10.2-Inch iPad Said to Launch in the Fall as Successor to 9.7-Inch iPadApple is widely expected to release a new 10.2-inch
iPad later this year as a replacement for its $329 entry-level 9.7-inch <!---->iPad<!---->, and hit-or-miss Taiwanese industry publication
DigiTimes has now added its weight to this rumor, claiming that the tablet will be released in the "late third quarter."
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If accurate, that timeframe means the 10.2-inch <!---->iPad<!----> would be released by the end of September, suggesting that the device might be unveiled alongside new iPhones at Apple's usual September event.
<!---->iPad<!----> releases in the fall have typically occurred in October, including in 2012 through 2014 and again in 2018. September would not be totally out of the ordinary, however, as Apple unveiled the original
iPad Pro and the <!---->iPad<!----> mini 4 at its September 2015 event without hosting an October event that year.
It's worth noting that
DigiTimes has a rather unreliable track record as it relates to the timing of new Apple products. This week alone, for example, the website published one report saying the
16-inch MacBook Pro will be released in September and another saying the notebook
will launch in October.
Multiple sources have outlined expectations for a new 10.2-inch <!---->iPad<!---->, including
reputable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and the
previously-reliable mystery Twitter account CoinX. Apple has also filed
several unreleased iPad models running iPadOS 13 in a Eurasian regulatory database, as legally required.
The 10.2-inch <!---->iPad<!----> would have a modestly larger display than the 9.7-inch <!---->iPad<!---->, possibly in tandem with narrower bezels.
A reasonable assumption would be that Apple will unveil new iPhones and Apple Watches in September and save the rumored 16-inch
MacBook Pro, 10.2-inch <!---->iPad<!---->, and <!---->iPad Pro<!----> refresh for October, but Apple could always break with tradition.
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