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iPad Pro With Face ID Will 'Likely' Debut at WWDC 2018 in Early June

If mini I buy one plus a pro!

No mini no buy. Your decision Apple.

I need a good device for my mavic drone, it starts to be crowded up there and I love to see where I go.
 
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Chupa Chupa said:
The notch on my X doesn't bother me. I think it would on an iPad.



Unfortunately true. At least with the 1st gen in the X. Maybe Apple has "fixed" it for iPad. IMHO I think that is a must. I rarely hold my 12.9 in portrait. It's too top heavy that way. I'll look at it on a table in portrait, but when I hold it it's horizontal.

Guess people don't talk about FaceID not working in landscape because most people do usually hold their iPhone in portrait. The only time I view my iPhone in landscape is when I'm watching a video.
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Think the other scenario where it was an annoyance was when using as a Sat Nav?
[doublepost=1520444239][/doublepost]No notch and a bezel please. Although it would need to be special to make me drop my 10.5" Pro 512GB
 
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Being the 2017 iPad Pro’s debuted at WWDC 2017, this rumor could be accurate with a year later with the iPad being updated again. If not, then I would suspect perhaps fall we would see this iPad with the notchless design. More than anything, I’m curious to see how Face ID operates in landscape.
 
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I’ll wait a few years before upgrading anymore Apple hardware. Not much is changing hardware wise, do something big with software Apple!
 
DNichter said:
Ah, now this is news I can get behind. I am looking forward to this update. No more large bezels and pointless home button.
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And without the home button and less belzels Apple could either add more screen or reduce the overall size of the iPad Pro, that would be interesting for the 12.9”
 
Time to expect the notch defence comments, saying that the iPads will have the notch for consistency, because it’s iconic, and whatever other ridiculous reason you can think of to unnecessarily have a display cutout.
 
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Dave245 said:
And without the home button and less belzels Apple could either add more screen or reduce the overall size of the iPad Pro, that would be interesting for the 12.9”
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Will Apple put in a smaller battery then? I don't want that to happen.
 
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PastaPrimav said:
1. Notch isn't necessary to accomplish this on iPad, that should be common sense. But getting it working in landscape is.
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Ooh. I know this one.

Two notches.

What did I win?

NukeDuke said:
I'm not sure that no bezels is ideal on the larger iPads. it will make holding the device quite tricky with your hands touching the side of the screen etc....
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Tricky? I think the word you're looking for is "impossible". They weigh entirely too much to carry them safely by the edges. A bezel-free design on an iPad is pretty much an epic fail all around, even without a notch. A notch would just be the final nail in the coffin.
 
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Dave245 said:
And without the home button and less belzels Apple could either add more screen or reduce the overall size of the iPad Pro, that would be interesting for the 12.9”
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We’ll see a screen increase on both with the 12.9” receiving a smaller overall form factor. It’s possible that the form factor could remain the same with an even larger screen but I’m not convinced that will happen for a number of reasons.
 
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TMRJIJ said:
Does FaceID not work in landscape? I never heard anyone really talk about this and just assumed it didn’t work.
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It doesn't work when the phone is held in landscape orientation. And apart from the image the sensors read being turned by 90º (which in itself means the system needs store more possible matches), the viewing and projecting angles are a bit different. The system in portrait mode is slightly down-angled. For landscape orientation to work, it would need to be slightly angled to one side (depending on whether the module is on the right or the left). Basically means, for it to work, it would need to have a wider projection and viewing angle. Also the IR projection will illuminate your face from a slight right or left position which creates different shadows.

What does work, is unlocking the phone while both it and myself are landscape orientation.
 
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mkldev said:
Tricky? I think the word you're looking for is "impossible". They weigh entirely too much to carry them safely by the edges. A bezel-free design on an iPad is pretty much an epic fail all around, even without a notch. A notch would just be the final nail in the coffin.
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That’s why there is palm rejection on the iPad’s and it works very well, the same would be applied to a reduced or no bezel iPad.
 
The notch on the iPhone X is bad enough, but a notch on an iPad, one of whose core functions is to watch movies and shows, would be an even worse decision. Fattening one of the bezels would be far superior until Apple figures out how to move it all under the screen.

Also, I assume the Face ID on the iPad will work whether holding it in landscape or portrait? If not, that's another big fail.
 
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Dave245 said:
That’s why there is palm rejection on the iPad’s and it works very well, the same would be applied to a reduced or no bezel iPad.
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Palm rejection works okay. Regardless, what is the point of more screen if you fully expect to be blocking more of it with your palms? Yeah there are times I'm using the iPad propped up (not in hand), but I still hold it a fair amount too.

Honestly the bezels on my 10.5 are too thin as is. It is actually really hard to use apps/games that make use of dragging things because it's too easy to accidentally drag off the side of the device. The edge of the screen is just too close to the physical edge to utilize dragging. So even less bezel would increase this dead zone of screen real estate. What is the point of more screen if I can't use it properly?
 
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barkomatic said:
The notch on the iPhone X is bad enough, but a notch on an iPad, one of whose core functions is to watch movies and shows, would be an even worse decision. Fattening one of the bezels would be far superior until Apple figures out how to move it all under the screen.

Also, I assume the Face ID on the iPad will work whether holding it in landscape or portrait? If not, that's another big fail.
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Why Apple keeps adding bad features and removing good features from their product lines?
 
Dear Notch,
U.G.L.Y you ain't got no alibi
You ugly! Ey! Hey! You ugly
U.G.L.Y you ain't got no alibi
You ugly! Ey! Hey! You ugly
U.G.L.Y you ain't got no alibi
You ugly! Ey! Hey! You ugly
U.G.L.Y you ain't got no alibi
You ugly! Ey! Hey! You ugly
 
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