iLounge is posing some questions about what Apple will be showing off next week at their March 2nd Media event, or when the next-generation iPad will go on sale.
Two reliable sources are suggesting that next week’s “iPad 2” event has some serious cliffhanger potential – as in, consumers may not see the real “iPad 2” for some time. There’s apparently some truth to the reports of production problems with the new model, and as a result, no one is really sure at this point what Apple is going to be shipping as the “iPad 2,” or when.
In short, they suggest that Apple will be introducing a minor update soon, with a much larger, more substantial update due sometime this fall.
In any case, our sources aren’t sure whether Apple is going to release the iPad 1.5 now and call it the iPad 2, hold off a few months and release something dramatically better, or hold off a few months and release the iPad 1.5. The sources strongly believe that Apple cannot possibly ship enough truly “new” iPads to meet a late March or early April release date. One expects that Apple will only preview the next iPad at next week’s event, then release it widely around June. A price drop for the current model would keep sales flowing until then.
This sounds like a very similar scenario as the one John Gruber outlined a few weeks back. However, they are not convinced that this is the case, because of the recent flurry of rumors claiming that claimed an imminent release.
Next the claim that tomorrow’s MacBook Pro update will be just that, an update, and nothing major. They expect a design overhaul of the machines to take place in 2012.
Lastly, they believe the iPhone 5 is on schedule for a June release, like it’s seen in years past.
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