“Apple is said to be planning a major press event focused on a new iPad Pro later this month,” Don Reisinger reports for Laptop Mag. “And now, some leaked images are shedding light on its rumored design.”
“The renders, which were published online by serial leaker Benjamin Geskin, show an iPad Pro with thin bezels all around,” Reisinger reports. “Most notably, the iPad in the picture doesn’t have a Home button.”
“Apple’s handsets ship with a notch at the top of the screen,” Reisinger reports. “The iPad Pro in the images, however, show a slate that ditches the notch in favor of a simple black bezel all around.”
I look forward to this iPad 🔥 pic.twitter.com/43SRP6NAnw
— Ben Geskin (@BenGeskin) October 11, 2018
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MacDailyNews Take: Die, Home button anachronism, die! Goodbye, hideous notch, too, you inelegant kludge!
iPad Pro X and iPad Pro X Max?
I’m sure the wonderful, beautiful notch is there. I just love it!
It’s still got the kludge, the kludge just goes all the way around 🙂
Think before you click!
No, these aren’t leaked images, these are renders, just like those that have been circulating for some time.
The iPhone X series would look so much better with just a thin black border at the top. The notch was a horrendous design decision.
If this image is indeed a rendering, it’s an example of why the Software Engineering Priesthood should never have released rendering programs to the general public, and why an initiation in religious practices was first instituted.
The notch could be hidden in the black background of that screen image. Apple did that in their photos of the latest iPhones.
The main reason Apple needed the notch was for the earpiece/speaker, not the True Depth camera system. There is no earpiece on iPads, hence no need for a notch.
That is not it as it has a headphone jack – LOL
Meh. It’s not getting me all hot and bothered. However a new properly designed Mac Pro and Mac Mini worth buying might.
Don’t worry. You’ll get a Mac Pro announcement no later than 13 months from now with at least the lowest end variant starting to ship in extremely limited quantities no later than 31 December 2019. It only takes Apples crack team to do in 34+ months what much smaller companies do in under six months, right?
The future of the Mac mini is even murkier.
But don’t be concerned. Tim is right on it. Just look at the latest reports: overall PC sales are up 0.1% according to one of the two major reporting groups. Meanwhile Mac sales are down by over 5%.
Tim’s doing a fantastic job for Mac users! He’s definitely leading the team to produce Macs people want to buy!
(extreme sarcasm strongly put forth here)
Tim Pipeline Cook must have disbanded the MacPro team because he hates pros.
Thanks for the optimistic prognosis!
How much more can Tim & Co. do to hurt the very brand device that is the very foundation of the company? Effectively we have been Mac Orphans as the company rolls in dough and the executives are much too busy counting their stock divesture profits with glee to bother with our expectations – which if met would result in even higher profits for the fruity company. Got enough of the filthy green stuff already it appears.
On the iPad, the notch will rotate with the screen orientation.
How long must I, an iPad 2017 owner, suffer with a Home Button?
No one told me at the time that I was consigning myself to years and years of inferior iPadding experiences…oh, how bitter my tears!
I’ll just console myself by continuing to use it, Home Button and all, for I am not a delicate flower harmed by the evil Button.
Quite frankly, I’ve got an X, love it, but still easily adjust to the home buttons on my iPad Pro and 6 Plus. Good for the synapses…
TAKE MY MONEY, PLEASE!
That could be the rumored iPhone X Mega Max
Thursday, November 9 ???
November 9 fell on Thursday last year 2017.
Since Apple does absolutely nothing arbitrarily, I wonder what the significance is of this particular date.
LOL!!! 🙂
I’m assuming if this is a legit shot that the date on the iPad is it’s release date (11/9). That would lead to a 10/30 or 10/31 event, 11/2 preorder, and 11/9 delivery.