Rumor Report Card: New Apple Pencil Announced Instead of New iPadsOver the past four days, there were several conflicting rumors about Apple announcing new iPads, a new Apple Pencil, or a combination of those two things. In the end, the only product announced was a
lower-cost Apple Pencil with a USB-C port.
Below, we have put together a rumor report card that recaps all of the reports and speculation leading up to Apple's press release today.
<h2>Accurate</h2><ul><li>
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said there
would not be any new iPads released this month, a claim that remains accurate.</li>
<li>Last month, Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said
new iPads were unlikely for the remainder of 2023, a claim that remains accurate.</li>
<li>Japanese blog
Mac Otakara said it believed
a new Apple Pencil was likely to be announced instead of new iPads, although it was not a third-generation model with interchangeable magnetic tips, as the report suggested it would be.</li>
<li>
MacRumors contributor Steve Moser found
references to an Apple Pencil with USB-C charging in the second beta of iPadOS 17.1.</li>
<li></li></ul><h2>Inaccurate</h2><ul><li>
Supercharged's Sami Fathi reported that
Apple would announce new iPad Air, iPad mini, and entry-level iPad models today, but there are no new iPads.</li>
<li>
9to5Mac initially
corroborated the report about new iPads, citing its own sources.</li>
<li>A leaker known as "Majin Bu" on X, formerly known as Twitter, said an
11th-generation entry-level iPad would be announced today.</ul><div class="linkback">Tag:
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