It may seem like a no-brainer to say that there will be new iPad Pros in 2021, but it really isn’t. After several years with launches of this range, Apple did not renew these tablets in 2019 and we had to wait until last March to meet the substitutes for the renewed 2018 models. Now the rumors suggest that next year it could not only have a renewal of these iPad, but several. We analyze it.
New revolution of the iPad Pro?
With the arrival of the new Macs with M1, its power and more affordable price together with the iPad Air 2020 with renewed design and ‘Pro’ features such as compatibility with Apple Pencil 2 and even having USB-C make the life of the iPad Pro se complicate. They are still excellent devices, but now they have a more complex niche to analyze, especially the 11-inch model.
The generation launched this year has been very continuous and the truth is that it is not reprehensible either. The Californian company launched in 2018 a total renovation that even carried the slogan of being “the biggest change of the iPad since the iPad.” Reason was not lacking and hence the complicated situation to renew those equipment and its more than possible reason that 2019 was a blank year for the most cutting-edge range of these tablets.
In 2020, a new camera module was added to which an ultra-wide angle lens and a LiDAR sensor were added. Base memory capacity jumped from 64GB to 128GB. The A12Z Bionic processor, despite being more powerful even than the A14, did not really vary much from the A12X of its predecessor. However, no really tempting news was added for the owner of an iPad Pro 2018, so the company now seeks to make the generational jump to the 2021 model worth it.
Possible iPad Pro with mini LED screens and also OLED
More than a year ago, the first information that pointed to the leap from the iPad to mini LED technology on their screens began to come to light, leaving behind the IPS panels despite the good reception they have had in all these years. However, it has not been until now that we have begun to see this possibility closer to the next ‘Pro’ models.
Analysts and sources close to the company point out that these iPad with renewed screen could arrive in the first quarter of 2021, probably March . However, some information has now come out from the supply chain stating that Apple will launch iPad with OLED screens, this being ultimately a different technology from that used by mini LEDs, although in this case they suggest that they would be launched on the second 2021 semester.
Differential scheme between OLED and micro-LED
So will there be multiple iPad Pro releases next year? It really is not known for sure. It wouldn’t be crazy, but it would be a bit strange. It could also be that the company is thinking of adding this technology to the iPad Air 2021, but this would make any attempt to differentiate the ‘Pro’ models be somewhat hampered by the new advancement of these tablets. Be that as it may, we will be awaiting future information that may clarify this uncertain panorama of launches by the firm led by Tim Cook.