Digitimes claim Apple will be forced to delay the launch of their new iPad line-up until the second half of 2017, citing sources within the companies supply chain which note the tablets are still stuck in the planning process.
The products are still in planning, with the 9.7-inch model expected to enter mass production in the first quarter, and the other two in the second, according to sources from the related upstream supply chain. – However, these tablets may not be announced or even released in the market until the second half of 2017, the sources said.
Yesterday The Apple Post reported that Apple is reportedly developing a second-generation Apple Pencil to work alongside their new iPad line-up, an update which is suspected to add an all new 10.5-inch iPad to launch in March 2017, bringing a Touch ID home-button built into the tablets display as well as an upgraded A10X processor.