{"id":186974,"date":"2023-01-15T04:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T04:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/whats-happening-with-apples-even-larger-ipad-models\/"},"modified":"2023-01-15T04:47:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T04:47:02","slug":"whats-happening-with-apples-even-larger-ipad-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/whats-happening-with-apples-even-larger-ipad-models\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Happening With Apple’s Even Larger iPad Models?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Apple has been rumored to be working on iPads with even larger displays since mid-2021, but amid reports of the 14-inch model being cancelled, what is going on with the company’s larger tablet plans?<\/p>\n
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Bloomberg<\/em>‘s Mark Gurman was first to float the rumor of Apple designers and engineers exploring iPads with bigger screens that could further “blur the lines” between a tablet and a laptop. In January 2022, this was followed by the news that multiple suppliers, including BOE and LG, were converting factories to be able to supply Apple with OLED displays around 15-inches in size suitable for future iPad models.<\/p>\n The leaker known as “Majin Bu” then claimed that Apple was working on an \u200ciPad\u200c with a 14.1-inch display and the M2 chip \u2013 a rumor corroborated by oft-accurate display industry analyst Ross Young, who added that the device would have a mini -LED display but no ProMotion for variable refresh rates up to 120Hz. In July last year, he amended his forecast, saying that Apple had switched to an LCD display for the device, the likes of which are used on the iPad mini and iPad Air.<\/p>\n In October, The Information<\/em>‘s Wayne Ma reported that Apple is developing a 16-inch iPad that it hopes to release in the fourth quarter of 2023. The prospective device would have approximately the same screen size as a 16-inch MacBook Pro, providing users with a significantly larger canvas to work with.<\/p>\n Finally, Young said in December that Apple had shelved its plans to launch a 14.1-inch \u200ciPad\u200c. Any larger \u200ciPad\u200c models were also missing from \u200cMark Gurman\u200c’s latest Apple device roadmap for this year, saying that there will be no significant \u200ciPad\u200c hardware updates in 2023.<\/p>\n At least one of the larger \u200ciPad\u200c models that Apple was working on last year was explicitly rumored to not have ProMotion technology, suggesting that it was note<\/em> an iPad Pro model. An LCD display without ProMotion would have put the 14.1-inch \u200ciPad\u200c well below the 12.9-inch \u200ciPad Pro\u200c in terms of specifications, indicating that it would have been more akin to the \u200ciPad Air\u200c. <\/p>\nWhat Sort of Larger iPad Is Apple Envisioning?<\/h2>\n