Apple Reportedly Planning to Release Larger 16-Inch iPad Next Year

[klasma]

I disagree.

An extra ~15% larger screen does not cost Apple $100 more, and since Apple likes to hit $100 price points they will likely round down that small amount instead of rounding up.

It’s not just the display itself, it’s also GPU processing power and battery size that has to increase roughly in proportion to the pixel count. Of course Apple has a large wiggle room of how they can price it, also given the ridiculous premium they ask for the higher storage tiers. But screen area makes for a usedul reference point.

 

[bb9]

Should work well with stage manager. 👏👏👍
mini LED or OLED 🙏🙏🙏🙏

 

[Nismo73]

 

[darngooddesign]

It’s not just the display itself, it’s also GPU processing power and battery size that has to increase roughly in proportion to the pixel count. Of course Apple has a large wiggle room of how they can price it, also given the ridiculous premium they ask for the higher storage tiers. But screen area makes for a usedul reference point.

The 13" iPad doesn't have more GPU processing power than the 11" iPad despite it being larger if the M1 can drive a 24" iMac screen, or two screens with the Mini, the M2 can drive a 16" iPad screen.

 

[Digitalguy]

Apple take my money!!! $$$$$$ (really, whatever you want, I am ready 🤑)

 

[Admiralbison]

MACOS is the ONLY software that will justify the size AND Price of this M3~M4 iPad “Pro”

 

[Mity]

I've been waiting for this for a long time so I can comfortably use A4 paper in GoodNotes!!!

 

[Rockanrolero]

It’s a tale as old as time… 😂

 

[TVreporter]

Hell with it, just rip the support stands off old 27-inch iMacs laying around and toss iPad OS onto it for the iPad Ultra Supreme!

Attachable arm braces extra!

"It's our biggest iPad ever and we think you're going to love it!"

 

[MallardDuck]

They're going after the Cintiq market...Wacom had better watch out.

 

[jerryk]

Since I often watch movies and youTube videos with my iPad to fall asleep, I cannot imagine how much a 16" iPad would hurt when it falls on my face.

 

[subjonas]

To me this says the report of MacOS lite coming to the M2 iPad Pro is correct. Apple is finally letting the iPad Pro grow up.

The closer ipadOS gets to macOS, the more frustrated people get that they can’t just get macOS. Imagine how mad people would be if they only got macOS Lite. What functionality would it shed to make it lite?

 

[jerryk]

I can't wait to see someone taking a picture with one of these

Wait, there is a camera on my iPads?

 

[darngooddesign]

The closer ipadOS gets to macOS, the more frustrated people get that they can’t just get macOS. Imagine how mad people would be if they only got macOS Lite. What functionality would it shed to make it lite?

And then they will be frustrated when the iPad throttles under MacOS load due to its thin body.

 

[finchna]

Also will be helpful for musicians either a single screen or, even better, a pair -- hooray!

 

[Loge]

macOS on an 8.3” screen would be horrible. It was barely worth it on 11” screens. iPadOS scales much better.

MacOS was certainly workable on the 11" MacBook Air, and that was on a non-retina screen.

 

[subjonas]

Make it a 27 inch 5K iPad, with a stand, keyboard and mouse (and running macOS) and I'll buy it.

Wait, isn’t that just a 27” iMac with a touch screen? It’s easier to just ask for that haha

 

[jerryk]

They would sell dozens! Nay, scores! Cost? 1,499? 1,999?

Starts at $2499 for 128 GB.

 

[name99]

at that size it's just a laptop without the keyboard. unsure the need? I'm sure they'll sell many but the product lines seem to be encroaching.

One need is for people like myself, people who want a VERY HIGH QUALITY eBook reader that, among other things
- can handle full sized PDFs (I mostly read technical material) AND
- that can bump up the scaling of these PDFs (my eyes are getting worse, and the same thing will happen, over time, to many of you lot as you enter your fifties and sixties...) [and yeah, for some people LASIK is a solution; not for the particular eye failures of others, like myself].

The whole point is that you can conveniently read on an iPad without the keyboard getting in the way.

 

[subjonas]

I think many would love it, as an option. Just hit a button in iPadOS and you instantly reboot into macOS and get your full suite of tools, when you need it. Full Photoshop, Premiere etc. - then right back to iPadOS for casual use. That would be an insanely great product.

One thing that makes me think Apple wouldn’t do that is they don’t seem to want things to reboot. They like things that are always on.

 

[subjonas]

Why not? Having MacOS on a tablet with cellular capability would be awesome.

What about cellular capability on a MacBook?

 

[subjonas]

£2400 starting price no doubt. At this point might as well just buy the macbook pro 16 inch.

Do people buy only iPads just because they’re cheaper than MacBooks (are all of them cheaper even now?)? I thought it was mostly because they wanted the tablet form factor.

 

[Tozovac]

Unlike iPhones and the stuff coming out of BMW nowadays, bigger is better in this situation for home creative (and tv watching) use as long as they keep the right sized for every day use 11” iPads!

 

[subjonas]

Love my iPad Pro 12” but it is heavy. Wouldn’t want to lug a 16” version around with me.

I don’t think I would mind the weight of the 16” iPad itself, but I wonder/fear what the keyboard/stand solution would be. A Magic Keyboard scaled up to that size would weigh a ton. They’d need to figure something else out. They might need to go back to a thin keyboard cover and a kick stand of some kind.

 

[subjonas]

At that size I wouldn’t need a Magic Keyboard as the software keyboard would be finally as big as the real thing.

But it would take up so much of the screen real estate! Not to mention gotta look while typing (at least a little) because no tactile feedback.