase a new iPad too; taking the opportunity of everyones attention to show off the upgraded entry-level offering in its tablet family, however, that might not be the case in 2022.

Thats because a new report thinks the iPhone 14 launch event, which we expect to take place in mid-September, wont feature any new tablets. Rumors previously pointed to a new low-end iPad as well as the anticipated iPad Pro 2022 , but apparently, these are wrong.

This report comes from reputable leaker yeux1122, who operates on Korean blog website Naver . According to the information, the new iPads arent canceled though instead, theyre said to debut at a follow-up event in late October.

Some extra information about the new entry-level iPad is provided, though its nothing we havent heard before. Apparently the slate will get a USB-C port
for charging, a redesign to look more like the Mini, Air and Pro iPads, with
a thinner bezel and flatter design, no headphone jack and a 5G connection. Analysis: and what about the watches?

Notice the use of the word generally in the first paragraph of this story there are sometimes exceptions to the rule.

A key one was in 2020, which was likely the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. That year, a month before the iPhone launch, Apple hosted an event for
various other devices, including multiple Apple Watches and the iPad Air 4.

Yeux1122 didnt mention the Apple Watch 8 , Apple Watch 8 Rugged Edition or Apple Watch SE 2 : three wearables from the company that leakers think are coming.

So we dont know for now if these devices will all show up alongside the iPhones, or the iPads, or at a third event.

The middle option sounds most likely though, to emulate the way the shows
were organized in 2020, and to avoid fans losing interest over three
different live streams. Apple could show off the two new iPads and three
Apple Watches in one big lifestyle-focused event, perhaps with some of its other services, like Fitness Plus and Arcade featured too.

This is just speculation though, and well have to wait to find out what products are showing up at the iPhone launch theres a real possibility that well only know once the event ends with or without the iPads showing up.



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