Overview
- Apple CFO Kevan Parekh, speaking on Thursday’s earnings call, warned of a “difficult compare” for iPad revenue versus last year’s A16 iPad launch.
- Reporters interpret the remark as guidance that no new base iPad will arrive in Apple’s current fiscal quarter, which runs through June 27.
- That timing makes a WWDC 2026 reveal unlikely, with coverage pointing to July at the earliest and possibly later given Apple’s sparse late-summer launches.
- Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has said an A18-based entry iPad is ready and still due this year, though a Macworld report pointed to an A19 chip, and neither claim is confirmed.
- Both chip options are reported to enable Apple Intelligence, which the current A16 base iPad lacks, so buyers waiting for on-device AI may need to hold off a bit longer.