KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is echoing previous speculation that Apple’s long-rumored 12.9-inch “iPad Pro” will come with a Force-Touch enabled screen and a stylus to make it easier for users to navigate on the larger surface (via MacRumors). Rumors about the “iPad Pro” have been circulating since 2013, but Kuo thinks Apple will finally start mass production some time in September or October, making the new tablet unlikely to appear at the September 9 iPhone event.
Also, mobile analytics firm Appsee thinks it has finally found “very concrete” proof that the larger “iPad Pro” exists. The company’s data logs show a new device — designated as “iPad6,8” — running live apps at 2048×2732, which is a much higher resolution than the 2048×1536 currently supported on the 9.7-inch iPad Air 2, Apple’s largest current iPad offering. Changes to the keyboard in iOS 9 when set to higher resolutions also seem to indicate a larger iPad is on the way.
