It has been a little over a year since Apple introduced the market to the iPad Air 5, the affordable tablet that houses a desktop-class chip, the M1. According to a new rumor, the company is not abandoning this strategy, as it will incorporate the M2 into the upcoming iPad Air 6 whenever it launches.

iPad Air 6 to possibly lack high-end features belonging to iPad Pro to bring down price

On Twitter, Revegnus believes that the iPad Air 6 will feature the M2, but that is about all the information that he has provided. Naturally, when there are minute details provided, a ton of speculation can be generated out of thin air, starting with the number of GPU cores we can expect the chipset to feature in this product. Keep in mind that both the M1 versions of the iPad Pro series and iPad Air 5 had an 8-core GPU, even though Apple had a lower-binned part with a 7-core GPU.

With the newest iPad Pro, Apple not only used the M2 but included a 10-core GPU, which would aid in graphically-intensive workloads. The question is if Apple will treat the iPad Air 6 with the same higher-binned version or give an 8-core GPU instead. Since it costs less to use the 8-core GPU part, it is possible Apple would go this route, but things can change drastically at the official launch, so we will keep our fingers crossed.

Tipster’s assumptions of the M2 being found in the iPad Air 6

We can safely assume that a ProMotion panel with mini-LED technology is out of the question since that will force Apple to raise the iPad Air 6’s price. Our own belief is that the iPad Air 5 does not have many kinks in its armor, especially for its price, so even if Apple used the same design and chassis and simply used an M2 for the iPad Air 6, customers would be racing to pick it up.

Also, if and when the tablet launches, the price of the iPad Air 5 would see a reduction at many offline and online retailers, so there is that perk for customers too. Using the M2 is a logical step for Apple to use, especially when the current iPad Air model ships with an M1. Though we have some confidence in this rumor, we still recommend our readers to treat it as hot air, for the moment, at least, until we are absolutely sure about the company’s plans.

News Source: Revegnus