Future iPad Pro tablets could be even bigger than they currently are

We could see laptop-sized tablets

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If you’re buying anAppletablet, theiPad Pro 12.9is the largest slate you can pick up, with a screen that’s 12.9 inches across diagonally (as the name suggests). But it sounds like we could see bigger slates from the company in the coming years.

This comes from a column byBloomberg’s Mark Gurman,  who says “I’m told that Apple has engineers and designers exploring larger iPads that could hit stores a couple of years down the road”. That’s all the information that’s provided, so this news is pretty vague at the moment.

Gurman has a great track record regarding upcoming Apple news,correctly reporting onthe iPad Pro 2021’s M1 chipset and screen changes for example. So it seems they are tuned in with the processes of Apple’s engineers, lending credence to this rumor.

For now, though, there’s no solid information about these upcoming super-sized iPad Pros. We don’t know when they’ll come along, how big they’ll actually be, and if the 11-inch and 12.9-inch versions will both still be sold.

Why use a big-screen iPad Pro?

For some people, a giant iPad Pro might be a curious concept - the current models are just fine for lots of tasks, like watching movies, word processing or responding to email.

But for some tasks, screen space is vital, and even the iPad Pro 12.9 can feel too teensy for these. For example, video editing needs lots of space for the timeline, the file drive, the video window, and lots of settings and options, and on a sub-13-inch display these can look cramped and hard to press accurately.

So perhaps we could see iPads with screens that rival laptops or even smaller monitors, and likely bigger batteries to match. This kind of slate would be useful for a different audience of professionals, and might convince them to stop using laptops for jobs a tablet could handle.

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Tom Bedford was deputy phones editor on TechRadar until late 2022, having worked his way up from staff writer. Though he specialized in phones and tablets, he also took on other tech like electric scooters, smartwatches, fitness, mobile gaming and more. He is based in London, UK and now works for the entertainment site What To Watch.

He graduated in American Literature and Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. Prior to working on TechRadar, he freelanced in tech, gaming and entertainment, and also spent many years working as a mixologist.

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