Apple Regulatory Filings Hints at an Imminent iPad Launch

Mar. 17, 2020

An unreleased iPad has reportedly passed through the Eurasian Economic Commission database today. As spotted byMacRumors, the tablet bears themodel number A2229.

According to the report, the listing doesn’t reveal any key details about the iPad except thatit will be running on iPadOS 13. For now, it remains uncertain if the unreleased iPad is an iPad, iPad Pro, or iPad mini.Credits: MacRumors

Going by reputable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple will refresh its iPad Pro lineup with triple rear cameras and support for 3D sensing for Augmented Reality in thefirst half of this year.

AsMacRumorspoints out, Eurasian Economic Commission filings usually hint at an imminent launch of the product. However, the launch timeline may differ from days to months based on the company’s product launch strategies.

With that said, it remains unclear if Apple will postpone its plans due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. From what we can see, thecoronavirusoutbreak has not stopped the company from announcing its new products so far. Notably, Apple announced its newPowerbeatsearbuds boasting 15 hours of battery life yesterday.

The report also mentions a forthcoming launch of a new MacBook Air this week. However, according to Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple’s next-genMacBook Pro and MacBook Air laptopswith the new scissor keyboards are expected to be released in the second quarter of this year.

For now, we will have to wait to see how things turn out. If at all the launch happens, Apple will most likely make a silent announcement by updating its newsroom as it did with the AppleAirPods Prolast October.

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.