The iPad Air 4 leak is finally revealing the release date...

Apple is slated to release the iPad Air 4 on October 23rd, and eventually launch its updated mid-range tablet to the world, even though it was announced back in September.

At least according to a leaked Canadian Best Buy list discovered by tech tipsters

Aaaaand there it is.

Best Buy Canada has the iPad Air listed, along with the launch date 😉

Check out that date... https://t.co/J2OMVfTO4J pic.twitter.com/DJ1LXuu8LV

— jon prosser (@jon_prosser) October 15, 2020

marked a list for the 64GB Wi-Fi version of the new iPad Air. Whether this release date is the same for all nations remains to be seen. Given that Apple typically launches its products globally at the same time, we can expect the iPad Air 4 to be available in just over a week.

The iPad Air has an all-screen design that is inspired by the iPad Pro 2020. It was introduced by Apple last month. Cupertino has touted it as a tablet for work and leisure. But the killer feature was probably the A14 Bionic chip in the heart of the iPad Air 4.

The A14 Bionic offers performance that outperforms the older A13 Bionic found on the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone SE 2020. And it’s also the chip that all four new iPhone 12 phones will use.

The iPhone 12 was unveiled on October 13, almost a month after the iPad Air 4 was unveiled on September 15. Hence, some tech commentators speculated that the iPad Air 4’s release was on hold until the iPhone 12 was revealed to prevent people from running benchmarks on the tablet’s A14 Bionic chip and educated guesses about the iPhone 12’s performance before Apple had the chance to campaign for it.

However, this was all speculation. And the gap between the iPad Air 4’s reveal and its alleged release could be due to how the coronavirus pandemic has affected engineering manufacturing and supply chains.

Even so, it looks like the iPad Air will finally arrive before October ends. That means iPad fans will soon be able to enjoy a tablet that is getting closer and closer to pseudo-laptops thanks to its compatibility with the Magic keyboard and the improvements Apple has made to iPadOS.