“Apple Inc., which has seen stagnating iPad sales, will delay the start of manufacturing for a larger-screened version of the tablet, people with knowledge of the matter said,” Tim Culpan and Tim Higgins report for Bloomberg.
“Production of the 12.9-inch-screen iPad is now scheduled to start around September because of delays involving the supply of display panels, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the details aren’t public,” Culpan and Higgins report. “Apple had initially planned to begin making the larger version this quarter, people familiar those plans had said.”
Culpan and Higgins report, “A new big-screen tablet is part of Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook’s effort to reinvigorate the iPad product line, where sales have declined for four straight quarters.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Crap. Our wait for the iPad Pro (MaxiPad™) continues.
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In other words there was never one planned for launch. And now the analysts are backpedalling.
No, there is a larger iPad in the works. The problem currently is with the yields on the 12.9-inch multi-touch display panels.
This is excuse. Would would be there all of sudden yield issues? Apple will announce Retina Macbook Air 12-13″, by the way. There will be no panel yield excused for that in analyst’s notes to investors since Macbook Air is real thing and it definitely scheduled for release, unlike bigger iPad about which analysts in reality knew nothing.
Besides, Apple usually uses three panel manufacturers simultaneously even for screens of the same size and characteristics. So even if one of the manufacturers does have yield issues, it is not significant.
Of course, I am not saying that there will not be iPad Pro/Maxi, it may be will (or may be will not). I am saying that analysts and media have lied.
I ran your post through Google Translate 3 times and I still can’t figure out what you are saying. Could you post in your native language so that the translations work better?
I was tired, so my languages was especially sloppy; sorry. MDN comment system does not allow edits, so it is not possible to fix.
*language
Apparently, I am still tired. ;)))
Guess I’ll just spend my iPad pro money on a few extra Apple Watch bands…
A 17 inch iPad? When?
The twelfth of never.
I wonder if these will gave the same number of pixels or will they maintain the same DPI as the current iPad Air?
As the analyst, they know more about the maxipad than Tim Cook.
Don’t really give a flying rats’ …. Where’s me bleeding watch already! Just kidding, I can wait, but just bearly.
Go Apple!
I suspect there is more to these bigger screens than just size. I really doubt that Apples touchscreen manufacturers would have problems making them larger. There is some other related technology involved. But I’ll never tell; even if you pressure me.
A significant update to the iPad version of iOS would probably help sales too.
Baseless pretend news
Interested in a larger form tablet, but would like something with access to the file system like in OS X.
Don’t bother waiting. Apple has made it clear that iOS isn’t ever going to give user the control that he needs. Stick with Mac OS X. Preferably 10.6.8, which is by far the most stable release.
If I predict something’s not going to happen (that was unlikely to happen anyway) and give whatever reason for it, I not only gain cred as a pundit when it doesn’t happen, but my hypothesis also takes on a life of its own. What a great racket!
So lessee, uhhh… …these stories just out:
Apple’s plans to acquire Toyota have been delayed. Analysts claim either dollar/yen exchange rate fluctuations or Jonny Ives’ disdain for the styling of the Scion are behind the non-move.
Apple and IBM’s planned enterprise-focused MainPhone has run into unexpected setbacks and may not see the light of day, unless, say deep insiders with highly confidential knowledge of the issues, Siri and Watson can be coaxed to focus on something other than each other’s ports and firmware respectively.
🙂
Some hedge funds are obviously short Apple inc. and are trying desperately to depress the stock.
Apple is ALWAYS “delaying” stuff it never announced. That TV has been delayed for YEARS! And if we don’t see the Apple Car by next year, that’s yet another delay. Delay Delay Delay… Does Apple actually get anything done? 😉
I honestly think that Apple are getting desperate now.
Smiles.
Delay an unannounced product?
Whatever.