Latest rumor calls for Apple to place USB-C port on 11-inch iPad Air

Apple also replaced the single 12MP camera on the back of the 2018 models with a second camera; this would be a 10MP ultra-wide camera. And the 2020 tablets added a LiDar time-of-flight sensor for improved AR capabilities. But the company is not done with the iPad for 2020, according to ace analyst Ming Chi-Kuo. He expects to see Apple unveil another new tablet during the second half of this year, possibly at the same event that introduces the world to the first 5G iPhone models.

On a regional basis, PC and tablet shipments will fall in China 3% this year but rebound by 4% next year. Canalys expects something similar for the Asian Pacific market with a 1% decline this year followed by growth in 2021. North American tablet demand will be negatively impacted by the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. PC and tablet shipments will decline 6% this year says Canalys, and if there isn’t any growth in the market during the fourth quarter of 2020, consumers will stay away from the purchase of non-essential items like the Apple iPad. The firm says that growth in PC and tablet shipments won’t take place on the continent until 2022 when the research firm expects to see robust growth of 4%.

Latin America is having a rough second quarter when it comes to the shipments of PC and tablets as Brazil and Mexico are behind the curve when it comes to battling COVID-19. As a result, PC and Tablet shipments should decline 16% year-over-year during the three-month period from April through June. And in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA), Canalys sees a short-term bounce in demand during the current period that will limit the year-over-year decline in PC and tablet deliveries to -1%. The second half of this year will not be pretty with EMEA shipments expected to drop by 10% year-over-year. The research firm sees a reversal next year with 1% growth in PC and tablet shipments for 2021.