Roger Fingas
Apple is allegedly working on an iPad Pro measuring around 11 inches, according to a Taiwanese report, which also quashed the idea of any imminent iPhone SE refresh.
The 11-inch Pro — and an updated 12.9-inch model — are likely to launch around Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News said. It's unclear if the site might just be referring to an updated 10.5-inch Pro, but the shipping window would align with an investor memo by Rosenblatt's Jun Zhang, and last year's Pro refresh.
An 11-inch format might make sense, given rumors that Apple plans to remove home buttons on future iPads and move to Face ID, as on the iPhone X. That would enable smaller bezels, and hence more display space.
At the same time, EDN has an unreliable track record on product specifics, and Apple could simply shrink bezels while keeping display size the same.
The site also claimed that Apple won't ship any new iPhones in the first half of the year, which is when an "iPhone SE 2" has sometimes been rumored as shipping. The SE first debuted two years ago, and crammed many features of the then-current iPhone 6s into a smaller 4-inch format.
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I see no reason to have a 11" iPad Pro. The 10.5" and 12.9" sizes are good as it. A 11" version between them seems not worth it. As in silly. You only want your bezel so small, otherwise you have no place to grab only it without your hands all over the screen. I don't see how that's a good thing. I do love my 12.9" iPad Pro I got this last Nov. You think it would be to big to bring around and it's not. Glad I ended up going with the larger one. If it ends up with FaceID, Please, No Notch on it!!!
I'd love to hear Jony Ive say, "We crammed as much stuff as possible into this incredibly thin and light design."
If they're narrowing the bezels of the 10.5" to make it 11", then are they not doing the same for the 12.9" to make it around 14"?
Ugh. I love my SE but I am ready for an upgrade. Even after battery replacement it runs iOS 11 just too sluggishly for my liking. I wish Apple would release this sooner :(
Se2 comes in the fall. Total ofthree phones being worked on for fall