iPad Pro With Thunderbolt and Mini-LED Display Coming 'As Early As April'

[HarryWild]

“Later this year, Apple plans to refresh its cheapest ‌iPad‌, and Apple is also working on a new version of the iPad mini with a larger display.”

Keep on wait...! Ugh!

 

[44267547]

And iPhone still cant get standard USB-C.

I see your point, but how is that relevant what Apple said the iPad is it’s own entity now, it really can’t be compared to the iPhone because it doesn’t have A USB-C charging port.

 

[BornAgainMac]

Will Facetime work in Horizontal mode?

Also about the iPhone and Thunderbolt. I hope someday they will say they have a breakthru product. An iPhone, a Mac Mini, and Holodeck Projection Device. Repeats 3 times. It is not 3 separate products. It is one device.

 

[sammich]

Apple's Mac machines

As opposed the non-Apple Macs, and non-machine Macs.

yes I know I'm a nitpickery bastard but this writing irks me.

 

[BB1970]

I’m buying this iPad. Just not the rumor.
Thunderbolt? Skeptical.

 

[TraceyS/FL]

I was sooooo close to hitting buy on a 12.9 today, thinking - what could they add that I really want??

So back to waiting To upgrade my 2017 version (with a delaminating screen)

 

[Flipfrancis1203]

I’ve been waiting to upgrade my 1st gen iPad Pro 12.9!!

 

[MiniApple]

Does this mean: the iPads will finally have proper screen resolution support/settings if connected to a screen with Thunderbolt/USB-C?

 

[UltimateSyn]

I wonder if they will add more robust external monitor / multiple display support to iPadOS. If they added this as an exclusive feature for the new iPad Pros it would make for a very tempting upgrade... not many other things I can think of that would entice me, but that would be pretty sweet.

 

[TraceyS/FL]

I’m almost 99% positive the release date is April 1st. Not a joke.

A couple placeholder products from Apple had a street date of 4/1 in the inventory system of a major chain

Oh those were the days... hunting for the Sony F-707 camera. Best job ever ❤️

 

[macsareveryinteresting]

I’m ready for the new iPad Pro in April.

 

[RaoulDuke42]

The possible inclusion of Thunderbolt now would imply that iPadOS is about to get a lot better external display support. I'm for it!

 

[Realityck]

Guess we'll see if it this early in the year.

 

[bradman83]

I've often wondered if the M1 and the A14X are essentially the same chip just with different names, and if the iPad Pro gets Thunderbolt that would imply the two might in fact be identical (or at most the A14X might just be a lower clocked version of the M1).

 

[kugino]

decided on an iphone 12 mini so i could get the new ipad mini...hope the ipad mini comes out soon...

 

[jmgregory1]

Hmmm, not sure whether the upgrades are going to sway me away from going M1 MBA as an update from my 2018 iPP 12.9”. I’ll hold off to see what kind of battery life the new 12.9” offers.

 

[TraceyS/FL]

I've often wondered if the M1 and the A14X are essentially the same chip just with different names, and if the iPad Pro gets Thunderbolt that would imply the two might in fact be identical (or at most the A14X might just be a lower clocked version of the M1).

I’ve had the same thoughts. Has to be pretty darn close...

My daughter has the M1 MBP and I love it, I also pondered buying the M1 air today, but then I’d end up with the 12.9’ pro and the M1 Air. Whoops. Going to keep sitting on the credit card for now. I keep things too long to rush in... but I sent the oldest the 2015 mbp sooooo....... 🤣🤣

 

[smulji]

This new 12.9 iPad Pro would make for a difficult decision between it and a newly redesigned 14” M1/M2 MacBook Pro.
I’m not sure which would be more expensive.

Don't look at it that way. Only one decision that matters => Do you much prefer iPadOS or macOS? Once you know that answer then which device to go with is an easy answer.

 

[Yoms]

Presently, support for external display in iPadOS was kinda limited (black stripes).
So is this rumour somehow implying that the limited support was only due because of the nature of the port (USB instead of TB3)?

 

[calstanford]

A f... event for an 11" iPad update that's nothing but a processor swap.

Yea cool. Hm. I guess another two years it'll be for my 2018 model...

 

[smulji]

Presently, support for external display in iPadOS was kinda limited (black stripes).
So is this rumour somehow implying that the limited support was only due because of the nature of the port (USB instead of TB3)?

Thunderbolt support points to macOS coming to the iPad Pro or a very big upgrade to iPadOS 15.

 

[richinaus]

Don't look at it that way. Only one decision that matters => Do you much prefer iPadOS or macOS? Once you know that answer then which device to go with is an easy answer.

Unfortunately [or fortunate whichever way you look at it] neither device replaces the other, and they are designed to work together.
I would say the choice comes down to OS, mobility and use of the pencil if I had to choose.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Figures, after I bought one. I like the one I have, and am not sure what a thunderbolt port would add. *shrug* They seem to be muddying their product line, IMO. Hmm...

 

[jazz1]

I can retire my iMac if the new iPad Pro can drive a 27" Thunderbolt display. A new affordable Apple display announcement would be cherry on top.

Full screen I hope. No aspect ratio black bars on the left and right please!

 

[bscheffel]

Will it duel boot Mac OS? If so instant buy for me

Me too - that is the iPad Pro holy grail. Give it an M1, 8GB RAM and let me bootcamp to Big Sur when I want.