Ross Young: New iPad Air won’t feature mini-LED after all, but a new mystery iPad is coming in Q4


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9to5Mac— Last week, we got a report from Ross Young with a nice surprise that the upcoming 12.9-inch iPad Air would use mini-LED for its display. Now an updated report from Ross says that’s not happening after all, but there could be an iPad surprise at the end of the year. more

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