On March 28, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gullman said in a newsletter that Apple plans to release the iPad Pro with the legendary M2 chip sometime between September and November this year. Gurman expects Apple to bring a major update to the next-generation iPad Pro, which is said to add support for MagSafe wireless charging.
As Gurman points out, the last time Apple made a major update to the iPad Pro was in 2018, when Apple introduced the iPad Pro with a flat bezel, bezel-less display, and USB-C interface; The earlier iPad Pro 10.5 dates back to 2017, about a year and a half ago. According to this release rhythm, Apple will have a high probability of updating the iPad Pro product line again this fall, and the latest generation of iPad Pro equipped with M1 chips was released in May 2021, and after a year and a half, we are expected to see the new iPad Pro again.
Apple released its latest iPad Air product at the "High Energy Delivery" special event in early March, and although there was previous news that the iPad Pro would also be released at the special event, it turned out not to be. Last year, Gurman predicted that the iPad Pro will be equipped with wireless charging functions and a glass back panel, and a report from foreign media has also confirmed this statement. However, some sources revealed that Apple may have abandoned the glass back cover design and instead used an aluminum back cover with a glass Apple logo.
On the other hand, the M2 chip does not have much information leakage at present, and Apple officials have never confirmed the existence of this chip. Gurman thinks Apple will equip the new iPad Pro, the new 13-inch MacBook Pro, the Mac Mini and the 24-inch iMac with M2 chips.
In a previous report, Gurman said that Apple's plan to launch "the craziest new hardware product line in its history" in the fall of 2022 is also really exciting. Combined with the relevant revelations of the iPhone 14 series, we have reason to believe that 2022 will be Apple's new product year.