iPad Pro What are the odds the next iPP will have landscape camera?

[ssledoux]

Just curious what people think the odds are we will get a camera on the iPad pro like the one on the 10th GEN iPad?

Possibly going back to a pro because I need a cellular device anyway and I miss Face ID, but I would wait for the camera position to be changed if it was likely to come out in the next four or five months.

Thoughts?

 

[darngooddesign]

Just curious what people think the odds are we will get a camera on the iPad pro like the one on the 10th GEN iPad?

Possibly going back to a pro because I need a cellular device anyway and I miss Face ID, but I would wait for the camera position to be changed if it was likely to come out in the next four or five months.

Thoughts?

I think the next iPP will have a landscape camera. There will also be a new Pencil with split magnets on either side of the camera.

 

[UltimateSyn]

Spring 2024 iPad Pro will be a huge upgrade. Could go to a landscape-oriented portrait camera.

 

[Greenmeenie]

That would make more sense for an iPad having the camera on the side. Unlike an iPhone, iPads are most used in landscape. I could totally see apple doing this.

 

[ssledoux]

That would make more sense for an iPad having the camera on the side. Unlike an iPhone, iPads are most used in landscape. I could totally see apple doing this.

Since they’ve done it with the base model, I’m thinking it’s coming, but just wondering if anyone knew of rumors or anything.

 

[iPadified]

Very likely. Many people do not use the iPad as SJ demonstrated more than a decade ago. Please, USB-C ports on each short side.

 

[Isengardtom]

With the iPad 10 getting it last year, I’d be very surprised if Apple doesn’t include it in the next Pro

 

[boston04and07]

Very likely. Many people do not use the iPad as SJ demonstrated more than a decade ago. Please, USB-C ports on each short side.

Yes, this! And I’d love it if they could position the ports lower on the sides when the iPad is in landscape mode. I don’t love having wires sticking out of the middle of the device. Although idk if that would interfere with the speakers…

 

[darngooddesign]

Yes, this! And I’d love it if they could position the ports lower on the sides when the iPad is in landscape mode. I don’t love having wires sticking out of the middle of the device. Although idk if that would interfere with the speakers…

I think the port will always be centered, for the speaker reason you mentioned, but if they updated the Smart Connector then the Magic Keyboard's port could be Thunderbolt to match the built in port. Hopefully they would do this by adding pins, but not moving/changing the existing 3 pins, so you could keep using your existing MK if you wanted to, assuming the sizes didn't change.

Of course it would be nice if the next MK allowed the iPad to rotate for portrait orientation.

 

[boston04and07]

I think the port will always be centered, for the speaker reason you mentioned, but if they updated the Smart Connector then the Magic Keyboard's port could be Thunderbolt to match the built in port. Hopefully they would do this by adding pins, but not moving/changing the existing 3 pins, so you could keep using your existing MK if you wanted to, assuming the sizes didn't change.

Of course it would be nice if the next MK allowed the iPad to rotate for portrait orientation.

Yeah, having the Magic Keyboard’s port be a true thunderbolt port would be awesome for docking to a display. It’d be nice to just stick it to a Magic Keyboard that’s already connected to a display without having to manually plug anything in. And it would eliminate the issue of the thunderbolt cable sticking out of the side of the iPad, that bugs me.

Rotation while connected to the keyboard is something I never thought of but that sounds awesome! It’d be really nice for reading PDFs and typing word documents.

 

[darngooddesign]

Yeah, having the Magic Keyboard’s port be a true thunderbolt port would be awesome for docking to a display. It’d be nice to just stick it to a Magic Keyboard that’s already connected to a display without having to manually plug anything in. And it would eliminate the issue of the thunderbolt cable sticking out of the side of the iPad, that bugs me.

Rotation while connected to the keyboard is something I never thought of but that sounds awesome! It’d be really nice for reading PDFs and typing word documents.

They could do it by either rotating part of the magic keyboard or arranging the magnets so you could attach it in either orientation. Of course if they did that then the MK‘s base would need to be even heavier because a portrait iPad Pro raised center of gravity is even more top heavy.