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iPad Pro With Wireless Charging, iPad Air 5, and iPad 10 Reported to Debut in 2022
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Pro iPad with wireless charging would mean glass back. So this could allow Apple to bring colours to iPad Pro. But being a ‘Pro’ device, chances of this happening are less. Maybe it could come in Space Grey and Silver like iPhone X.
yep, they did. And it is great
Apple introduces 10.5-inch iPad Pro, updates 12.9-inch model
Apple introduces powerful new iPads that feature the world’s most advanced display and incredible performance.
www.apple.com
You can just use one of the magnetic USB C port/cable adapters. I have see a few on Amazon.
I wouldn’t assume that wireless charging for an iPad means a Qi-based puck charger. Think more about a MagSafe cord style charger, exactly like the current MBP chargers. As it is today, if you use a Magic Keyboard case with the iPad Pro, and plug in the USB-C power cord to the keyboard, you’re wirelessly charging the iPad because it’s using the Smart Connector for charging. Adding a power receptacle on the edge of the iPad could easily make MagSafe from a MBP charger work.
Go further with this idea and you could have the same MagSafe charger work on iPhones too. Ditch the Qi coil and heat it generates.
How easy it it to remove the iPad from the magic keyboard - can it be done with one hand or do you need to use another hand to hold down the magic keyboard?
Thinking this might be where the current MagSafe puck could have an advantage, in that you can easily pull it off the back of a face-down device, single-handed.
As soon as the 12.9" size debuted I wanted it. I ended up getting the 2nd gen. At some point the size felt cumbersome to me, and I really like FaceID, so I opted for a 2nd Gen 11" Pro. Not even a year later I sold the newer model. The redesign and improvements to iPad Pro didn't keep me. I still have my 12.9" iPad, although I've been leaning towards selling it since iPadOS is hot garbage to me.
The iPad comes off the MK very easily. You just have to lift at an angle up and away from the MK to break the magnet bond. There is no way Apple will use a Qi-style puck charger with the iPad, because it would simply be adding cost and complexity - you’d still need the existing USB-C port and Smart Connector pins for use with a Magic Keyboard. A charging puck wouldn’t be usable for anyone using a MK, which itself already offers wireless (USB-C port-less) charging through the Smart Connector.
Sounds like MagSafe is coming for the Pro? That charging puck would look so small on the back of an iPad.
Yeah maybe something like the charging stand the old webOS TouchPads had?
Bump the iPad Air to the point where the 11" iPad Pro isn't necessary anymore. Like, give the Air the 11" Pro features such that one could look at it as them just dropping the price of the latter and giving it the name of the former. The two already have a ton of overlap (TouchID over FaceID, slightly larger bezels, Thunderbolt, and the refresh rate seem to be the only differences inherent to the two; the SoC gap can eventually narrow to the point of non-existence).
Not interested in an iPad Pro with wireless charging. Especially since Apple could make some tweaks to bump up the initial charging wattage under USB-IF PD 3.0 to as high as 40 watts over the USB Type C connection.
The iPad Pro already has a wireless charger that it magnetically attaches to. It’s called the Magic Keyboard.
I always consider getting one of these, as the Magic Keyboard looks perfect for positioning the tablet for reading. I don’t like the standard iPad folio/Smart Cover for reading use, as I don’t think it holds the heavier iPads very well in an upright position. I guess I’d call it a 120 degree angle.
So I primarily want it as a stand (LOL), but of course the keyboard would be useful at times. But I don’t do too much typing on my iPad (except for here)!
The Magic Keyboard with the iPad Pro is great, I’m typing on it right now. I really like how I can keep the keyboard plugged in to the charger but not the iPad. I used a 90 degree turned USB-C cord so it doesn’t stick out from the MK and then I can just grab the iPad whenever I want for writing, photos, general iPad things. It’s not ideal for every situation because the angle adjustment is finite, but when taken as a whole, the keyboard, trackpad and additional charging port make it great.
I really dont care about slower charging through wireless, I dont even care about wireless charging at all.
What I do care about on my 12.9 M1 iPP is lack of 3.5mm port as well as additional TB port.
Its a pro device that many pro's rely on, so why not revamp the design just like with latest MBP's and making it true work tool.
I would love at least either 3.5mm+USB4 40Gbps or, even better, 3.5mm+2x USB4 40Gbps.
But, I could wait, no plans on changing this bad boy iPP of mine any time soon.
What I do care about on my 12.9 M1 iPP is lack of 3.5mm port as well as additional TB port.
Its a pro device that many pro's rely on, so why not revamp the design just like with latest MBP's and making it true work tool.
I would love at least either 3.5mm+USB4 40Gbps or, even better, 3.5mm+2x USB4 40Gbps.
But, I could wait, no plans on changing this bad boy iPP of mine any time soon.