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Apple to Launch 12.9-Inch iPad in Early 2015

I'll take one.

I'm a musician and would use it for audio apps as well as a touchscreen controller for Ableton Live/Logic Pro.

It's not something I would carry around with me. It will sit in my studio happily next to my other hardware.
 
Isn't this going to feel like, super huge? I have trouble imagining how this will be portable or easy to hold in one hand while manipulating it with the other at this size. It would also be fairly heavy. A MacBook Air is fine since it stands up on its own and you don't need to move your finger across the entire screen. There might be some feature we're missing that would make this more usable...
 
Smart Cover with Keyboard and extra Battery

How about this, you could buy a Smart Cover with magnetic attachment, stronger than usual, that has contacts like a MagSafe, which would connect a keyboard and second battery for tons of life! Heck, with such a large cover you could toss in some super flat stereo speakers.

Oh, one more thing. It comes with full AppleTV software, making it an.. Apple TV! Also available in a 50" version (less smart cover)
 
nagromme said:
Sounds awesome for artists/musicians/creatives. Or paired with an easily-removed Logitech-style keyboard cover (which, unlike Microsoft's Logitech imitations, have REAL keys that feel like a laptop).
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You hit the nail on the head. This is key to this thing being successful. Otherwise I can't see wanting to lug it around.
 
would love to see a 12.9" iPad. Would be stoked to get my hands on one of those.... "The Foot Long and Then some!"

Bigandtasty:)
 
Piggie said:
I've wanted a larger iPad ever since un boxing my iPad1 on launch day and realizing just how small it was in my hands, compared to how large it looked on the Internet.

So yes, no point in me even considering an upgrade this year, if a few months time will bring the larger model I always wanted and have been waiting for, for 5? years now.
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Should look great on a elliptical machine when you're at the gym too. haha.

if that is your thing to do......
 
I would buy one; my main issue is iOS, though. Apple really needs to change iOS so it fits the iPad, or all that screen size would (still) be basically showing a big iPhone screen.

Apple should introduce real multitasking, better folder systems, a better way to copy and paste (that makes a massive impact in productivity) and so on.
 
Why so many comments asking "why would someone want an iPad this large?"

I can tell you one reason. Because the 9.7 iPad Air is not very useful for reading music off of it is too small. The SP3 is a much better size and if they came out with an iPad that could do this I would consider trading the SP3 for that. I don't need a full PC just to read .pdf sheet music files.
 
nagromme said:
Sounds awesome for artists/musicians/creatives. Or paired with an easily-removed Logitech-style keyboard cover (which, unlike Microsoft's Logitech imitations, have REAL keys that feel like a laptop).

A MacBook Air has certain big advantages over iOS. But iOS has its own advantages as well. I know people with iPads and keyboards that are much better served by that than by a Mac. (I'd call them "low end" users, except they're doing some really advanced creative stuff with that touchscreen!)

If this is real (in the market, not just the lab!) I don't see it being a top-selling blockbuster, and that's OK. The iPad Air size is the sweet spot for me and many, but I'm sure there's also a growing niche for bigger-screen touch computing to fill!

EDIT: And I do NOT think it would go for the same market the Surface aims for (albeit some overlap of course). That's a poor laptop coupled with a poor tablet, and doesn't know what it wants to be. It's for traditional desktop software--or why bother choosing one? Kind of neat in a way, but almost never the best choice. A true competitor to Surface would be a touch-based Mac (please no!) but I see little need for that in the near term. A larger iPad would be just that—with all the benefits of ease and app ecosystem that the iPad already has over Surface. What do people do with an iPad now? Do it bigger!
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Im guessing you never used a Surface Pro.
 
I think for anyone saying why do we need a larger iPad, it's important to keep in mind that the hardware is built to take advantage of new apps and ideas for new apps. There's enough demand for it so they are making it. I don't see the use for it right now, but I'm excited to see the uses that will be developed for it.
 
I could actually use some of these for my business. I'd probably put in an order for 30 or so if these came out in the next 3 months.
 
If all it does is allow the sheeps here to play Angry Birds on a larger screen, then there's nothing "Pro" about it. Turtle speed ARM CPUs and weaksauce iOS ain't gonna cut it either.
 
I love how these Bloomberg guys release pish like this, do they ever do any fact checking or and I assume this is the reason why, they do it for the clicks!
 
For me, as someone who loves drawing and creative apps, apple just HAS to come up with a stylus solution.

All iPad styli just simply suck compared to samsungs note Wacom versions or even n-trig.

It's a shame, that the iPad has the best creativity apps, but lacks the tools to use it. That's why I never came to buy an iPad so far.
 
No idea if this is real or just made-up stuff to generate hits, but going with the 12.2-inch Galaxy Note Pro we have lying around here, it's too big a size for my taste - not only is it bulky and cumbersome, I really don't like the 'in your face' feeling. To each their own.
 
I know it's just a mockup, but why does the 12.9" iPad screen look much bigger than the 13" MacBook screen?
 
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