Apple Apparently 'Got Close' to Launching a 14-Inch iPad This Year

[Kal Madda]

I do think Apple will (finally!) solve the iPadOS-isn't-as-powerful-as-macOS in the next few years, as SwiftUI allows developers (including Apple with the built-in apps like Mail & Photos) to effortlessly make iOS (excuse me, iPadOS) apps every bit as powerful as macOS apps.

But that doesn't solve the problems I mentioned above, which are bigger.

I agree with you on the part about SwiftUI. I think a lot of people missed how big of a change SwiftUI underwent this year, adding new frameworks that can easily replace existing macOS ones. I think iPadOS is quickly catching up with macOS, I actually use an iPad as my primary computer, and I do professional work on it such as Graphic Design, Photo Editing, 3D Modeling and Sculpting, Writing, etc. It does all of those things well, and is likely to only improve. I think Apple will make a type of Catalyst 2.0 with SwiftUI that would make it easier to port Mac apps over to the iPad. Even without a Catalyst 2.0, many major apps have decided to move over to the iPad in the last couple years, and I think as SwiftUI matures and becomes easier to adopt, that trend will only continue. 👍🏻

 

[Chuckeee]

…as unfortunately, you can't pre-download offline Netflix…

Actually you can pre-download Netflix content for off line use. You have to use the Netflix app instead of just accessing Netflix via a web browser

 

[sack_peak]

I can imagine a iPad 14" being a great movie or TV show prop.

 

[RickTaylor]

I'm a college teacher. I hook my 2018 12.9" iPad to a projector or to Zoom and use it as a virtual whiteboard. Bigger screens (up to a point) are easier to write legibly on. I would love to have a 14" or 16" iPad. It doesn't need to be Oled! It doesn't need to have all the expensive options.

 

[The Game 161]

it's got to a point where these massive tablets are just so expensive you might as well buy a 14 inch macbook pro for how much it would cost without the keyboard.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

it's got to a point where these massive tablets are just so expensive you might as well buy a 14 inch macbook pro for how much it would cost without the keyboard.

Not if the apps a user wants to user are iOS and iOS apps. Or, if those are the OS’s they’re familiar with. Which, every year, is a larger and larger group of people who wouldn’t have any use for macOS devices of any size.

 

[MacDaddyPanda]

I'd love a 14" ipad to use as 2nd monitor next to my 14" MBP. I have the 11" Ipad Pro M1 now. It'd be nice to have more real estate for my setup.

 

[AriaAmaris]

If they launch a 14 inch iPad Pro it better have a 4k display.

 

[Successful Sorcerer]

If they launch a 14 inch iPad Pro it better have a 4k display.

It probably will be a custom resolution just shy of 4K. They use 265 ppi for their iPads and the current 12,9" is 2732 x 2048.