“Apple is expected to launch a slew of new iPads in the coming weeks, and it’s all going down at what may be the first press conference to be held at Apple’s shiny new Apple Campus headquarters,” Chris Smith reports for BGR.
“A new report indicates that Apple is about to unveil four new iPad models, and all of them will get the “Pro” moniker, even the brand new iPad mini,” Smith reports. “Greek site TechValue says it’s able to confirm that four new iPad models are coming, including the iPad Pro 2 in 9.7-inch and 12.9-inch flavors, a 10.5-inch iPad Pro, and a brand new iPad mini Pro.”
Smith reports, “With the 10.5-inch iPad Pro, Apple will introduce a new iPad size in its lineup. The 9.7-inch and 12.9-inch versions will also be upgraded.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: We’ll see if this ‘iPad mini Pro’ rumor pans out.
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Being able to use a pen may entice me to get one. For me the iPad has had limited utility. The Apple Pencil may be what I need to use for data entry.
The mini Pro is the one I’ve been waiting for.😊
A 12.9 inch iPad Pro running Mac OS please. Coupled with a detachable keyboard this would make a great replacement for the MacBook Airs.
What you just described is Microsoft Surface Pro. This is what Apple should’ve created years ago. Now they won’t and we’re left asking “why not?”. It’s what I desperately want. I returned my MacBook Pro and just got an iPad Pro but it’s lacking.
I agree. More and more I see Microsoft tablet products in use in professional offices and in-home service quotes. Cook has mismanaged the iPad opportunity, just as he has been outflanked on home-kit and television and automobiles.
That’s nice, but if a full-sized iPad pro is too small to get the job done, I don’t see how this is going to help. As a 21st century Newton, sure, as a Mac replacement, uh-uh. It would be equally simple, and probably smarter, to make the pencil work with a broader range of existing devices. Can’t say I’m exactly jumping up and down, here.
Pro = pencil?
What on earth is the pint of having a 10.5 AND a 9.7 inch model, even if they share the same outer shell?
In order to make the older iPad the lower cost introduction model
I’m seriously looking at Microsoft Surface Pro. iPad Pro isn’t cutting it.
Looked at Surface. Looked away- vomited. Cheap, ugly POS running Windows. Not. An. Alternative. Best solution is full Mac with trackpad or iPad, each pencil- compatible.
Iteration instead of innovation. Apple has become Microsoft during the Ballmer Era. We all know how that worked out.
When Apple uses the “Pro” designation, it’s code for + $100, with no professional features!
Just rename the company to Apple Pro already.