Hello bro, Thank you, I am good. Hoping you too. Usually apple stores taking bookings and deliver on certain time. Have you enquired about availability or when its possible for them to deliver?
When it comes to iPads, we can go with M1 model to use for next few years. M2 has minor upgrades.
And yes, new iPads are expected this year. rumored to have some display upgrades. Current 12.9 inch displays are the best. You can wait if its not urgent. March end we may see an event. If iPads are not released next month, then mostly by year end we will see next gen iPads.
But as I said, we need to decide based on urgency. Current 12.9 inch models have miniLED Displays which is superior than what we see in 11 inch models.
Regarding price drop, it wont happen immediately bro. it takes like 3 to 4 months and we may see 10K to 15K price difference.