Apple Announces New 10.5-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro Models With Advanced Displays

[AlphaTeam]

Is the 10.5, physically the same size as the 9.7?

EDIT: Nevermind I found it. Just a tad bigger.

 

[kpeex]

That already exists. Just use 2 fingers anywhere on the keyboard.

(Faux Trackpad-ish behavior) You didn't direct this at me, but, am I embarrassed!

Just eliminated a major annoyance. Thanks!

 

[melendezest]

I think, for a lot people, with ios 11 it is a real laptop replacement.
Drag and drop, filesysteem, high speed lightning connection(with adapters, i know...)
Was hoping for a trackpad on the smart keyboard, that has the same functions as the long press on the virtual keyboard), and a slightly altered gui for more app icons on screen.
And i am disappointed with the fact that the 12.9 didn' t get the same redesign as the 10.5 inch with smaller bezels.
But i am satisfied, for now....

Yeah, see, it's close, really close. But the need for dongles....what an annoyance. If Apple used USBC/TB3 then all those adapters would be moot. So I'll wait for them to migrate everything away from Lightning. They'd have to have REAL courage and do it all at once: the iPads, iPhones, and Pencil.

So that's why I'm guessing 2020. They'll milk it by giving multi-user accounts in 2018, mouse support in 2019, and finally USB in 2020.

 

[Jorjazz]

I hope the 10.5" iPad has 4gb of ram and an updated Touch ID.

I have a $300 phone with 6g of ram. If apple can't put 4g in the ipad pro then forget it!

 

[sledgehammer89]

No iPad mini Pro? 10.5" is HUGE!! Also still iOS 11 is far away to be a PC replacement at least for me = no bigger device as iPad mini required for iOS.