Well, in the medium term, it may no longer be necessary to imagine and that you can see it on Apple’s website. And some voices confirm it the arrival of the 16-inch iPad will occur within a yearsometime in the fourth quarter of 2023. Great news for all those users who were not satisfied with the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, currently the largest model, and therefore expected a larger device.

And yes, I know, you’re probably wondering who exactly needs a 16-inch iPad, an iPad that will surely carry the Pro moniker. Of course We are not talking about a device aimed at mass consumptionNeither in size nor, we can’t imagine, nor in price, because it will certainly be a rather expensive device. However, there are certain areas where you may be a good fit, such as designers, for whom a touch screen can make a big difference. And it is design, photo retouching and other similar activities that can significantly benefit from the functions of the large iPad Pro.

Actually, this isn’t the first time we’ve heard about an extra-large iPad.. Back in 2020, Mark Gurman reported that Apple was considering launching a new iPad model with a screen size between 14 and 16 inches. Now, with these new leaks (obviously unconfirmed), we can interpret that the first steps were taken at that time and that the 16-inch was finally chosen and that the design work would already be reasonably advanced.

And the choice of size does not look casual, far from it. As we have observed for some time now, Apple is actively working to align its tablet and laptop offerings in many ways, i.e. its iPad and MacBook families. Currently, Apple’s largest laptop is the 16-inch MacBook Pro A 16-inch iPad would be another step forward in this regardand more choice for users who need a device of this size.

It has also been known for quite some time that those from Cupertino work on unifying the experience of using mobile devices and computerswith the expected changes in iOS (and especially in ipadOS), but in this case the rumor comes from the hand of another, also recurring, which would point in a different direction: a specific version of macOS for the iPad Pro, something that charged Much more sense because these Apple tablets made the leap from A chips to Apple Silicon chips.

With information from Mashable