There are fewer and fewer doubts that we will finally see this year a new model of iPad with a much larger screen: 12.9 inches. There is not much agreement yet, however, on what other characteristics could distinguish it from the rest of the family, but the latest estimates are certainly interesting, pointing to a keyboard in the style of the Surface, 4 core processor y more than 128 GB of storage capacity.
Despite the skepticism surrounding the first news about a future iPad Max, analysts are increasingly convinced that this is among the future plans of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), and have recovered to refer to him the concept of iPad Pro, with which speculation began at the beginning of last year after the presentation of the model of the iPad 4 with 128GB of storage capacity. The logic, of course, is that it would be a iPad aimed especially at the professional and educational sectors, but with what other features could it conquer them in addition to a larger screen?
The iPad Pro could be a big leap in technical specifications
Well, from what we are hearing so far, it seems that Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), would seek to conquer these demanding sectors thanks to a leap in Technical specifications with few precedents. We had already heard that these new iPad could arrive with displays with Ultra HD (4K) resolution, and recently there has also been talk of eye control technologies, but now the forecasts of some analysts are also beginning to arrive, predicting a significant improvement in performance (with a new quad-core A8 processor) and storage capacity (with more than 128 GB of memory, still insufficient for professional use). In the end, the main asset in favor of this iPad Pro is that the cost of the processors ARM of the iPad is around 5% of the total, while that of processors Intel of the MacBook Air it is around 20%.
Could the iPad Pro be a hybrid?
Not only could it represent an important evolution compared to the current iPad as to Technical specifications but, according to the same report, we must also expect that the iPad Pro adopt the format of hybrida keyboard in the style of tablets Surface as the main accessory. The truth is that this idea is somewhat implausible when Tim Cook himself scoffed at the presentation of the iPad Air and the iPad miniRetina from the disorientation of manufacturers who did not know whether to make tablets or laptops, but the truth is that there have already been strong rumors about plans to Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), in this direction (And it would not be the first time that those from Cupertino have to "forget" previous statements about certain formats, as we saw with the iPad mini).
Source: macrumors.com