Apple has officially announced its long-rumored event for March 21. And it's widely expected that we'll see two new products unveiled there: a 4-inch iPhone (supposedly called the iPhone SE) and a new 9.7-inch iPad. Whether that new tablet is dubbed the iPad Air 3 or the "iPad Pro (9.7-inch)" -- or something else.
The iPad Pro is far and away the fastest and most powerful Apple tablet at the moment, and, according to 9to5 mac.com's Mark Gurman, the next iPad will follow in its footsteps. He reports that the next-generation 9.7-inch model will be part of a new iPad Pro line and will set the stage for a streamlining of the iPad portfolio, which will include the sunsetting of the iPad Mini 2 and original iPad Air.
The high-end of the portfolio seems comfortably inhabited by the iPad Pro, which is priced more like a laptop than a tablet and sells for $799 for the 32GB entry-level model. If the iPad Air 3 were to stick to the current pricing scheme as the Air 2, we'll see something like $499, £399 or AU$699 for a 16GB model; $599, £479 or AU$829 for a 64GB model; and $699, £559 or AU$959 for a 128GB model. LTE connectivity will likely add $130, £100 or AU$160 for each.
But, if Apple leaves the Air 2 in the lineup and dubs the new model a smaller iPad Pro, it's possible that prices and capacities could be more like $599 (£479 or AU$829) for 32GB, $749 for 128GB.
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