New iPad Pro Rumored to Feature Thinner Bezels Than Previous Models

[MacRumors]

The next-generation iPad Pro models will feature thinner bezels around the screen compared to previous models, according to a rumor shared today by a previously-accurate leaker known as "Instant Digital" on Chinese social media platform Weibo.

The leaker claimed that the next 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models will have 7.12mm and 7.08mm bezels, respectively, when excluding the metal edges of the devices. If these measurements are accurate, the bezels would be around 10% to 15% thinner than on previous iPad Pro models released between 2018 and 2022.

Other key new features rumored for the next iPad Pro models include Apple's latest M3 chip, a thinner enclosure, a landscape front camera, rear camera design tweaks, and potentially MagSafe wireless charging. New accessories are also expected, including an updated Magic Keyboard with a partly-aluminum enclosure and an updated Apple Pencil.

"Instant Digital" has a mostly-accurate track record with Apple rumors over the past year. The account was correct about frosted rear glass on the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, the yellow color option for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, and more, but it incorrectly said the iPad Air would receive a hardware update last year.

The new iPad Pro models should be announced in late March or early April, according to Ross Young, CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants. Tuesday, March 26 has been specifically rumored as a potential iPad Pro announcement date.

Apple is also expected to update the 10.9-inch iPad Air, and release an all-new 12.9-inch iPad Air.

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[MayaUser]

from one point...going thinner everywhere makes the device too fragile

 

[Kylo83]

nice, thinner bezels is always better

 

[Schtibbie]

When future data archeologists dig up all this stuff about bezels that we apparently constantly obsessed over, they will nod knowingly to each other and will understand even better our downfall.

 

[swiftapplefan]

Wow everyone is really milking these new iPads, can't say I'm not excited though

 

[oofio2461]

all of this, just to run ipados. a joke of an os.

 

[koelsh]

Please stop doing this. My M1 11 is difficult enough to hold as it is without touching things on screen.

 

[ps3zocker]

That's nice if you use it with the Magic Keyboard but you still need to hold it in your hands. I think the bezel is already thin enough and no matter how good their unwanted touch detection is, I don't want to touch the screen while holding it.

 

[kylelerner]

I wonder, if next year, the screen will melt into your hand. “LHD” (Liquid Hand Display).



I’ll see myself out

 

[vegetassj4]

Just put the bezels on the back, then it will be bezelless from the front.

Jeez Apple, do I have to solve everything for you?

 

[Mailia]

I hope they announce this on a live stream and Phil Schiller comes out to say "Can't innovate anymore, my ass" again.

 

[Joe Rossignol]

Shocker

I get it might sound like an obvious/familiar/repetitive rumor, but the iPad Pro bezels haven't really changed in 6 years… that's a long time.

 

[BradLA]

God this next generation of iPads needs to be released yesterday already. No updates since 2022, the rumors have been going on for far too long.

Everyone's waiting with bated breath but then the majority of MacRumors will undoubtedly be disappointed by the final product ("128gb of storage?! It's 2024!!" "No RAM increase?!" "NOT worth the upgrade from my 2022 model!!"). Followed up with "Tim CROOK has ruined Apple, Steve would NEVER allow this!" and then the "Bye Bye, I'm leaving Apple" posts.

Can we PLEASE just get this over with?! I really thought these were coming out the week the new MacBook Airs did.

 

[Fuzzball84]

It's nice to have thin bezels... but I think it gets to a point where they are thin enough. Otherwise when you're holding it... your hand is covering part f the display etc. This isn't an issue for accidental inputs, as the software easily detects and prevents this... it's the obscuring of the display by your hand. This is more so for the smaller iPads where you're much more likely to be holding them. Not as much an issue for the larger iPad Pro,,, as it's just plain uncomfortable to hold with a hand for any length of time.

On the design... Its already thin enough... Id rather they focussed on reducing weight at the same size whilst making the device more rugged. Surely they can reinforce the internal structure rather than shaving a few mm off its thickness.

 

[Mantahoe]

Yeah, at this point I’m convinced these “rumors” are just promos. Apple is in bed with with most of these blogs and “leakers”. Can’t believe it took me this long to realize.

 

[erikkfi]

But then where are my thumbs supposed to rest?

 

[Fuzzball84]

With regards to the new Magic Keyboard for iPad... I have the original and whilst I love it, and its held up well (though Ive been extremely careful with it)... I think Id rather have a hard plastic finish... or a magnesium alloy like the surface tablets... rather than an aluminium MacBook finish.

I just never felt that comfortable with the aluminium finish for the palm rests on MacBooks and other devices.. there is just something I don't like about it. Id rather have something in between the aluminium and fluororelastomer. Something more solid but not too cold to the touch.... as remember the keyboard is not going to warm up except from your hands as the iPad will be up top.

 

[koelsh]

I get it might sound like an obvious/familiar/repetitive rumor, but the iPad Pro bezels haven't really changed in 6 years… that's a long time.

At what point can we say a design is complete? That making something thinner is just doing so for the sake of doing so.

 

[Fuzzball84]

God this next generation of iPads needs to be released yesterday already. No updates since 2022, the rumors have been going on for far too long.

Everyone's waiting with bated breath but then the majority of MacRumors will undoubtedly be disappointed by the final product ("128gb of storage?! It's 2024!!" "No RAM increase?!" "NOT worth the upgrade from my 2022 model!!"). Followed up with "Tim CROOK has ruined Apple, Steve would NEVER allow this!" and then the "Bye Bye, I'm leaving Apple" posts.

Can we PLEASE just get this over with?! I really thought these were coming out the week the new MacBook Airs did.

To be honest I don't think much will change... new iPads will release and their use case will be exactly the same. I think like iPhones... they have plateaued (ever since the Pro in 2018 and Air in 2020 and release of Magic Keyboard for iPad).

I doubt people will upgrade specifically for new design or features... it will be just because an upgrade is due (battery wear etc)... and even then you can have battery replaced.. or because the new Magic Keyboard is better.

I think a lot of people could be sad if the new Magic Keyboard is incompatible with the older iPads... especially if thats the only thing they are really interested in. If the new iPad Magic Keyboard is only compatible with the thinner Pros... well that would be a shame as Im sure Apple could easily make a spacer (magnetically attached, with power passthrough) to allow a new design to accommodate the new iPad and older iPad Pros.

 

[goobot]

Can they release these things already

 

[Darth Tulhu]

I'm cool with thinner bezels, all the way to no bezels at all.

They're already thinner than my fingers, so as long as the software works just as good as it does now then I'm good too.

 

[gijsmans]

Going from 8 to 7 mm. 🙃

 

[msinn2]

all of this, just to run ipados. a joke of an os.

At least it is a joke. Not like Windows, which is a bad joke. 😉

 

[cjkastoun]

I can barely hold my current iPadPro M1 without touching the screen itself. Even thinner makes it just impossible to use hand-held.

 

[BanjoDudeAhoy]

That's nice if you use it with the Magic Keyboard but you still need to hold it in your hands. I think the bezel is already thin enough and no matter how good their unwanted touch detection is, I don't want to touch the screen while holding it.

This right here.
Up until recently, I had a 2018 12.9" and while a great device, when holding it in one hand and tapping on it with the other, the bezels were, dare I say, uncomfortably small already. It's fine on something like the iPad Air or mini, because they weigh less.
Not that the iPad Pro is heavy, but when holding it by the bezel, it's noticeable.

But hey, like Christmas and Easter, the complaints about bezels are apparently a tradition now 🤷‍♂️