Rumor: Apple postpones production of larger iPad for a few months

Apple will start production of the larger iPad with 12.9″ screen not at the end of 2014, but at the beginning of 2015. That reports the usually well-established The Wall Street Journal, based on sources at suppliers. Mass production would not start until early next year, because suppliers are busy producing iPhones.

The delay is at most a few months, according to the report from The Wall Street Journal. Mass production should have started in December, but will now only take place from ‘early next year’, presumably January or February. The tablet would then probably not be in stores until February or March at the earliest, but it could also be this spring. It is not known whether the release date has also been postponed.

The manufacturers can’t make the larger iPad yet, because they are busy producing iPhones. In particular, the demand for the larger iPhone 6 Plus is said to have been higher than expected. The claims in the article are hard to verify, but The Wall Street Journal has a virtually flawless reputation for reporting on Apple.

The larger iPad would have a 12.9 “LCD. With this, Apple, like Samsung and Microsoft, would take the step towards tablets with screens that are much larger than around 10 “. How Apple would like to make use of the larger screen is unknown. The sales of Apple’s tablets, like those of the tablet market as a whole, have been declining for more than six months. The iPad maker is holding an event next week, where it will likely showcase new iPads.