Recently, Apple officially announced that it will hold a "Let Loose" theme event on May 7, and the revelations from multiple sources show that this special event is expected to update the iPad series product line, including the new iPad Pro and iPad Air, as well as Apple Pencil 3 and other products. And as the time approaches, more revelations about the new iPad series will also leak out.
Earlier, supply chain person DSCC CEO Ross Young had said that the new 12.9-inch iPad Air would be upgraded to a mini-LED display, but in recent days, the source denied its previous opinion, saying that due to cost and product line division, the final new iPad Air is still all conventional LCD screens, providing 10.9/12.9-inch dual versions, and the chip is expected to be equipped with M2 processors. In contrast, the new iPad Pro, which has attracted more attention, is widely rumored to have an OLED display for the first time and an upgraded M3 processor. However, according to the latest leaks, early shipments of the 11-inch version will be very tight, and the supply of the 12.9-inch version will be relatively sufficient.
On the other hand, many users have recently expressed their dissatisfaction with the starting memory of many products in Apple's Mac product line is only 8GB, and Apple's official "8GB is enough to control many task scenarios such as surfing the Internet, playback, and lightweight editing" has further raised the popularity of this incident.
In this regard, foreign media blogger David Schaub analyzed the behavior of the Mac product line "Wannian 8G", and came to the conclusion that in the Jobs era, Apple's Mac products would regularly upgrade the memory specifications in about 2 years, but the memory of the Mac in the Cook era was stagnant. In addition, the SoC architecture's attempt to pack CPUs, GPUs, and unified memory further makes it difficult for users to make subsequent upgrades to storage specifications. At the same time, Apple's prices for memory and storage upgrades have always been high, maintaining ultra-high profits. The controversy over whether 8GB is enough will continue, but there are signs that Apple has no plans to upgrade the base version for the time being.