New Apple iPad rumors are swirling and if they can be believed then
the iPad 5 could be here as soon as April. Rumors about the iPad’s fifth
generation have been floating around the Internet for quite a while now
and inital rumors even had the device hitting the market in March but more likely April-June.
The lack of anything remotely official from Apple seems to kill any
chance of the newest iPad being available next month, but April appears
to still be a realistic goal. Laptop Magazine
is reporting that the fifth generation iPad will be boasting some real
revamping, rather than just a couple of tweaks like the fourth gen
tablet.
Piper analyst Gene Munster says that Apple will be launching a
redesigned model that will look quite a bit like the iPad Mini. Munster
wrote a note to his clients saying:
“We believe that looking at the history of time between
Apple product launch events suggests that the company will introduce
something new in March or April. Over the past two years, the Spring
event has been iPad updates.”
Munster also believes that the newest iPad will have a body and
casing quite similar to the iPad Mini. The rumors of a new casing have
been backed up by leaked photos that 9 to 5 Mac
was able to acquire. That site says that the photos of the back panel
of the new iPad illustrates a lighter generation of iPads is on the way.
New Apple iPad rumors are short on details other than what people think might be added. There has been talk about a 128 GB iPad
hitting the market this spring as well, whether that would be launched
along with the brand new iPad, whether the iPad 5 will offer 128 GB of
storage or whether the 128 GB iPad is complete fantasy are all, as of
yet unknown.
