Apple is reportedly planning to launch an iPad Pro with the rumored M2 chip someday between September and November of this 12 months, in keeping with Apple tracker Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter. Gurman expects Apple to subject a serious replace for the upcoming era of iPad Pros, which is able to supposedly embody assist for MagSafe charging.

As Gurman factors out, Apple final gave the iPad Pro a major replace in 2018, when Apple launched a design with tougher corners, an edge-to-edge show, and a USB-C connector. This replace got here a couple of 12 months and a half after the discharge of the iPad Pro 10.5 in 2017.

Apple is on monitor to repeat the identical sample this 12 months, because it launched the latest era of M1-equipped iPad Pros in May 2021. A rumored launch date between September and November 2022 means Apple will spend wherever between one 12 months and 4 months and one 12 months and 6 months prepping the brand new mannequin.

During Apple’s “Peek Performance” occasion earlier this month, the corporate confirmed off its latest iPad Air however disregarded an up to date mannequin of the iPad Pro. Last 12 months, Gurman predicted the iPad Pro would include wi-fi charging capabilities and a glass backing. A report from 9to5Mac corroborates this declare, however its sources say Apple could have deserted the glass again design, doubtlessly choosing an aluminum again with a glass Apple brand as a substitute.

There hasn’t been a lot details about the rumored M2 chip both, because it nonetheless hasn’t been confirmed by Apple. Gurman thinks the chip’s CPU will likely be barely sooner than its predecessor and include the identical eight-core structure. He additionally expects Apple so as to add the M2 to each the brand new iPad Pro, in addition to to the brand new 13-inch MacE-book Pro, Mac Mini, and 24-inch iMac which can be rumored for launch later this 12 months. Predictions for an M2 chip powering the redesigned MacE-book Air are cut up — Gurman says it’s going to embody the rumored chip, whereas Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo thinks it’s going to include the M1.