DigiTimes: 12.9-inch iPad Pro with Mini-LED screen is no longer expected until at least April

Apple will only unveil a new 12.9-inch iPad Pro with a mini-LED screen in the second quarter of this year, starting on April 1, according to industry sources DigiTimes.

From today’s report:

Epistar has become the exclusive provider of miniLED chips that can be used in the 12.9-inch miniLED backlit ‌iPad Pro‌, with almost 50% of the corresponding production capacity booked for the tablet and volume shipments in the second quarter of 2021. said.

Last week, DigiTimes reported that the new 12.9-inch .9iPad Pro‌ could be launched in late March, or early in the second quarter. The publication is now moving and explicitly states that the massive shipments for the new iPad will start in the second quarter. At the same time last week, speculation grew that Apple would hold an event on Tuesday, March 23rd.

There are rumors that the event, which has yet to be confirmed, includes the launch of AirTags, AirPods 3 and new ‌iPad Pro‌ models. As DigiTimes to be believed, the new 12.9-inch .9iPad Pro‌ with a mini-LED screen will only launch at least in April.

Apple has several products in the pipeline with mini-LED screens. Compared to regular LCDs, mini-LEDs offer higher brightness, improved contrast ratio and are expected to become the new standard among Apple’s future products, including a 14-inch MacBook Pro.