- Apple will reportedly refresh its iPad Pro line in early 2027
- The main change is likely to be a new chipset, but it’s unclear whether the M6 or M7 will be used.
- They are also very likely to be extremely expensive tablets.
It will soon be one year since the latest iPad Pro models were released, but if you were hoping for successors this year, you’re probably out of luck, as a new report suggests we won’t see new models until 2027.
According to reputable Apple insider Mark Gurman, writing for Bloomberg (via MacRumors), the company will launch new 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Pro models in ‘spring’ 2027, meaning presumably sometime between March and May.
Apparently their designs won’t change much, but the internals will be updated, with a new chipset and potentially a vapor chamber to help keep them cool.
However, it’s not yet known which chipset they’ll use: the 11-inch iPad Pro (2025) and 13-inch iPad Pro (2025) have an M5 chipset, so we’d expect at least an M6. But according to this Bloomberg report, Apple will introduce its M7 chipset “as early as the first half of 2027.” So if it arrives in time for the launch of the next iPad Pro, there’s a chance it could be included.
Either way, this should be a very powerful tablet, but if it launches with an M6 chipset only for Apple to announce the M7 shortly after, that could make it less desirable than it might otherwise be.
An expensive prospect
However, the biggest concern about the next iPad Pro is how much it could cost. The current RAM crisis caused Apple to recently increase the prices of many of its devices, including iPads, and since the 9-month-old iPad Pro 2025 has skyrocketed in price, there is no doubt that the iPad Pro 2027 models will also launch at a very high price.
However, it is not known exactly at what height. For reference, the iPad Pro 2025 series now starts at $1,199 / £1,199 / AU$1,999, so the iPad Pro 2027 will almost certainly cost at least that amount. But if RAM prices continue to rise, then it’s likely to cost even more, especially with inflation and a new chipset.
So you may want to save or just make do with your old tablet for a while longer, especially if you’ve upgraded it in the last few years.
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