Apple is working on a redesigned iPad that would remove the device\u2019s home button in favor of the new Face ID system introduced on the iPhone X. Bloomberg reports that the new iPad, which will feature a display size \u201csimilar\u201d to the 10.5-inch iPad Pro, is likely to be released \u201clater next year.\u201d An improved Apple Pencil is also under development and expected to launch alongside the updated tablet.<\/p>\n
Just as it did for the iPhone, getting rid of the Touch ID home button will allow Apple to trim the iPad\u2019s bottom bezel closer to the device\u2019s edge. This would result in a more immersive screen that fills nearly the entire front of the 2018 iPad. The company reduced the iPad Pro\u2019s side bezels significantly with the 10.5 model that went on sale in June. Bloomberg\u2019s report doesn\u2019t confirm whether or not it would have the iPhone X\u2019s signature \u201cnotch\u201d up top, however.<\/p>\n
Current iPads still use a physical, clicking home button \u2014 and that feels a touch out of date after last year\u2019s iPhone 7 switched to a non-moving button that simulates presses with vibration. Apple did the same thing with the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus this year.<\/p>\n
Apple is unlikely to use OLED for the 2018 iPad lineup and will stick with LCD, according to the report. \u201cTechnical and financial constraints\u201d are preventing the same display technology transition that the top-tier iPhone made this year. Samsung utilizes high-resolution OLED screens both for its Android-based Galaxy tablets and the 12-inch Galaxy Book that runs Windows. But those products don\u2019t sell at nearly the same volume as iPads, so the \u201cconstraint\u201d would likely be whether Samsung can produce enough screens for iPad demand. And if Samsung Display can\u2019t, it\u2019s doubtful that LG or other supplies could.<\/p>\n
Other details about the next-generation iPad remain a mystery. Will it also change to a glass back to allow for wireless charging? Will we finally get an iPad that\u2019s water resistant? (I think I\u2019d value that more than Face ID, personally.) Bloomberg estimates that the launch is about a year out, so we might not see it until fall 2018, and the report warns that Face ID integration could be nixed due to supply issues between now and then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apple is working on a redesigned iPad that would remove the device\u2019s home button in favor of the new Face ID system introduced on the iPhone X. Bloomberg reports that the new iPad, which will feature a display size \u201csimilar\u201d to the 10.5-inch iPad Pro, is likely to be released \u201clater next year.\u201d An improved […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}