New (hopefully 2018) redesigned iPad screen specs...

[augustya]

So far the biggest hurdle for Apple is to make OLED Panels for iPad in such a big quantity and now on top of that it also has t make sure that it support 120Hz Promotion. Well thats gonna be a couple of years from now !

 

[Falhófnir]

Ew, gross! Jk.... no but really my biggest issue with the iPad right now is the home button, I want a non-home button iPad so I have one less thing to worry about breaking... knock on wood, lol.

You know you can use an iPad fully without ever touching the home button right? And you can even use Touch ID without having to actually press it...

So far the biggest hurdle for Apple is to make OLED Panels for iPad in such a big quantity and now on top of that it also has t make sure that it support 120Hz Promotion. Well thats gonna be a couple of years from now !

Another thing is that pentile pixel patterns (by far and away the most common type of oled panel) would look absolutely awful at current iPad pixel densities, so you’re talking a big increase in resolution to up the pixel density to a high enough level, or else making a custom rgb stripe panel...

 

[HarryWild]

Bezel free and much higher screen resolution to at least HD quality which is around 410 ppi. Still waiting for a new Mini to be release!

 

[Precursor]

I'd be over the moon if they could keep the 12.9" screen size, and shrink the bezels to iPhone X style (with FaceID of course)

 

[Kal-037]

You know you can use an iPad fully without ever touching the home button right? And you can even use Touch ID without having to actually press it...

I know, I’m not 5 years old mate... jk with you.
Really though, all I use is gestures and have been since iPad Air 2. But my issue is at that point... what is the reason they couldn't have just used a haptic home button an slimmer bezels for the 12.9” too?
Sure, I wouldn’t mind FaceID... but screw it, just have a small bottom chin or top and bottom that have just slightly bigger bezels (but with a smaller haptic finger print scanner down below) and make the rest of the iPad all screen... problem almost solved, until 2019 or 2020.
Really though why didn’t they at least just give the iPads the d**n iPhone 7 haptic home button? Makes no sense.

Another thing is that pentile pixel patterns (by far and away the most common type of oled panel) would look absolutely awful at current iPad pixel densities, so you’re talking a big increase in resolution to up the pixel density to a high enough level, or else making a custom rgb stripe panel...

I was originally against OLED, but now I want it as it’s really maturing and since LCD has issues with backlight bleeding, color wash out, less brightness, and energy efficiency, (at least less so than OLED can achieve) It’s that darn 120hz that’s a taking too long. Luckily OLED TVs of 2018 should have it.
I also think maybe Apple should try using LG as their supplier for OLED screens too. I honestly feel Samsung is not the only good panel maker... they rock at LCD and their own phone OLED, but their other products pale, so maybe give LG a shot? I dunno. Lol


Kallum.
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Bezel free and much higher screen resolution to at least HD quality which is around 410 ppi. Still waiting for a new Mini to be release!

Apple could increase the pixels, but it really wouldn’t do much, they can hit the 4K mark, but it’d cost more and I already think a $699 base model for smaller iPad is too expensive (not to mention the $1300 big iPad.)

 

[kiranmk2]

I can see an Iphone X-like iPad Pro this year. FaceID in landscape should be fairly easy to figure out and the almost bezel-free design would give Jony the slab of glass design he is clearly building towards. I wonder if a redesigned keyboard cover could give a clever way to securely hold it in tablet mode without the lack of bezels causing issue (and increase the sales of keyboard covers). OLED has been capable of 120 Hz for ages - on TVs it's just the interfaces that have held it back - HDMI 2.1 is needed to support it so even this year, TVs are only rated at 120 Hz from internal apps, rather than HDMI. As we've seen before, Apple is willing to design around poor standards (with the 5K iMac display controller). However, I don't see OLED coming as iPads are at much higher risk of burn-in than phones (same as laptops). I'm sure Apple will be watching the new Asus OLED 4K monitor to see how that performs over time in the real world.

I'm quite intregued by the A11X that I would assume an update would get. From many accounts, while the A11 CPU is much faster than the A10X CPU, the 1st Gen Apple-designed GPU is fairly sluggish compared to the PowerVR PGU in the 10X so I wonder if that will actually be gating the release of a new iPad.

 

[Kal-037]

I can see an Iphone X-like iPad Pro this year. FaceID in landscape should be fairly easy to figure out and the almost bezel-free design would give Jony the slab of glass design he is clearly building towards. I wonder if a redesigned keyboard cover could give a clever way to securely hold it in tablet mode without the lack of bezels causing issue (and increase the sales of keyboard covers). OLED has been capable of 120 Hz for ages - on TVs it's just the interfaces that have held it back - HDMI 2.1 is needed to support it so even this year, TVs are only rated at 120 Hz from internal apps, rather than HDMI. As we've seen before, Apple is willing to design around poor standards (with the 5K iMac display controller). However, I don't see OLED coming as iPads are at much higher risk of burn-in than phones (same as laptops). I'm sure Apple will be watching the new Asus OLED 4K monitor to see how that performs over time in the real world.

I'm quite intregued by the A11X that I would assume an update would get. From many accounts, while the A11 CPU is much faster than the A10X CPU, the 1st Gen Apple-designed GPU is fairly sluggish compared to the PowerVR PGU in the 10X so I wonder if that will actually be gating the release of a new iPad.

Agreed, but OLED (while preferable,) is still too expensive and in short supply. I already paid $1000+ on my current iPad, but if Apple for some crazy reason did OLED... the price would start out at like $1300 (at-least.)


Also, the benchmarks and power of the A11 and A10X actually aren’t very far apart, only about 200-300 points away, (the A10X out did A10 by 600+ points single score and 4000+ in multicore.) So with that in mind, I’m really curious to see how beefed up the A11X will be.
If Apple can properly get the 7nm Octa-core processor... they will achieve in having a processor that isn’t just comparable (like the A10X/A11,) but can out perform many higher-end i7 or i5 processors.

But really Apple, please just do the new design, get me my bezel-less ipad with less footprint, more RAM, Super Retina,

 

[AutisticGuy]

Agreed, but OLED (while preferable,) is still too expensive and in short supply. I already paid $1000+ on my current iPad, but if Apple for some crazy reason did OLED... the price would start out at like $1300 (at-least.)


Also, the benchmarks and power of the A11 and A10X actually aren’t very far apart, only about 200-300 points away, (the A10X out did A10 by 600+ points single score and 4000+ in multicore.) So with that in mind, I’m really curious to see how beefed up the A11X will be.
If Apple can properly get the 7nm Octa-core processor... they will achieve in having a processor that isn’t just comparable (like the A10X/A11,) but can out perform many higher-end i7 or i5 processors.

But really Apple, please just do the new design, get me my bezel-less ipad with less footprint, more RAM, Super Retina,

I love how each A processor iteration improves performance, but I always look forward to improvements in battery life more. I hope the A11X is significantly more power efficient, and not just because they shrink the microarchitecture. Hopefully they'll make the chip "smarter" so that it does increasingly complicated tasks using the low power cores, and without much/any performance decrease.

 

[Greenmeenie]

I would love to see Apple shrink the bezel all the way around on the 10.5" & 12.9" while increasing the screen size so so they'll be the same size as current ipad pros but with 11.9" and 13.9" screens. Cause If they keep the same physical tablet size that way they can still use the current size smartcovers.

In a perfect world, i would also like to see Apple announce a bezel-less ipad mini alongside the 10.5" that can use the Apple pencil. Not expecting it, but thats what i'd like to see. Boo-Yah!

 

[kazmac]

As far as design, I'd like a little less bezel on 12.9" myself. I will not be upgrading for awhile though, one thing I do hope is regardless of whether or not the next iPad Pros get Face ID, is that the prices do not spike again.

 

[EssModelsRule]

I want a new mini with the same overall size but bigger screen and reduced bezels. If that doesn’t happen, then I guess I’d want the base 9.7” to get reduced bezels and a laminated screen for an overall smaller device. And gen 2 Touch ID either way. I’m not really interested in the Pros but agree the 10.5 needs to keep a size that’s compatible with a full-size keyboard.

 

[Kal-037]

My theories (random wishes) on what Apple will maybe actually do with iPad line-up this year...


1.) Upgrade screen design for 12.9” only since someone only saw “modern iPad” not plural in the code. And because Apple hasn’t updated the design of the 12.9” for more than 2 years.
(They’ll keep the 10.5”I imagine since they just redesigned it. I’m hoping that modern iPad will be the 12.9” with redesign, then come fall or next spring they’ll update the 10.5”.)

2.) Upgrade screen size/design of 10.5” (unlikely IMO) but that may be the “modern iPad.


3.) Surprise everyone with an updated mini that is the exact footprint size but increased screen with reduced bezels and Pro features. (Or they’ll announce in a press release that the mini is no longer going to be made.)


4.) Do nothing with the Pros until October or next year and only upgrade the regular 2017 iPad.


OR something completely new, random, and very unlikely...

5.) A new iPad size and name like iPad X or something fancy. The size is a 13.3” iPad with the new design and give a more laptop sized screen (like 16:10 or new aspect ratio)


In all reality though, I just want them to do what the rumors have been proposing... an iPhone X type iPad for reals, (THIS YEAR, not next.)



Kallum.