Rumored Features for New iPads This Year & Next

iPad Air

Over recent days I’ve started seeing early talk of new iPads expected this late this year and in early 2015. Apple Insider has a report up, citing an analyst (Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI) with a respectable track record on these sort of subjects, that talks about some expected features for new iPads that are now on the horizon.

The highlights so far, at least for the next-gen iPad Air, seem to be:

– A new A8 mobile processor

– A Touch ID sensor as the new iPhone 5s has

– An 8 megapixel rear-facing camera

Presumably the Retina iPad mini should get the same. The KGI analyst also expects a larger, 12.9 inch, iPad early next year – for a ‘richer entertainment and productivity experience’.

Hopefully in coming months we’ll hear of more new features for new iPads this year. The short list above would not make for a major upgrade on the face of it. As ever, more RAM is my…

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