12.9-inch iPad Air protective case goes on sale ahead of schedule, new tablet may be released in May

[Gearbest Technology News]It has been more than a year since Apple last updated its tablet product line, so everyone is paying special attention to the upcoming new iPad. It is rumored that Apple will launch a larger-screen iPad Air for the first time, and some accessory manufacturers are eager to start selling protective cases for the yet-to-be-released 12.9-inch iPad Air.

Gearbest learned from foreign media that ESR (a popular foreign mobile phone and tablet accessories manufacturer) has put a protective case for the 12.9-inch iPad Air on Amazon in advance. In the product description, ESR calls this iPad a 2024 model. Currently, Apple only sells a single version of the iPad Air with a 10.9-inch screen size.

Foreign media said that although the rendering used to show the protective case looks almost identical to the image promoting the 12.9-inch iPad Pro protective case, and the third-party accessories have nothing to do with Apple, manufacturers usually receive information about new devices before they are released. Information about the devices so they can make and sell accessories such as protective cases in advance. Moreover, ESR also launched protective cases weeks before Apple released new iPad models.

According to previous reports, Apple has been developing two new versions of iPad Air, codenamed J507 and J537. While one model will look very similar to the current iPad Air, the other will have a larger 12.9-inch display. The new generation iPad Air is expected to be equipped with an M2 chip, while Apple will use an M3 chip for the new iPad Pro.

Additionally, a recent report suggested that Apple may use a mini-LED display on the new iPad Air. Mark Gurman broke the news that Apple will officially release the new iPad Air and iPad Pro, as well as the redesigned Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil 3 in the second week of May.

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