Apple has broken a tradition it maintained for 12 years, releasing no new iPads in 2023 – the first time that the company has chosen to not launch a new tablet in an entire calendar year since the introduction of the product line.
From its debut in 2010, the iPad has been an important product for Apple and the clear tablet market leader, releasing at least one new model every year. In recent times, the company has released as many as four new iPad models per year. Before 2023, 2009 was the last year with no new iPads, simply because the product line had not yet launched.
The most recent iPad launches took place in October 2022. The only iPad-adjacent hardware released in 2023 was the Apple Pencil with USB-C.
2010: iPad (1st generation)
2011: iPad 2
2012: iPad (3rd generation), iPad (4th generation), and iPad mini (1st generation)
2013: iPad Air (1st generation) and iPad mini 2
2014: iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3
2015: iPad mini 4 and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (1st gener
