Apple may have just launched new iPad Pro models, but a supply-chain report today says that Apple will still launch another new model later in the year.

It was back in September of last year that Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo first predicted iPad Pro models with mini-LED backlighting to launch in the final quarter of 2020, and there have been a series of reports since then supporting this …

Background

As we’ve stressed before, mini-LED is not the same as OLED screens, nor microLED ones: this relates only to a more efficient method of backlighting for existing LCD ones.

A report in February said that Apple had approved samples and placed orders for the new tech.

That was echoed the following month, though only the 12.9-inch iPad was referenced.

Today’s report of a new iPad Pro in Q4

The Digitimes report again supports a Q4 launch.

As for the just-launched models, suppliers appear to have been told to expect substantial orders.

Digitimes has a mixed track record, but has good supply-chain sources and this latest report is in line with those from other sources.

As for the just-launched model, check out our other reporting:

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