Don’t anticipate an up to date iPad to wrap up Tuesday’s Wonderlust occasion. A trusted supply of Apple insider data says Apple most likely gained’t introduce any tablets this 12 months.

However 2024 must be a giant 12 months for iPad.

The be is likely to be no 2023 iPad

An up to date model of the essential iPad comes out virtually each fall. And Apple launched the brand new mannequin throughout its annual September occasion again in 2021, 2020 and 2019. However in 2022, the launch was moved to October. In 2023, it won’t occur in any respect.

Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst with TF Worldwide Securities, mentioned Tuesday, “New iPad fashions are unlikely earlier than the 12 months’s finish.”

Kuo has sources in Apple’s element provide chain that allow him to make usually correct predictions about future Apple merchandise.

No 2023 iPad could possibly be an indication that Apple will cease updating the essential model yearly. That wouldn’t be a significant shift in technique, contemplating the Professional fashions are already refreshed roughly each 18 months.

Because it stands, the most recent iPadOS machine is the iPad 10, which introduced in a refreshed design, bigger show, USB-C, a quicker processor and different enhancements.

2024 must be a banner 12 months for iPad

Whereas 2023 was sluggish for iPad, subsequent 12 months doubtless gained’t be. A number of leaks level to Apple upgrading the following iPad Professional with an OLED show in 2024. It’ll embrace a barely bigger 13-inch mannequin as effectively and the same old 11-inch one. And the tablets will run the upcoming Apple M3 processor.

And 2024 may also most likely deliver the iPad 11.