It would therefore not be an iPhone, but an iPad that would inaugurate Apple’s range of folding devices. And this from next year, in 2024. The rumor of the arrival of a folding iPad has been circulating for several years and has returned to resume in a new series of information distilled on Twitter by Ming-Chi Kuo.
The always very knowledgeable analyst at TF International Securities also mentions the integration of a carbon fiber foot, so that the tablet can stand comfortably upright. LG could be the supplier of the ultra-thin screens used in these models.
The iPad, before the iPhone?
According to Ming-Chi Kuo, we shouldn’t expect a revolution in iPads in 2023, nothing more than improvements to the processors ultimately and possibly a new iPad mini. Apple would have everything in sight by 2024 and a small revolution for its touch tablets that, above all, have standardized their designs and boosted their power in recent years. L‘iPad 10th generation is the last to have a makeover to resume the straight lines of the ipad air Y iPad Pro.
On the other hand, for next year, the Apple teams are working hard on an iPad that is foldable, with a robust hinge and therefore a carbon fiber foot (or chassis?) to make it lighter and more robust. . What “stimulates iPad shipments and improves the range”, according to the analyst who forecasts a 10 to 15% drop in tablet sales in 2023 for the Californian brand.
It must be said that lately, between new looks, mini LED screen for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro and the improvement of internal chips even for the iPad Air, the products have been especially attractive.
From the end of 2022, the company CCS Insight he had mentioned a foldable iPad by 2024, a taste of technology Apple would like to bring to the iPhone. Meanwhile, analyst Ross Young, a specialist in the display market, had mentioned a 20-inch screen that would fold down to a more standard iPad size. But we shouldn’t expect to see the device before 2026.
Source: BFM TV
