As first reported by MacRumors, Apple has broken a 12-years-long tradition by not releasing a new iPad model in 2023, marking the first time the company has not released a new iPad of any kind during an entire calendar year, since the product line first debuted in 2010.
In the past, we’ve seen the Cupertino company release as many as four new iPad models per year. However, the most recent iPad debuts took place in 2022. The only iPad-related release during 2023 was the Apple Pencil with USB-C.
As noted by MacRumors, here are the iPad models and their year of release over the last 14 years:
- 2010: iPad (1st generation)
- 2011: iPad 2
- 2012: iPad (3rd generation), iPad (4th generation), and iPad mini (1st generation)
- 2013: iPad Air (1st generation) and iPad mini 2
- 2014: iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3
- 2015: iPad mini 4 and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (1st generation)
- 2016: iPad Pro 9.7-inch
- 2017: iPad (5th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), and iPad Pro 10.5-inch
- 2018: iPad (6th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation), and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation)
- 2019: iPad (7th generation), iPad Air (3rd generation), and iPad mini (5th generation)
- 2020: iPad (8th generation), iPad Air (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation)
- 2021: iPad (9th generation), iPad mini (6th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation)
- 2022: iPad (10th generation), iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation)
- 2023: None
Apple could be slowing things down as the iPad has slowly become more and more advanced and has been widely adopted by consumers, diminishing the need for constant updates to stay ahead of competitors.
2024 is expected to be a much more significant year when it comes to iPad updates, as most observers expect to see Apple release revamped models of the entry-level iPad, iPad mini, iPad Air, and iPad Pro during this year.
