While multiple sources have claimed that Apple will debut updated iPad Air, iPad mini, and entry-level iPad models this week, Japanese blog Mac Otakara believes that all we’ll likely see announced this week is a third-generation Apple Pencil.
An excerpt from the report, computer-translated by Bing:
MacOTAKARA believes that rather than an update to the iPad itself, the Apple Pencil 3 will be launched, which will come with a replaceable magnet tip.
It has been quite a while since Apple released a new Apple Pencil model. The second-generation Apple Pencil was announced on October 30, 2018. The second-generation Apple Pencil is compatible with 2018 and newer iPad Pro models, 2020 and newer iPad Air models, and the latest iPad mini. In the U.S., it is priced at $129.
Apple continues to sell the first-generation Apple Pencil with a Lightning connector for use with the tenth-generation entry-level iPad and some older iPad models.
Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman on Sunday said that while Apple is making progress on new iPad models, he believes that the release of the new tablets “won’t happen this month.”
