Two photos allegedly leaked by workers in the Chinese supply chain purport to show a new 12.9” ‘iPad Pro 2,’ Apple Insider reports. An anonymous source said the photos came from an Apple supplier currently working on an iPad Pro model scheduled to enter production in late September — but as noted, the images don’t provide much to verify their authenticity. While the pictures show devices bearing a previously unseen model number that is consistent with Apple’s numbering convention, the device identifier could have been forged. And even if they are legitimate, the display shows the device to have only 12GB of storage, which seems to hint at it being a prototype rather than a finished product, if anything. Improvements like a faster processor, better camera, and the addition of the True Tone display technology seen in the 9.7” iPad Pro would all seemingly make their way into a new 12.9” iPad Pro, but there’s been no word on a potential launch timeline at this point, as the rumor mill has been relatively quiet on the iPad front this summer.
