Apple's 'iPad Pro' Plans Reportedly on Hold

[tech4all]

Samsung bait. Just like that stupid watch.

I love how people here are so obsessed with Samsung and what they do. Don't worry about. You don't work for Apple, so stop acting like you do.

Oh and the last I checked, the "iWatch" doesn't even exist. So yea, you can't say Samsung copied a product that doesn't even exist!

 

[Bubba Satori]

Samsung bait. Just like that stupid watch.

I thought the full moon was a couple of days away.

Checked out the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 a couple of days ago.
Multi-window mode and the S pen are pretty cool.

 

[Teste]

I hope this is a "LOL DigiTimes" thing and the iPad Pro is still a go. With a well adjusted iOS (true multitasking), it would be an incredible productivity tool.

 

[vomhorizon]

I don't think it makes sense to expand the ipad to 12 or 13 inches given the current features of IOS. It would simply be a bigger ipad Air..I don't see much demand for it and to fragment the screen size simply is not characteristic for apple. Any change in IOS that warrants a bigger screen or actually makes it useful would probably be introduced gradually and not dumped in one go. As a content consumption device the Air is good enough, i really do not see the benefit (for apple) to have another content consumption device that fragments the eco-system.

 

[0007776]

I highly doubt that there ever was much serious development work put into this, I'm sure that Apple has made prototypes with a large variety of screen sizes, but I don't see a larger iPad as something that they would put much effort into.

 

[Tech198]

"However, most of the large-size tablet projects face difficulties because of lack of support from related platform developers and ecosystems. Apple has also been said to shelved its large-size tablet project."

If i were Apple, i would be listening with all ears..

It's clear its not going to be a product. When you hear .."It's put back on the shelf" then you know it could be bad, its on hold for a long length of time. maybe indefinably. The small size tablets only went ahead because its was an acceptable screen size.... Start making it too big, and you have problems like this.


Fact is, if no one wants to support it, then its not a product from my point of view. I may be wrong in the future, but this looks like it at the moment.

 

[inscrewtable]

Samsung moved to introduce its own product with the launch of a 12.2-inch tablet early this year...

That's why the iPad pro 'plans' have been 'shelved'. Job done. How easy it is to get Samsung to put their resources into a dead end. I think Apple have finally got the hang of this 'Samsung copies everything we do' lark.

 

[Renzatic]

Like the Samsung Gear watch. Windows 8 is the same category; there were so many predictions that Apple would combine MacOS X and iOS (which in my opinion would be a disastrous mistake) that Microsoft started believing it and copied it.

This is nearly the stupidest thing I've heard someone say around here, Gnasher. It doesn't make even the smallest bit of sense.

There had never been a rumor that Apple was combining OSX with iOS, and MS didn't copy it. Same with Samsung and the Galaxy Gear. They've been making smartwatches for years now. Just because Apple may or may not be making one, doesn't mean they're copying now that they've released yet another watch after that rumor was fielded. Assuming so just makes you sound shortsighted and narrowminded.

 

[eastamherstbias]

I feel like the market for a large iPad would be the same market as people who want 17" MPBs.

Ha, Just today I was thinking how I want Apple to make a 17inch Retina MBP. I would buy a Ipad Pro too.

 

[Rad99004]

Just add a touch screen to a MacBook Air, add an IOS emulator and allow the keyboard to flip around the back of the screen and you will have made what I am looking for.

 

[Parise]

Uh... I'd probably just buy the MacBook Air. Oh wait I already did. And at no point have I ever said "man I wish I had an iPad this size". MacBook Air with touchscreen. There you go.

 

[Wishbrah]

Was hoping they would release a bigger version, just because it would be so impressive to look at - I'd buy one. I don't even have a need for an iPad while having a rMBP; the extra size is a minor inconvenience. Guess I'll just pass altogether then.

 

[rowspaxe]

Isn't the idea behind the Note 12.2 and the rumored larger ipad is that they are prodictivity devices?

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Ha, Just today I was thinking how I want Apple to make a 17inch Retina MBP. I would buy a Ipad Pro too.

I just rebuilt my mid 2009 with a new hd, battery and expanded ram. My favorite computer of all time

 

[nia820]

if you are going to buy a 12 inch ipad you mines well buy a macbook air.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

This is terrible.

My 5 year old will be very upset.

She needs an upgrade from the mini

You told your 5 year old there will be one just because there was a unconfirmed rumor?

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Just add a touch screen to a MacBook Air, add an IOS emulator and allow the keyboard to flip around the back of the screen and you will have made what I am looking for.

Nooooooooooooo! Seriously, Apple, don't. Please.

 

[MyopicPaideia]

They really need to stop using that picture. How can a 12.9" "iPad Pro" be BIGGER than the screen of a 13" MacBook Air? Did anyone even remotely think that didn't look right?

I know it says in the caption it is a 13" Air, but it looks much more like the screen has a 16:9 aspect ratio, pointing at the 11" model. However, it is irrelevant really as it is just a rendering and the scaling could be off as you say.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

Same with Samsung and the Galaxy Gear. They've been making smartwatches for years now. Just because Apple may or may not be making one, doesn't mean they're copying now that they've released yet another watch after that rumor was fielded. Assuming so just makes you sound shortsighted and narrowminded.

But the timing. The tech has been there for years now and now they release one. Oh and on the year of Apple's iWatch rumors. What a coincidence.

Remember CES 2010? The show was flooded with Android tablets because there were iPad/iSlate rumors.

 

[Menel]

They really need to stop using that picture. How can a 12.9" "iPad Pro" be BIGGER than the screen of a 13" MacBook Air? Did anyone even remotely think that didn't look right?

12.9" diagonal 4:3 is significant larger than a 13" diagonal 16:9.

7.7inch higher vs 6.3 inch high as shown in image. Inch and a half.

 

[MyopicPaideia]

Judging from the size of the gap between the keyboard and the edge, as well as the aspect ratio of the display, it appears to be a 13" MBA. They just rendered the iPad too big.

Have to disagree, it looks like that is a 16:9 ratio and thus an 11" model, but as said, it is irrelevant as it is just a wishful thinking rendering.

 

[MyopicPaideia]

12.9" diagonal 4:3 is significant larger than a 13" diagonal 16:9.

7.7inch higher vs 6.3 inch high as shown in image. Inch and a half.

Excepting of course that the 13" model has a 16:10 aspect ratio screen. The 11" Air has the 16:9 screen.

Rumoured New Screen: 12.9" 4:3 — 10.3" x 7.7" - total 79.88" area
13" Air: 13.3" 16:10 — 11.3" x 7" - total 79.5" area
11" Air: 11.6" 16:9 — 10.1" x 5.7" - total 57.49" area

I think (hope) this rumoured screen is actually a 16:10 aspect ratio 12.9" retina display that is going to be used in a new redesigned Macbook Air using a new chassis similar in size to the current 11" model. Something like this:

12.9" 16:10 — 10.9" x 6.8" - total 74.79" area with a 2880x1800 resolution.

Anyway, the point is that if that is indeed meant to be a 13" Air in the rendering, then that iPad next to it is not properly scaled. If it is actually an 11" model though, the scaling of the rendering makes more sense.

 

[Casiotone]

12.9" diagonal 4:3 is significant larger than a 13" diagonal 16:9.

7.7inch higher vs 6.3 inch high as shown in image. Inch and a half.

Exactly.

I know someone who purchased a Surface RT instead of an iPad because they wanted a bigger screen and thought the 16:9 10" screen was bigger than the 4:3 9.7" iPad screen, which is not true because of the screen ratio difference (the iPad screen is really bigger by a non negligible amount).

A lot of people make the same mistake when comparing 7" tablets with the iPad mini, thinking that the screen size difference is smaller than it is.

 

[gnasher729]

This is nearly the stupidest thing I've heard someone say around here, Gnasher. It doesn't make even the smallest bit of sense.

There had never been a rumor that Apple was combining OSX with iOS,

You must be looking at a different site than I am.

 

[attila]

I feel like the market for a large iPad would be the same market as people who want 17" MPBs.

I've got a 17" MBP and need it because I'm not static in an office.

I guess what you mean is that the market is very small

 

[Renzatic]

You must be looking at a different site than I am.

I've seen some analyst rumors being floated about an iOS-OSX hybrid since Windows 8 came out, but nothing beforehand.

MS wanted to leverage their strength on the desktop, and have tablets that could access their vast selection of software. It was what they were hoping would be their trump card against Apple and Google in the mobile wars. They didn't make Windows 8 a cross platform OS just because they heard a rumor Apple was doing that, and they felt like stealing the idea.

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But the timing. The tech has been there for years now and now they release one. Oh and on the year of Apple's iWatch rumors. What a coincidence.

Remember CES 2010? The show was flooded with Android tablets because there were iPad/iSlate rumors.

Barely. I didn't pay much attention to the mobile scene until the iPad released.

...which, if I remember correctly, most everyone believed was going to be an OSX tablet, not an iOS based one.

 

[Amplelink]

This sounds more like a back track by Digitimes than an actual change of plans by Apple. The guys over at Digitimes have a horrendous track record.