14 DAY TRIAL // Apple is projected to hold its typical spring event next month, and this time, the company is likely to unveil several upgrades for the iPad lineup.
While some people expected a new iPhone SE, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo previously said this device wouldn’t be announced until the spring of 2022, so this year’s spring event would be entirely focused on the iPad.
And now Kuo is back with more information, explaining that the iPad Air with an OLED panel is scheduled to be announced in 2022.
At the same time, the iPad Pro with miniLED is projected to get a refresh as soon as this year, and the upcoming event could witness an announcement in this regard.
“The market is worried that if the iPad starts to use OLED in 2022, Apple will abandon the mini LED. However, according to our latest industry survey, if the iPad adopts an OLED display in 2022, it will be the mid-/low-end iPad Air, while the high-end iPad Pro will still use a mini LED display. The adoption of OLED in iPad does not affect the positive trend of mini LED. Since the OLED used in iPad is a rigid type and has a significantly lower PPI than iPhone, it is less challenging to produce, and the cost is close to the LCD currently used in iPad Air,” Kuo explained in his note for investors according to MacRumors.
No iPhone SE just yet
So people expecting an iPhone SE to go live this spring would have to stick with the iPad announcements, as Apple has apparently pushed back the launch of a new affordable model to the spring of 2022.
People familiar with the matter previously said the new iPhone SE could retain its 4.7-inch screen and iPhone 8 body, though others suggested it could eventually look like an iPhone 11.