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Rumor: Apple iPad Air 3 Coming in March

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Rumor: Apple iPad Air 3 Coming in March

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What isn’t Apple going to announce in March?

We’ve heard plenty of rumors about a spring event from Cupertino, which will reportedly include a new Apple Watch ($300.00 at eBay)(Opens in a new window) , new bands for the smartwatch, and new 4-inch iPhone that’s possibly called the iPhone 5se.

You can now add iPad Air 3 to the list. The updated tablet, as 9to5Mac reports(Opens in a new window), will still be 9.7 inches, and might sport(Opens in a new window) a rear-facing LED flash and two extra speakers, bringing its audio capabilities closer to those of the recently released iPad Pro ( at Amazon)(Opens in a new window) .

Though Apple didn’t stick a flash into the iPad Pro, the company probably (and correctly) assumes that more people are likely to take pictures with a smaller tablet than with a 12.9-inch gargantuan slate. It’s also possible that the new iPad Air might support the Apple Pencil ($94.99 at Amazon)(Opens in a new window) , which would give the accessory a much larger reach.

The 9.7-inch iPad has not been updated since October 2014, when the iPad Air 2 was announced. In 2015, Apple focused on the iPad Pro and iPad mini 4 ( at Amazon)(Opens in a new window) . So fans of the now mid-sized iPad might be in the market for an upgrade. That’s likely part of the reason iPad sales have continued to decline; down 25 percent(Opens in a new window) in Q4, as Apple announced Tuesday, compared to the same time period one year prior.

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Tablet sales have also been slowing in general, though. IDC’s forecast(Opens in a new window) from December indicated that worldwide tablet shipments were down 8.1 percent in 2015 compared to 2014.

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