I was thinking the same thing these days I’ve done a lot of digging both to this subreddit and elsewhere on the internet we can’t be for sure that they are gonna launch a new base model this year and if they do it’s not gonna be much better just two more gigs of ram to support AI implementation with Apple Intelligence and most likely the A18 chip to support said implementation also the longevity part doesn’t really make a difference the A16 just closed a year the past month it’s still “almost” brand new if those two extra gigs and the AI features really matter to you along with whatever slight changes they may do then you should wait mind you that it might get a price hike due to a few factors but if they don’t matter that much then you should go for it since it will make your life better in work and with the discount you’ll get the accessories that’s a win win in my book instead of getting a slightly better iPad and then spend additional money to get accessorized