Those volume buttons certainly look strange.. and wtf is that thing in the middle directly below them - a lid unlock slider lol? These clearly cant be final/real images.
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New iPad Pro Renders Depict Angular Chassis and iPhone-Like Antenna Lines
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Those volume buttons certainly look strange.. and wtf is that thing in the middle directly below them - a lid unlock slider lol? These clearly cant be final/real images.
Mark Gurman already confirmed that Face ID will work in both portrait and landscape mode. What I think Apple need to do is add more productivity to the new iPads especially if they are touting these to be computer replacements(which for some they already are).
Since my 2011 MacBook Pro died last week I’m in the market for a new laptop, while I love my iPad Pro 12.9” I simply can’t use it for long term typing (I write a lot) so that leaves me with the 12” MacBook which I like, but if Apple wants people to use iPads to replace their computers then they need to do more, especially for people who are not just the average consumer (what about writers?)
Since my 2011 MacBook Pro died last week I’m in the market for a new laptop, while I love my iPad Pro 12.9” I simply can’t use it for long term typing (I write a lot) so that leaves me with the 12” MacBook which I like, but if Apple wants people to use iPads to replace their computers then they need to do more, especially for people who are not just the average consumer (what about writers?)
I swear, Apple is trying to make their products as annoying to use as possible. Removing the bezels (which act as the iPad's handles), adding a camera bump (makes iPad wobbly on flat surfaces), and removing the headphone jack (makes listening with good headphones exponentially more difficult than it needs to be). WHO on Earth is making these design decisions?!?! WHY is Apple making their products so annoying to use?!?!
Have u tried sliding up on an iPhone X? It feels more natural than the button, and you get used to it within minutes.
There shouldn't be a camera on iPads at all.
Do you use the Apple Smart Keyboard? I love it for typing.
Frankly anyone taking pictures with an iPad needs a slap.
I’ve tried it and I’m just not a big fan, it doesn’t have the same feel as a normal keyboard. I wish they would do a keyboard like the Surface Pro.
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People don’t just use the camera for taking pictures! It’s used for AR apps as well.
I don't mind the bump. Loooooots of people use their iPads as a camera. I'm guessing we see a major spec bump here. And I welcome it. May as well get decent pics out of your iPad if it's your main camera.
Beyond alkxthis I don't know that I've ever seen a tablet not in a case. And cases make any camera protrusion completely moot.
Beyond alkxthis I don't know that I've ever seen a tablet not in a case. And cases make any camera protrusion completely moot.
It looks like a samsung tablet and not like an ipad at all with those sharp edges. I'll pass on this one if this is how it looks.
For a tech website saying its phone 4 style with "chambered" edges has me thinking the people that run MacRumors aren't techies after all.
Serial mobile leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer shared high-resolution renders today, courtesy of tech blog MySmartPrice, that are based on supposed leaked CAD images of Apple's upcoming redesigned iPad Pro.
Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has said Apple is working on two new iPad Pro models that take design cues from the iPhone X, measuring in at 11 and 12.9-inches.
In addition to the thinner bezels, no Home button, and edge-to-edge display of the expected iPad Pro design, the mocked-up renders depict a device with an angular chassis boasting iPhone 4-style chamfered edges, rather than the rounded chassis of the current-generation tablet.
In another seeming nod to Apple's evolving iPhone handset design, the device is shown with separate antenna strips along the top and bottom edges of the chassis, instead of the single continuous antenna lines on either side of the existing cellular models.
Elsewhere, a closer look reveals a distinct lack of headphone jack, two rows of speaker vents on either side of the Lightning port - similar to the alleged CAD images leaked last month - and two microphone ports located above the TrueDepth camera embedded in the bezel.
Also like the CAD image before it, a Smart Connector is positioned on the back of the device directly above the Lightning port, instead of the landscape orientation on current iPad Pro models.
MySmartPrice claims the positioning is related to the limitations of Face ID in landscape orientation, however well-connected Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman has said horizontal Face ID support is a feature in the upcoming iPad Pro models, which are expected to be announced this month.
The legitimacy of the additional details in the renders - and the alleged leaked CAD images they are supposedly based on - have yet to be confirmed, but Apple's scheduled media event on September 12 should reveal all.
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The 4's didnt have Chambered sides the 5 did.
The five was an evolution of the 4 style obviously.
That being said I hope the next years iPhones return to the iPhone 4/5 style. While I prefer the 4 style WITHOUT chambered edges technology has evolved so much that it would be clean with no glass extension like the 4's had. The 5's almost where even with the chambered edges but still had a little gap where the glass was over the frame.
Iphone 4 style with flush glass front and back would be beautiful.
Looking forward to this IPad Pro “Mock”. Hopefully being wholly theoretical and virtual it should be cheaper and considerably lighter than the current models? I have already ordered one in Gullible Red.
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Been using it for a while now on my iPad on the iOS 12 public beta and not really a fan.
I just can't see Apple doing an iPad with the smart keyboard only working in portrait mode that would be very silly, no one wants to type with their iPad in portrait mode, imagine show stupid that would be with the 12.9"
Apple need to do something about the Surface Pro line up, they have nothing that is really competition, while the iPad Pro is a great device it simply can't do full desktop apps/work. I love the Mac and will still own one (i may buy a new iMac) but the Surface Pro is also calling me which could end up replacing my iPad Pro, and this is coming from an Apple fan