Apple will release new iPad Pro with OLED display and the first 12.9-inch iPad Air in early May - Mark Gurman

Earlier, the launch was planned for March-April, but it was postponed to May in order to finish work on the software.

According to Mark Gurman from Bloomberg, Apple will release new iPads in early May. The new iPad Pro with an OLED display and a faster iPad Air with the first 12.9-inch model in the lineup are expected.

It is reported that the new iPad Pro models will have OLED displays and will run on the new M3 chip, which is already present in several Macs. The tablets will be introduced along with redesigned Apple Pencil and Magic Keyboard.

Meanwhile, the iPad Air is said to run on a new processor — Bloomberg did not specify which one exactly, but considering that the current model uses the M1 and the M3 is potentially reserved for the more expensive Pro model, the M2 sounds like a good option. The 12.9-inch model will be the first for the iPad Air lineup (previously the screens did not exceed 10.9 inches).

Earlier this month, Gurman stated that the new iPads would be released alongside the MacBook Air with M3, and now he says that the release schedule has been postponed to May in order to complete work on the software and address the flaws of "complex new manufacturing technologies."