Could Apple release a 16-inch iPad in 2023?

Apple’s present largest pill is the 12.9 inch iPad Professional, however a 16-inch mannequin would match Apple’s greatest MacBook, the 16-inch MacBook Professional with the M1 Professional or M1 Max chip.

Citing a supply accustomed to the plans, The Data reports {that a} 16-inch iPad would blur the road between the iPad and MacBook. Apple may launch the 16-inch iPad within the fourth quarter of 2023, though the report additionally notes that Apple would possibly change its plans and never proceed with the super-sized mannequin.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman last year reported that Apple was engaged on iPads bigger than the 12.9-inch Professional. Gurman additionally mentioned that, after utilizing the 16-inch MacBook Professional, the 12.9-inch iPad Professional felt cramped, making a 14-inch or 16-inch iPad a horny prospect.

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The newest report would not state whether or not Apple would place the 16-inch pill as an iPad or as a part of its iPad Professional vary. 

Provide chain analyst Ross Younger final 12 months reported that Apple may launch a 14.1-inch iPad (slightly than iPad Professional as a consequence of using common LED as an alternative of dearer miniLED). He predicted a launch within the first quarter of 2023, as 9to5Mac reported at the time. 

As The Verge notes, a bigger iPad may assist iron out a few of the pricing confusion brought on by the brand new Tenth-generation iPad. At $449, the brand new entry-level iPad with an Apple Magic Keyboard Folio ($249) and Apple Pencil ($99) will get fairly near the $999 M1 MacBook Air. That greater value for the 2022 iPad probably explains why Apple continues to be promoting the Ninth-generation iPad at $329.

Apple has already blurred the strains between the iPad and MacBooks with the iPadOS 16 Stage Supervisor multitasking function, which makes it simpler for iPad customers to change apps and overlap home windows on-screen, extra like a desktop. Stage Supervisor can be accessible for MacOS Ventura. This multitasking function might be much more compelling on bigger iPads, which may mirror the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Execs.