iPad Pro 2019 release date, price & specs rumours

Wondering when Apple's next premium iPad will make its appearance? We gather leaks and rumours related to the iPad Pro 2019's release date, design, new features, price & specs
By David Price | 12 Dec 18

Apple unveiled new iPad Pros at its special press event in October 2018, but we're already looking ahead to the next generation.

What can we expect from the iPad Pro models released in 2019? In this article we speculate about their release date, specs and new features, and discuss what they're likely to cost.

If you're interested in speculation about smaller (and very much cheaper) tablets, have a look at our iPad mini 5 rumours roundup. For buying advice related to the current range, read our iPad buying guide and roundup of the best iPad deals.




Release date
We expect the next iPad Pro to arrive some time between spring and early summer in 2020.

Apple has released at least one iPad Pro model per year since 2015. Here are the launch dates:

iPad Pro 12.9in (1st gen): Nov 2015
iPad Pro 9.7in: Mar 2016
iPad Pro 12.9in (2nd gen): Jun 2017
iPad Pro 10.5in: Jun 2017
iPad Pro 12.9in (3rd gen): Nov 2018
iPad Pro 11in: Nov 2018
Apple fans tend not to update their iPads as often as their iPhones, and that's particularly so with the expensive and extremely future-proofed iPad Pro. At the same time, the company needs its premium pro devices to justify the price by having state-of-the-art components, so won't want to leave too long a gap.

For these reasons a wait of 12-18 months is likely. The earliest we expect to see new iPad Pro models is autumn 2019, but our money would be on a launch the following spring or (perhaps more likely still) at WWDC in June 2020.

(This assumes a major update. If we're just talking about a minor spec bump Apple could release a new Pro earlier than this, although that could still annoy a few people who bought the Nov 2018 models!)

New iPad Pro prices
What will the next iPad Pros cost? There have been a few major price bumps in recent years but there were justifications for those: either currency fluctuations related to Brexit, or the wholesale redesign of the 2018 Pro models. This time we're hopeful that prices will stay closer to the previous generation.

Here's the full price list for the 2018 models.

  iPad Pro 11 (Wi-Fi) iPad Pro 11 (4G) iPad Pro 12.9 (Wi-Fi) iPad Pro 12.9 (4G)
64GB £769/$799 £919/$949 £969/$999 £1,119/$1,149
256GB £919/$949 £1,069/$1,099 £1,119/$1,149 £1,269/$1,299
512GB £1,119/$1,149 £1,269/$1,299 £1,319/$1,349 £1,469/$1,499
1TB £1,519/$1,549 £1,669/$1,699 £1,719/$1,749 £1,869/$1,899
Expect similar pricing for the next batch, although (as we will discuss later) the 64GB storage tier may disappear. If so, we would hope and expect the new entry level - presumably 128GB - to roughly match the old 64GB tier.

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