Allegedly Leaked 2021 iPad Pro CAD Images Suggest Few Design Changes
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darngooddesign
macrumors Core
Unless you value battery life.
The camera a bump is there so you can have a thinner iPad.
darngooddesign
macrumors Core
Apple went out of its way to make the Air compatible with the Magic Keyboard so I'm betting the new iPP is also compatible; especially since the keyboard attaches to the flat back not the sides.
Johnny907
macrumors 68020
That’s part of the reason why I bought a thin plastic case with integrated Smart Cover. 14 bucks on eBay and it completely eliminates that issue.
lederermc
macrumors 6502a
I ws thinking they should should have 4 bumps so it lays flat.. like legs. Then they could put another cam in one of them and support stereo pictures.
EugW
macrumors P6
I would laugh so hard if that happened. 😈 But I don't think it will happen.
However, I've thought all along that there was a decent possibility that the 2021 (or 2022) would kill compatibility with the older Magic Keyboard.
Of course, this is just a unsubstantiated rumour at this point about the change in form factor.
James Godfrey
macrumors 68020
I think a new keyboard will come in 2022, too soon to refresh it IMO.
Jonathantuba
macrumors 6502
Me too, but not as much as a rumour, so am not hopeful
Apple Mac Daz
macrumors 68040
just upgrade the damn structure of the device
I feel the exact same way and have the same ipad as you. There is literally nothing it can’t do or lags in. Apple will have to make significant upgrades to IpadOS first before I give a damn about the performance upgrades in the A chips.
UK-MacAddict
macrumors 65816
Greedy money grab if they try to splinter the iPad line again.
They can’t get anymore money out of the customer on the already self proclaimed Pro model so resort to making another “Pro Pro” model so they can increase the price again.
Hopefully they just put the mini LED display into the existing pro line and leave it at that.
They can’t get anymore money out of the customer on the already self proclaimed Pro model so resort to making another “Pro Pro” model so they can increase the price again.
Hopefully they just put the mini LED display into the existing pro line and leave it at that.
very exciting stuff, headline should just say zero changes
Tech blogs 91mobile and MySmartPrice on Tuesday posted a series of allegedly leaked factory CAD images of Apple's upcoming fifth-generation 11-inch iPad Pro.
Rumors suggest Apple plans to announce two new iPad Pro models in both 11-inch and 12.9-inch versions, and today's images offer perhaps the clearest indication yet that Apple's next-generation iPad Pros will have minimal, if any, external design changes.
According to MySmartPrice, the the fifth-generation 11-inch iPad Pro will be the same thickness, but Apple will "shave off some millimeters from the length and breadth." The device may also exhibit changes to the internal speaker system, by potentially reducing the number of speakers grilles and relocating them.
Previous rumors about the next-generation iPad Pro models indicate no changes to the display size or housing, but A-series chip performance is expected to be "significantly improved."
According to one rumor, the rear cameras are said to protrude less in the new iPad Pro models. Specifically, the camera bump will remain, but the protrusion of the individual camera lenses will not be required.
There is also the suggestion that Apple will release standard iPad Pro 11-inch and 12.9-inch updates, while also making a separate high-end mini-LED 12.9-inch model, which could be about 0.5mm thicker to accommodate the higher spec display.
DigiTimes believes Apple is working on a 5G iPad with mmWave support, which would be positioned as a high-end iPad Pro, and 5G support could be released alongside the new mini-LED display.
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that a mini-LED iPad Pro launch is expected in the first half of this year, while DigiTimes also believes a mini-LED iPad Pro will launch in early 2021, as does Korea's ETNews.
Article Link: Allegedly Leaked 2021 iPad Pro CAD Images Suggest Few Design Changes
To that I would reply...the problems in the LCD screens ipads use have tons of issues too. Backlight bleed, yellow tint, phantom touch, white spots (I’ve had this and it sucks on my 10.5pro).
I’ll risk the chance of gettings burn in and have a glorious OLED, since current ipad screens not without issues either.
All tech has down sides. Watch, mini-led will have its own (ghosting, heat, thickness, halos)
SFjohn
macrumors 68020
I think Apple will have to call it the iPad Super Pro... 😉 “ DigiTimes believes Apple is working on a 5G iPad with mmWave support, which would be positioned as a high-end iPad Pro”
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They solved that problem with a blinking arrow to tell you to look To the left for FaceID
Mr.PT
macrumors 6502a
Also hate the bump in iPad or iPhone, it’s a compromised solution for a thinner and lighter device, not elegant nor practical, and TBH I wish it was the other way around (lenses recessed). However I would refrain from putting so much trust in the lenses glass, by using your iPad supported on it; not a good idea, unless you don’t mind the scratches...unfortunately case is the way to go.
Dual lenses would also be great, coupled with lidar, for 3D scanning.
Four legs? The thing could just start to walk way from you...BTW you would need a fifth center leg cause of the bending issues
Mr.PT
macrumors 6502a
Also hate the bump in iPad or iPhone, it’s a compromised solution for a thinner and lighter device, not elegant nor practical, and TBH I wish it was the other way around (lenses recessed). However I would refrain from putting so much trust in the lenses glass, by using your iPad supported on it; not a good idea, unless you don’t mind the scratches...unfortunately case is the way to go.
Mr.PT
macrumors 6502a
Well, I’m looking forward for a new 12.9 IPP, and I’m holding off until the release, but by the looks of it, I’ll looking for the price dump on the existing ones instead...