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iPad Pro 2018: Rounded corners on the screen confirmed

Jack Delgado

Jack Delgado

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Assuming that the leaked icons pictured here are indicative of the design languages:

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Zooming in, you can see very intentional blending on the interior corners of the screen in HLSipad2, this blending is not present in HLSipad. Assuming they use vector graphics software to create the originals and then export the originals to these rasterized icons, it would make sense that some blending/antialiasing would happen at this size if the original vector image had a rounded interior.

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HLSipad2

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Could be shadows causing it to look like that. I don't think you can draw any conclusions from not even 10 pixels in an icon.
 
spacebro said:
Could be shadows causing it to look like that. I don't think you can draw any conclusions from not even 10 pixels in an icon.
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Neither of these icons use shadows in their designs, and the fact there is only a few pixels to analyze is the whole point. The important difference is that the interior corners are different from eachother, which would indicate their real-world counterparts are different
 
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Mock all you'd like, I just wanted to point out a clear design decision that the graphic designers have made. Comparing a hand-made graphic to an out-of-focus picture is something we both know isn't the same. This forum is a very specific community so I figured analysis would be welcomed here.
 
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This forum is a very specific community so I figured analysis would be welcomed here.
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I appreciate your effort and analysis on the possibilities of the design of the next gen iPad Pros.

Rounded screen corners? I’m not sure how I’d feel about that, nor do I understand what the benefit of them would be. I guess if it does happen it means Apple wants to streamline their premium products (iPhone X, iPad Pro) and keep them similar.
 
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Jack Delgado said:
Mock all you'd like, I just wanted to point out a clear design decision that the graphic designers have made. Comparing a hand-made graphic to an out-of-focus picture is something we both know isn't the same. This forum is a very specific community so I figured analysis would be welcomed here.
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It is a stupid ICON! Not a indication of design, hard to think we are up to 8 posts in this thread and it embarrasses me that I am two of them!
 
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Holographic 3D 8K display confirmed, I mean look at the pixels!!

JK, but yeah I think the OP is right.
 
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Given all the 2018 iPhones have rounded corners, including the 6.1", it would be weird to see square on the iPad Pro.

Thanks for confirming, OP.
 
Newtons Apple said:
It is a stupid ICON! Not a indication of design, hard to think we are up to 8 posts in this thread and it embarrasses me that I am two of them!
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You are just being rude without bringing any meaningful contribution to the discussion. If you don't like the discussion, nobody forces you to post or read.
Of course rounded corners are confirmed from this icon. Historically Apple has always been very precise with icons and they have ALWAYS predicted new design directions correctly. See the iPhone 10. And that's it. A new iPad is coming. Smaller bezels, rounded corners, no notch and slightly different screen ratio. And when it happens you'll pretend this discussion never happened. Of course we can't be 100% sure until Apple reveals it. But a leak from them is as good as any evidence you can have. Calling the icon stupid and using exclamation marks doesn't make your point more valid.
 
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Jack Delgado said:
Assuming that the leaked icons pictured here are indicative of the design languages:

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Zooming in, you can see very intentional blending on the interior corners of the screen in HLSipad2, this blending is not present in HLSipad. Assuming they use vector graphics software to create the originals and then export the originals to these rasterized icons, it would make sense that some blending/antialiasing would happen at this size if the original vector image had a rounded interior.

Zoomed in, for reference:

HLSipad

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HLSipad2

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I hate to point this out, but your post claims something is “confirmed” while the first word of the first sentence of your post begins with “Assuming that the...”

That what is “confirmed” bears no “assumptions”.

More precisely, what you are doing is “inferring” some things based on a core “assumption”.
 
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I Think it’s obvious the iPad is going to have a slight redesign, especially given now that Face ID is almost guaranteed for the iPad at this point, we probably could expect some type of chassis change with rounded corners.
 
Yes, I’d be surprised if there wasn’t some form of chassis change too. The basic form factor hasn’t changed since the iPad Air 1 (I think), so it’s been the same for 5 years. Implementing round corners to the chassis is an obvious one as this style will fit in with iPhones and IMHO looks better with thin bezels.
 
Relentless Power said:
I Think it’s obvious the iPad is going to have a slight redesign, especially given now that Face ID is almost guaranteed for the iPad at this point, we probably could expect some type of chassis change with rounded corners.
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faceID is almost guaranteed on almost every apple products...(expect the apple watch)
You will see it in the next ipads, next macbooks, next imacs, and for sure in the next 2020 Apple AR glasses.
 
Good find OP! You discovered this before it was definitive.

Pixel peeping paid off !

^^ that post of the side by side multitasking screenshot really confirms it.
 
profets said:
Guilherme Rambo on twitter posted something related to rounded corners. He’s always playing around in the betas and finding interesting tidbits:

https://mobile.twitter.com/_inside/status/1025246285840965633

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"However, a new asset we’ve discovered suggests that the new iPad Pro models will in fact have a display with rounded corners. The asset is a mask used to round the corners of some UI element, and its format is very clearly a rounded rectangle (or squircle). There’s also another similar asset for this year’s entry level iPhone (codenamed N84), which seems to confirm the rumors that all of this year’s iPhones will have a design similar to iPhone X."

https://9to5mac.com/2018/08/03/ios-12-beta-5-ipad-pro-rounded-corners/
 
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Newtons Apple said:
It is a stupid ICON! Not a indication of design, hard to think we are up to 8 posts in this thread and it embarrasses me that I am two of them!
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Well, the icon does indicate a rounded corner; why close your eyes to that fact?
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Freakonomics101 said:
This thread title is misleading. Nothing has been confirmed because nothing about the iPad has been released from Apple. I take rumors with a grain of salt.
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Those iPad glyphs are from the new iOS 12 beta. Intentionally or not, they are released from Apple.
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kristalsoldier said:
I hate to point this out, but your post claims something is “confirmed” while the first word of the first sentence of your post begins with “Assuming that the...”

That what is “confirmed” bears no “assumptions”.

More precisely, what you are doing is “inferring” some things based on a core “assumption”.
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Despite the language used by the OP, either the glyph represents the new 11.0” iPad Pro and we will see rounded display corners, a new aspect ratio and smaller, uniform bezels; or, Apple created the glyph to trick us into this thinking that will be the case.

Personally, I don’t think the glyphs are intended to intentionally mislead us, but I could be wrong.
 
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PickUrPoison said:
Well, the icon does indicate a rounded corner; why close your eyes to that fact?
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Those iPad glyphs are from the new iOS 12 beta. Intentionally or not, they are released from Apple.
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Despite the language used by the OP, either the glyphs represent the new iPad Pro and we will see rounded display corners, a new aspect ratio and smaller, uniform bezels, or Apple created the glyph to trick us into this thinking that will be the case.

Personally, I don’t think the glyphs are intended to intentionally mislead us, but I could be wrong.
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My eyes are wide open, it is the people who think the ICON means something that have closed eyes! It may or may not, I got better things to do. I will get the new iPad and enjoy it no matter what.:p
 
Newtons Apple said:
My eyes are wide open, it is the people who think the ICON means something that have closed eyes! It may or may not, I got better things to do. I will get the new iPad and enjoy it no matter what.:p
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The icon shows that the sharp edge from a 90° angle is gone, replaced by a curve.

There aren’t enough pixels to show the curve clearly, but the colors changes in that area are dispositive.

But you’re right, it will be what it will be. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it either way, it’s going to look amazing!
 
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