After conflicting reviews about whether or not Apple was going to launch new iPads, a brand new Apple Pencil, or each, the matter appeared to have been settled with yesterday’s announcement of the Apple Pencil (USB-C).
Nevertheless, it turns on the market was a brand new(ish) iPad additionally – however solely in China …
Alongside being restricted to a single nation, it was additionally solely a slightly minor variant of an present mannequin.
In truth, it was so uninteresting Apple didn’t even hassle together with it within the headline of the Chinese language press launch. That mirrored different variations of the press launch all over the world, merely asserting the brand new Pencil.
However buried inside it was point out of an replace to the iPad 10:
The up to date iPad (tenth technology) Wi-Fi + Mobile mannequin helps eSIM for the primary time in mainland China. Reservations can be accepted from October 19 and can be formally launched on October 25. The up to date iPad (tenth technology) Wi-Fi + Mobile mannequin will assist the eSIM mobile knowledge scheme in mainland China, enabling a quick, easy and safe mobile knowledge connection with out a bodily SIM card […]
iPad (tenth technology) helps 5G, offering customers with extra methods to attach. It may possibly easily entry recordsdata, contact kin and mates, and entry streaming media content material anytime and anyplace with out wi-fi LAN. The upgraded iPad (tenth technology) Wi-Fi + Mobile mannequin helps eSIM, and customers can select China Unicom’s mobile knowledge plan 1 straight on the iPad. Customers may also proceed to make use of the bodily SIM card activated by the service.
The US model in fact already contains eSIM, so that is primarily simply updating the Chinese language mannequin to the identical spec.
Not one of the pre-announcement reviews actually got here to move. It turns on the market was a brand new(ish) iPad, however no new chips, and solely in a single nation. There was a brand new Pencil, however no interchangeable magnetic ideas.
As for the Pencil, as one Twitter consumer put it, I positive as heck wouldn’t need to be an Apple Retailer gross sales particular person making an attempt to elucidate the alternatives to an iPad proprietor …
