iOS 9 Code Suggests 12.93-Inch 'iPad Pro' Could Have 2732×2048 Display

[nj-morris]

Originally I thought, 12.9-inch with this resolution, then I thought 12.2-inch with 3072x2304. Time will tell, but at the end of the day we will have either of these. 12.9-inch means that the iPad Pro screen is as wide as the Air is tall, so having a different resolution would kind of bother me for this screen size, as I'm OCD. Personally, I am hoping for the other one, the 12.2 3072x2304. Don't really know why, but it seems fine.
And for those who are saying that it's a different aspect ratio, it's one column of pixels off 4:3 (2732x2049), kind of like the iPhone 5, which was one column off 16:9 (1136x639)

 

[a.gomez]

Anything running iOS should never have the word "pro" in the name.

 

[subjonas]

A tablet that big defeats the portability of the iPad

For casual use, I agree. That's why I think this is more for professional/educational use.

 

[winston1236]

Well I was excited until I got to "264 PPI"

 

[Denmac1]

For casual use, I agree. That's why I think this is more for professional/educational use.

This...
Think IBM/Enterprise. Boardroom meeting, conferences, etc. For personal use, I wouldn't use it as I would buy an Air or other smaller laptop with an attached keyboard.
Also as someone else mentioned, a point of sale unit. I use my iPad now as a credit card machine at art & craft fairs.

 

[sik08amg]

Anything running iOS should never have the word "pro" in the name.

Maybe a hybrid? Something that operates on OSX and IOS with the guts from the new MacBook. Apple seems to always hint at future releases with current models and software design. Maybe just wishful thinking...

 

[Heisenberg888]

As long as it doesn't vibrate like a iPad Air 2, when it plays sound.

 

[cmChimera]

Anything running iOS should never have the word "pro" in the name.

Good thing Apple hasn't named it.

 

[Glideslope]

That's an awful lot of pixels to push for a mobile device.

True. It will be interesting to see what pans out for innards. Plenty of room for battery capacity.
Perhaps a tweaked A9X? A10 production is not close to being able to launch this in the Fall. Apple will be lucky if they have the required numbers for the next iPhone in 2016. It's going to need to be quite unique compared to it's siblings IMO.

A 12.9" Air 3 won't cut it.

 

[JonneyGee]

I don't know why Apple can't create largely the same product and let consumers pick.

I said something similar in a previous thread. The latest iPad Mini update was a joke anyway, and now with a third iPad coming out, it could lag even further behind.

Hopefully they restore feature parity this fall like they had with the iPad Air and Mini 2.

 

[JonneyGee]

I think it's needed for the save enclosure to allow apple pay within apps using Touch ID.

Does the iPad Air 2 have an NFC chip? If I recall correctly, it can't make in-store payments and doesn't have NFC. I would think the secure enclave and NFC chip could operate independently.

 

[usarioclave]

They will call it the MachoPad, and the peoples will love it!

Actually, it's designed to replace a PC on a desk. The question is if they've figured out how to do non-touch navigation on an iPad well...or well enough for a CSR to use.

 

[JonneyGee]

You're making some broad generalizations here. What "professionals" are you referring to? It's not like the surface Pro has been lighting the world on fire in terms of sales. And iPad is still huge in enterprise.

Agreed. While I personally won't want an iPad Pro as I prefer the smaller size of the Mini, I'd also expect the iPad Pro to sell much better than the Surface or Surface Pro, both of which have continuously underwhelmed in sales figures.

 

[SockRolid]

A tablet that big defeats the portability of the iPad, might as well get a 13" MacBook

Not if you're just going to web surf and watch TV.
Virtually same screen size but cheaper, thinner, lighter, etc.

 

[/dev/toaster]

I dunno, larger iPad doesn't seem to interest me. But, I really wonder if this will be more of a Macbook Air addition than larger iPad. Think more or less a surface style device.

 

[GFLPraxis]

Get XCode running on it, and I'm interested. XCode + multitasking might sway me to buy it. Otherwise, I don't see the point of "Pro"...it can't run any pro apps, except for art stuff.

If it's going to be >12", it's going to be competing with a MacBook Air for bag space.

 

[TMRJIJ]

Ugh, new aspect ratio. terrible news for developers. But then again, the new multitasking features forces developers to test your auto layout in multiple aspect ratios for the iPad anyways.

Watching the WWDC session for iPad Multitasking. It is really not that hard.

 

[Siretman]

Still at a loss as why Apple needs iPad Pro. I mean the tablet market in general has declined and what "professionals" are preferring today are hybrid devices like Surface Pro and detachable laptop touch screens. Not sure Apple truly understands that a tablet only with "casual" business applications may not be enough to kick start iPad sales again. I think Apple discriminating against hybrid devices is another poor decision that will come back to haunt them when their customer base demands an Mac Air hybrid with removable touch screen.

Apple seems to think professionals just want a bigger tablet screen, but professionals want to run REAL applications on a device that isn't based on a phone processor that can also double as a tablet when the need arises. Professionals don't want a backpack full of devices to choose from.

In this respect Microsoft was way more forward thinking then Apple. Merging their kernels into one universal OS will clearly cater to more products that professionals want, while Apple continues to fragment their OS for a bunch of add-on devices.

Yes. You are at a loss to understand Apple's motivation for an unannounced product.
MS is so much more ahead than Apple in this unannounced product category. Poor Apple, how can they survive?
For your information, I have been waiting for the iPad Pro for about two years. My money and other people's money are waiting to be spent on Apple products, not MS products. I want the best.

 

[dannyyankou]

Why is the iPad Pro rumored to include an NFC chip? Using an iPad Pro for Apple Pay would be even more cumbersome than the smaller iPad sizes. If this rumor is true, hopefully it means Apple is planning to allow developers to access the NFC chip!

Small business could use it as a payment terminal, if Apple decides to open up NFC to developers.

 

[ActionableMango]

Still at a loss as why Apple needs iPad Pro. I mean the tablet market in general has declined and what "professionals" are preferring today are hybrid devices like Surface Pro and detachable laptop touch screens.

There are 7+ billion people in this world and everyone has different needs or preferences. Even among the small subset of the population that are "professionals", whatever that means, there is still going to be millions upon millions of users, with room for hybrid tablet/laptops like the Surface Pro and large tablets like a hypothetical iPad Pro.

There are also plenty of consumers who will simply want a bigger screen. Spend any time in the iPad forums and you will see that people have been clamoring for an even bigger iPad for years.

 

[blackcrayon]

Why is the iPad Pro rumored to include an NFC chip? Using an iPad Pro for Apple Pay would be even more cumbersome than the smaller iPad sizes. If this rumor is true, hopefully it means Apple is planning to allow developers to access the NFC chip!

For reference, the iPad Air 2 has an NFC chip... Part of the secure enclave and used for online Apple Pay. Now if it also has an NFC antenna that would make it a great point of sale device.

Get XCode running on it, and I'm interested. XCode + multitasking might sway me to buy it.

Now you're talking- I see no reason why it couldn't run Xcode now- the processor would be fast enough, the screen would be large enough, and those new cursor movement features in the keyboard would make it more bearable even with touch. It would be a big undertaking to redesign something that complex though (touch targets, etc). But it helps that Apple pretty much got rid of the multiple windows everywhere for Xcode years ago and it's made for full multi-paned screen.

 

[albusseverus]

Blew the chance to go 16:9. More like iPhone, 11"Air and iMac, please.
I wanted the MacBook for the retina screen, but 16:10 is such a "wrong" aspect ratio for me.

 

[blackcrayon]

Blew the chance to go 16:9. More like iPhone, 11"Air and iMac, please.
I wanted the MacBook for the retina screen, but 16:10 is such a "wrong" aspect ratio for me.

4:3 / 3:4 is a much more sensible aspect ratio for a tablet as it's designed for portait (closer to documents) and landscape. 16:9 is ok for a landscape only device... Even Microsoft recognized 16:9 was a bad idea and went some of the opposite way with the 3:2 Surface Pro 3. A long skinny tablet just seems wrong for every type of content except movies.

 

[Gav2k]

I'll take two please!!

 

[Benjamin Frost]

Well I was excited until I got to "264 PPI"

Don't worry.

Samsung will bring one out with 528 PPI, so you can enjoy viewing the 228 wasted PPI.