- Apple’s next iPad Pro could arrive in 2025
- There are rumors of an M5 chipset upgrade
- The M4 version of the tablet was launched this year
Read our review of the 13-inch iPad Pro (2024) and you’ll see that we’re very impressed with the tablet Apple launched in May – but it looks like something even better is in the pipeline, and this might happen sooner. end of 2025.
This information comes from a well-known tipster @Jukanlosrevebased on comments from senior LG Display researcher Park Kyung-woo about an increase in the number of OLED panels used in iPads next year.
There’s another interesting prediction here, which is that these new iPad Pros will use the unannounced M5 chipset that’s currently in development. The Apple M4 chip that powers the latest iPad Pros and Macs was also unveiled in May.
If we get an M5-powered OLED iPad Pro sometime in 2025, that’s a tight turnaround – so it probably won’t arrive before the second half of the year, and could well arrive around October (ready for the holiday shopping season in the US).
The future of iPads
I believe this is a sign that the M5 OLED iPad Pro will be released next year. Moreover, there are also other signs that point to its release. https://t.co/Y1lwsiZeTzNovember 27, 2024
The same tipster says there are “other signs” pointing to this slate’s appearance in 2025 — and indeed, Apple reporter Mark Gurman previously noted that he expects the next iPad Pro, packing an M5 chipset, to arrive in late 2025 will appear. or early 2026.
However, it doesn’t sound like any major changes are coming, aside from that increase in processor speed. Apple has given the iPad Pro some design tweaks with the 2024 model, so it seems likely that the tablet’s appearance will remain the same for at least another generation.
Apple is certainly making up for lost time, as it hasn’t launched any new iPads at all in 2023. We’ve also seen a new iPad Air released this year, while the entry-level iPad is expected to be updated within the next few years. next 12 months.
Don’t hold your breath for a foldable iPad, though – plans for a launch have apparently been pushed back until 2026 at the earliest, and there’s a good chance we’ll see a foldable iPhone arrive before Apple adapts its tablet line.