Apple announces the date for its April event: What to expect?

Apple has announced the date for its next event, which is just a week away. The event is named “Spring Loaded” and it will take place at 10 AM PDT on April 20. The company is expected to launch its next AirPods Pro, iPad Pro, and AirTags. It might also unveil an iMac. Here’s what we can expect from the April 20 Apple event.

The Cupertino company can announce its new iPad Pro devices. The upcoming iPad Pro series is said to feature mini-LED displays, offer better performance, and sport an updated design. Reportedly, the bigger iPad Pro will come with a Mini-LED display, which is essentially an LCD panel trying to emulate an OLED panel. A large number of Mini LEDs – where each diode measures 0.2mm or less – are used to light up the LCD panel.

Apple April 2021 event

Moreover, the next iPad Pro at the April Apple event could bring a more powerful processor. It is said to be similar to the M1 Silicon introduced last year on the MacBook Pro 13, MacBook Air, and the Mac mini. If this comes true, you are looking at the most powerful tablets in the world. It is speculated that the chip is the A14X SoC, a variant of the A14 Bionic chip. Further, the upcoming iPad Pro could have 5G as well as a Thunderbolt port. For reference, the 2020 iPad Pro employs a USB Type-C port. For the unaware, a Thunderbolt port does everything a USB-C port can do, but a LOT faster. Your file transfer, charging and everything will be speedier.

Apple might also launch its next AirPods Pro, which are rumored to be more compact by eliminating the short stem that currently sticks out from the bottom. It is said to come with a more rounded shape to fill more of a user’s ear. The upcoming earbuds could have the same 21mm thickness, while the height and length are said to be 46mm and 54mm, respectively. The Apple Airpods Pro 2 is speculated to incorporate the in-house Apple W2 chip, which is is tipped to enable a seamless pairing experience. The company might also launch a new iMac and its long-rumored AirTags.

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It’s still not wise to count out an April launch for next-gen 10.5-inch iPad Pro with slim bezels

That oft-rumored next-gen iPad Pro with unusually thin bezels and a 10.5-inch screen may have entered production already ahead of a limited April release.

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Fresh speculation calls for early 2017 releases of 10.5 and low-cost 9.7-inch iPads

They say you should never mess with a winning formula. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But, much like Android tablets, Apple iPads have stopped winning a while back, which is why the 7.9-inch Mini 4 and 12.9-inch first-gen Pro unveiled last fall didn’t get sequels this year.

Cupertino had bigger fish to fry, trying to rejuvenate product rosters that still stand a chance of surviving, thriving or even returning to healthy growth. iPads aren’t dead and buried either though, at least not yet, with another (semi-) reliable source anticipating a Q1 2017 series revival after a production start next month.

What insiders can’t agree on is the number of new iOS slates in the pipeline, and especially their screen sizes. “Taiwan-based supply chain makers” now suggest a 10.5-incher, not 10.1 or 10.9-er, is incoming to cater to the US enterprise and education sectors with a larger display than the 9.7-incher and lower price than the 12.9-inch Pro.

But if affordability is one of the newbie’s selling points, a bezelless design begins to feel like a major stretch. With an as-yet unreleased A10X processor inside, the 10.5-inch iPad (Pro?) is expected to ship roughly two million units during its first partial quarter in stores, followed by 5-6M in Q2.

The next-gen 12.9-inch iPad Pro should pack the same ultra-high-end homebrewed chip, while an Android-competing “lower-price” new version of the 9.7-incher may stick with the A9X. No words on a 7.9-inch Mini or Mini Pro upgrade this time around.

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3D Touch should still be coming to the iPad, even if it skips the iPad Air 3

Apple refreshed its tablet lineup in a big way this year (no pun intended), bringing us not just a new iPad mini, but also the inaugural iPad Pro, the company’s first slate to crack the 10-inch barrier. While especially the latter there was great to see launch, this lineup only helped draw attention to the tablet we didn’t get: an iPad Air 3. Yesterday we checked out a rumor that attempted to reassure us that a new iPad Air was still on its way, and that we could look forward to it in the ...

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