“The iPad Air 3 will take design cues from Apple’s iPad Pro. One iPad Pro feature the iPad Air 3 will adopt is a Smart Connector, or Apple’s new interface for connecting an iPad-compatible keyboard to the tablet,” Daniel Sparks reports for The Motley Fool. “Another key iPad Pro feature rumored to come to the iPad Air 3 is support for Apple Pencil. The new tablet is expected to sport Apple’s A9 processor, which was first introduced with the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus.”
“The iPad’s camera will likely get an update, potentially including a rear LED Flash,” Sparks reports. “The iPad Air 3 may sport an upgraded four-speaker stereo sound system like the one built into the iPad Pro.”
“Apple’s iPad update is particularly important for the company because Apple’s iPad segment has been on the decline. Indeed, iPad sales have essentially been declining on a year-over-year basis for almost two years,” Sparks reports. “Given the overall negative momentum in the segment, it’s unlikely that even a significant update to Apple’s iPad segment will reinvigorate growth. But the iPad Air 3 could help to moderate a decline in the business and maybe even help Apple begin to hold sales in the segment steady throughout the year.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Could this be the one that reinvigorates iPad unit sales? What if Apple were to get a bit more aggressive on the pricing front?
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