“The upstream supply chain’s shipments for Apple’s new 10.5-inch iPad Pro have been increasing recently and the device’s monthly shipment volume is expected to grow to 600,000 units in July, up from around 500,000 units currently, helping its annual shipments to reach five million units in 2017, according to some market watchers,” Siu Han and Joseph Tsai report for DigiTimes.The 10.5-inch iPad Pro began mass production in March-April.”
“As for Apple’s recently launched inexpensive 9.7-inch iPad, demand for the tablet is expected to pick up strongly starting the end of the second quarter and will reach the peak in the third quarter, increasing the device’s monthly shipments to over four million units in June and July, the market watchers noted,” Han and Tsai report. “Sources from the upstream supply chain noted that Apple’s inexpensive 9.7-inch iPad is expected to accelerate Apple’s pace on phasing out the iPad mini 4 from the market.”
“Apple is also rumored to upgrade its 12.9-inch iPad Pro for 2017, but the product’s mass production schedule is still not clear so far,” Han and Tsai report. “Some market watchers expect the mass production will begin in June with stable shipments in the third quarter.”
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MacDailyNews Take: They’re gonna need a bigger boat because Apple’s going to sell every one to those 10.5-inch iPads they can get assembled, boxed, and shipped!
Well, now, I’m just giddy with anticipation. Nothin’ better than stoking the fires. Can’t wait for the real thing.
Look forward to seeing, experiencing it and most likely buying it. One of the few bright spots coming from Apple right now for me.
Everything else has a dark cloud. I am slowly coming to the horrible realization there will never again be a Cheese Grater like Mac Pro tower design coming from Apple again. The only clear thing is the Apple Tax and you will have to buy lots of adapters, connectors and ancillary gear driving up TCO. Plus more expensive perhaps stackable components from Apple to get the configuration closer to what you want. And all this is completely unnecessary if Apple would simply make mini & maxi tower versions. PLEASE, NO MORE “INNOVATION!” Pros can no longer deal with your half-baked and dead-end delusions of design.
Once more mdn … could you do something about Google’s pop up ads covering the text of your articles ….
What pop up ads? There are ways to load this website faster and without the abominable number of unwanted ads (usually like stuff you were just looking at on Amazon – SO annoying!). Number one make sure your pop-up deflection setting at the very least is checked on in your browser preferences.
I’ll take another look at iPad again when there’s a massive overhaul of iOS. Larger iPhones negate most of the need for a tablet and I’d rather save my $ for a new (or used 2015) MacBook Pro.
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