The unreleased iPad Pro has many Apple fans excited. According to ValueWalk, leaks indicate that its 305.3 x 220.8 x 7mm dimensions make the device larger than the regular iPad and is rumored to be geared towards businesses.
iPad Pro Has Force Touch Technology
Like the most recent MacBooks and the Apple Watch, the iPad Pro is equipped with Force Touch Technology that enable it to use multiple apps on a single surface. And importantly, the apps can run simultaneously, which would benefit those using the device for businesses who need to multitask. KGI Securities analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo, has called the iPad Pro’s Force Touch “an evolution, rather than revolution.”
iPad Pro May Have Stylus
Using the Force Touch, an iPad Pro user touches the device’s surface with a stylus pen created by the manufacturer, Cheng Uei, that is enabled for BlueTooth. The stylus will be offered separately from the device, the screen of which can obviously be interacted with by hand as with the other iPad models.
The iPad Pro’s use of a stylus is remarkable because Apple is a famously stylus-averse company, Rhiannon Williams of the Telegraph pointed out. In 2007, Steve Jobs said “Who wants a stylus? You have to get them and put them away, you lose them, yuck! Nobody wants a stylus”.
Kuo, who has been called the “best Apple analyst on the planet”, thinks that Apple is including a stylus because of patients for versions of the tool that the tech giant has filed with his own company.
iPad Pro Release Date
In September or October, large-scale manufacturing of the device will likely begin. And, according to Kuo, Apple will make the iPad Pro shipments available in time for holiday season. 5.5 million iPad Pros are predicted to sell before the end of the year. It’s also expected that the device will be released with the new Apple TV and iPhone 6S, the company’s latest in its series of phones.
iPad Pro Look
There is only one known photo of the iPad Pro, a picture of the device’s rear shell taken at a Chinese factory. The low-quality image was posted to the microblogging site Weibo and though its authenticity has not been confirmed by Apple, it looks like faint contours of the Apple logo are at the table’s middle.
Photo Source: MacRumors
