Hypothetical 10.5" iPad Pro

[jerwin]

You do realize that this whole line of argument assumes that the 2723x2048 resolution is somehow sacred. It's not.

 

[MacAgnostic]

Which icons? Because if we are talking about the home screen, that's not really where things are important. Inside an app that's using Autolayout correctly, buttons are the same size as on the Air (same pixel size, same ppi).

Yes those icons. They increased the size by merely 10% but didn't increase the number shown; I wonder why.

 

[MacAgnostic]

You do realize that this whole line of argument assumes that the 2723x2048 resolution is somehow sacred. It's not.

Of course, that's what the hypothesis is about; much like 2048 x 1536 was sacred for the iPad mini.
I think another compelling resolution for a mid-sized (9.7") iPad would be 3072 x 2304 @ 396ppi with 3X assets.
I think the rumored resolution of 3112 x 2334 makes no sense and was made up as an attempt to match the 401 ppi of the iPhone 6 plus.

 

[Krevnik]

Yes those icons. They increased the size by merely 10% but didn't increase the number shown; I wonder why.

Yeah, the home screen is not a good indicator of how the UI is actually being scaled (or not) on this thing. Look at something like Office or 1Password. Note how the UX elements for buttons are the same size, you just get a ton more space.

I think another compelling resolution for a mid-sized (9.7") iPad would be 3072 x 2304 @ 396ppi with 3X assets.

Now this is thinking along the right lines, IMO. That said, I would not expect something like that in the next year or two. The resolution this would be pushing would require hardware that not even the Pro has (yet) in terms of GPU while keeping framerate up.

 

[The Game 161]

seeing as my air 2 is at home device i wouldn't be against a 10.5 iPad. Anything bigger isn't portable enough really for me

 

[baconcow]

OP is an iPad Prophet.

(sorry for the necrobump)

 

[iregret]

OP is an iPad Prophet.

(sorry for the necrobump)

Heck yes he is!