The rumored 11-inch OLED iPad Pro might be in short supply when it launches

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It was a quiet 2023 for iPads –Appledidn’t launch a single new tablet – but 2024 seems likely to make up for it. As far as aniPad Pro refreshgoes, complete with OLED upgrades, the latest leaks suggest one model might be easier to get hold of than the other.

As per well-known analystRoss Young(via9to5Mac), production of the 11-inchOLEDiPad Pro “looks to be behind” the 12.9-inch OLED iPad Pro, because of issues in the supply chain. Apparently it’s onlySamsungmaking panels for the smaller tablet at the moment, withLGexpected to start helping out in the not-too-distant future.

That means we might see longer shipping times for the 11-inch version of this tablet when it launches. The best information we have suggests that’ll be at the end of March or the start of April, which doesn’t leave too much time for Apple to ramp up production and get these two versions of the 2024 OLED iPad Pro on an equal footing.

However, there’s no indication that the unveiling of the 11-inch OLED iPad Pro will be delayed, as Young confirmedin a follow-up post. You’ll still be able to put your preorders in at the same time, it’s just that stock supplies might be more limited.

What might be coming

We’ve heard a lot about these new iPad Pro models in recent months – we actually expected them to launch in 2023 – and it’s theswitch to OLED technologythat’s the headline upgrade. It would be a first for Apple’s iPad series.

There’s also been chatter about a much larger screen size, perhapsas big as 16 inches, corner to corner. However, it now looks like we’re getting the standard 11-inch and 12.9-inch sizes, for this year at least. If Apple is going to super-size one of its tablets, it’s probably not going to be the 2024 iPad Pros.

Other rumors doing the rounds are that these slates could adopt MagSafe technology, just like thebest iPhones. Another leak suggests the selfie camera will moveto the longer edgeof the tablet, as on the entry-level iPad launched in 2022 – which would make video calls in landscape mode much easier.

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It should only be a few weeks until we find out for sure what Apple has been up to with its flagship tablets, and there are plenty of signs that we’ll see thesixth-generation iPad Airlaunched around the same time.

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Dave is a freelance tech journalist who has been writing about gadgets, apps and the web for more than two decades. Based out of Stockport, England, on TechRadar you’ll find him covering news, features and reviews, particularly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to ensure our breaking news coverage is the best in the business over weekends, David also has bylines at Gizmodo, T3, PopSci and a few other places besides, as well as being many years editing the likes of PC Explorer and The Hardware Handbook.

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