Whatever you do, don’t buy the 2024 iPad Pro right now

With WWDC 2024 just around the corner, it pays to wait for a little bit longer — here’s why

The new 2024 iPad Pro models have just become available. For those people who want one but haven’t pre-ordered one yet, here’s a hint: June 10th. You might want to postpone your purchase until then and there’s a good reason for it. (Image: Apple)

So the announcements have been made, the tech specs have been confirmed, the first reviews are in — they all agree it’s pretty great, despite being rather expensive — and you are now sure that you want, nay, you need Apple’s latest and greatest, the iPad Pro 2024 that’s being released today. Yours truly understands! He had already pre-ordered his very own 13-incher mere hours after the online presentation revealed it, after all, so he totally gets it. It seems like an incredible device. Who wouldn’t be tempted to get one?

Here’s a piece of advice yours truly can offer, though: don’t buy the new iPad Pro… yet.

The reason is simple and it all comes down to timing: Apple’s WWDC 2024 press event, where the company will unveil the next versions of its software platforms — is just around the corner. In less than four weeks we’ll know what it is that Apple is planning for the future of iPadOS, now that the M4-based iPad Pro has demonstrated in a most convincing manner that the operating system it’s currently based on just won’t do anymore. The iPad Pro’s hardware is now so far ahead of its software, that something else, something completely different, is…