{"id":3926,"date":"2023-09-04T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2023\/09\/03\/apple-got-close-to-launching-14-inch-ipad\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T08:00:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T08:00:05","slug":"apple-apparently-got-close-to-launching-a-14-inch-ipad-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.amobil.online\/apple-apparently-got-close-to-launching-a-14-inch-ipad-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Apparently ‘Got Close’ to Launching a 14-Inch iPad This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Apple “got close” to releasing an all-new 14-inch iPad<\/a> model this year, Bloomberg<\/em>‘s Mark Gurman<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n One complication was apparently the transition to OLED displays in the \u200ciPad\u200c lineup, which could invoke considerably higher costs on larger tablet displays. As previously rumored<\/a>, the first iPad Pro<\/a> models are expected to top out at 13 inches when they go on sale in the first half of 2024.<\/p>\n Gurman was first to float the rumor of Apple designers and engineers exploring iPads with bigger screens<\/a> 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<\/a> to be able to supply Apple with OLED displays around 15-inches in size<\/a> suitable for future \u200ciPad\u200c 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<\/a> \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<\/a> for the device, the likes of which are used on the iPad mini<\/a> and iPad Air<\/a>.<\/p>\n In October 2022, The Information<\/em>‘s Wayne Ma reported that Apple was developing a 16-inch iPad<\/a> that it hoped 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. Finally, Young said in December that Apple had shelved its plans<\/a> to launch a 14.1-inch \u200ciPad\u200c.<\/p>\n Despite the tumultuous state of rumors about larger \u200ciPad\u200c models, Apple could still be interested in the prospect of launching such a device in the future. The biggest iPads that have been available since 2018 have been the 11-inch and 12.9-inch \u200c\u200ciPad Pro\u200c. This means that the largest iPads are still smaller than the smallest MacBooks, the M1<\/a> MacBook Air<\/a> and M2<\/a> MacBook Pro, which feature 13.3-inch displays. Since the 12.9-inch \u200c\u200ciPad Pro\u200c\u200c is already in a similar range to the 13.3-inch MacBooks and is rumored to increase to 13-inches next year<\/a>, it seems like just a matter of time before Apple offers a significantly bigger \u200ciPad\u200c model.<\/p>\n
In his most recent<\/a> “Power On” newsletter, Gurman said that Apple has been exploring the concept of an even larger \u200ciPad\u200c since 2021 and almost released a 14-inch model, in what would have been the biggest \u200ciPad\u200c to date, this year. Now, there is apparently no such product in Apple’s imminent product pipeline.<\/p>\n