New iPad, iPad Pro and iPad mini all tipped to launch today at Apple event

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We could meet plenty of iPad action at the Apple Spring Loaded effect, as analyst Daniel Ives (via Apple 3.0) has claimed a brand new iPad, iPad mini and iPad Pro will all launch together.

We've heard plenty of rumors that the consequence volition meet the launch of a range of new iPads, including a possible mini-LED display in the iPad Pro 2021. Then this is the latest in a cord of reports that ostend today's event is going to be an iPad extravaganza.

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According to Ives, this seems like the platonic time for Apple to upgrade its entire iPad range. The company has seen iPad growth rise 40% in the past few quarters, in role cheers to the new piece of work from domicile surround a lot of people are in. Only Ives estimates that only xl% of iPad users have upgraded in the past year, and large changes to the iPad range volition articulate some "pent-upwards demand."

Ives' investor note doesn't get into great detail almost what these devices volition have to offering, but that they are new versions. However many of them accept been rumored for a while, particularly the new iPad Pro which is reportedly getting the biggest upgrade of the lot.

The iPad Pro 2021 rumored to arrive in eleven-inch and 12.9-inch models, though the larger of the ii is set to come with a mini-LED display. That's a massive upgrade compared to LCD displays used in most other Apple products, with mini-LED displays offering meliorate colors and contrast, every bit well as greater power efficiency. It's also said to accept a processor "on par" with the M1 flake.

Nonetheless, co-ordinate to 9to5Mac, Ives has besides claimed the iPad Pro 2021 range will feature the A14X Bionic chipset. While this bit is going to exist similar to the ane constitute in the iPhone 12, information technology's non clear whether it will have enough power to actually compete with the M1 chip.

In that location are also rumors that a new iPad mini 6 could come with a whole new blueprint, which may pack in a larger 8.four-inch brandish. Word is that this will mimic the design of the iPad Pro with slimmer bezels and no home push button. Information technology's too set to keep Bear on ID, and if rumors of the missing home button are true then presumably the iPad Air iv's fingerprint-scanning power button volition be coming along for the ride.

Every bit for a new entry-level iPad, that'due south the biggest mystery. We haven't really heard about this device coming at tomorrow's issue, unlike the more heavily-tipped iPad Pro 2021 and iPad mini six. But it'south been nearly a twelvemonth since the iPad 2020 arrived, so we are due for an upgrade. You shouldn't look a lot of big changes in this model, though it's safe to presume it volition come with upgraded components including the A13 Bionic chipset.

Apple tree's Spring Loaded event is later today (April 20) and is set to kick off at 1 p.1000. ET / 10 a.m. PT / vi p chiliad BST. If these new iPads practise brand an appearance, await them to exist joined past the Apple AirTags and the iMac 2021. The AirPods three earbuds and a new Apple TV could as well reveal themselves.

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