$500-$700 rumour sounds like something to get you to click and share their article rather than an honest estimate. Their logic for the two numbers is the panel

$500-$700 rumour sounds like something to get you to click and share their article rather than an honest estimate. Their logic for the two numbers is the panel is estimated to cost $250-$350 (depending on size) and they estimate a 50% profit margin on the iPads so the base model will be 2*$[250,350]=$[500,700] more... which means they must calculate the existing screen to be completely free? They don't mention anything about the base specs increasing in that root article but even if they did that's not clear to be an actual increase in production cost. It's a newer device after all. I expect a price increase of some sort, it's the safe thing to bet on and anybody else could safely write about that too, but I'm already disappointed how much time I've spent talking about a clickbait future Apple device rumour news article which attempts to create the worst possible number they think they can get away with claiming as realistic.