Apple iPad Pro with 10.9-inch bezelless display to launch in March 2017: Report

Apple iPad Pro with 10.9-inch bezelless display to launch in March 2017: Report
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Apple iPad Pro with 10.9-inch display might feature edge-to-edge display and drop the Home button

Apple is working on three new iPad Pro models for 2017, slated to launch in March. The three models include refreshed versions of 9.7-inch and 12-9-inch variants along with a new bezelless 10.9-inch model.

Apple's 10.9-inch iPad Pro will bezel-free design will physically be as big as the 9.7-inch iPad Pro, reports MacRumors. MacRumors quotes Barclays Research analysts as the source for the latest leak. The device is likely to feature an edge-to-edge display and might skip the Home Button.

Earlier noted Apple analyst at KGI Securities, Ming-Chi Kuo said Apple will launch a new iPad with 10.5-inch display while Japanese website Macotakara claimed the third iPad will sport a 10.1-inch display. The multiple rumours have confirmed Apple working on a 10-inch iPad Pro but the exact display size is yet to be known.

Barclays says Apple's iPad Pro with 9.7-inch display will serve as the new low-cost model alongside the 7.9-inch iPad mini. MacRumors reports Apple won't be refreshing the smaller iPad mini and will continue producing iPad mini 4 launched in September 2015.

Meanwhile the 12.9-inch iPad Pro is reported to get the True Tone display with four ambient light sensors, similar to the current generation 9.7-inch iPad Pro. Kuo suggests Apple iPad Pro will switch to OLED displays next year before iPhones make the change.

Karthekayan Iyer
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