Rumor: iPad Pro OLED gets new Face ID module, Apple cuts production and plans Apple Pencil 3
The next-generation Apple iPad Pro is set to be announced in March and, for the first time since 2018, will feature a brand-new design and fresh accessories. Current rumors now provide further details on the first Apple tablet with an OLED display and the third-generation Apple Pencil.
Hannes Brecher (translated by Jacob Fisher), Published 🇩🇪
According to earlier rumors, the next generation iPad Pro will have the brightest, longest-lasting OLED panel of any tablet on the market as soon as March 2024. In keeping with this schedule, 9to5Mac has just discovered new clues about the successor to the iPad Pro in the code of the first beta version of iOS 17.4.
Specifically, new entries in the operating system indicate that the iPad Pro needs to be in landscape mode in order to be able to set up facial recognition via Face ID. In future, the front camera and TrueDepth module are thus likely to be positioned in the middle when the tablet is used in landscape mode, enabling a much more natural angle, especially for video calls. Face ID already works on the current iPad Pro in both portrait and landscape mode. 9to5Mac also found references to the third-generation Apple Pencil, which is listed under the “B482” model number in iOS 17.4.
The beta operating system at least confirms a new feature, namely an integration into Apple’s “Find My?” network, so that the stylus can be tracked via an iPhone in a similar way to the AirTag if it has been misplaced. What other innovations the stylus will have remains unknown. Meanwhile, TrendForce reports that Apple is said to have reduced the production volume of the next generation iPad Pro by 20 to 30%; instead of 10 million OLED panels, Apple is now only ordering 7 to 8 million units. These more cautious sales forecasts may be related to the expected price increase of the Pro tablets.
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Editor of the original article: Hannes Brecher – Senior Tech Writer – 14253 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2018
Since 2009 I have written for different publications with a focus on consumer electronics. I joined the Notebookcheck news team in 2018 and have combined my many years of experience with laptops and smartphones with my lifelong passion for technology to create informative content for our readers about new developments in this sphere. In addition, my design background as an art director at an ad agency has allowed me to have deeper insights into the peculiarities of this industry.
Translator: Jacob Fisher – Translator – 656 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2022
Growing up in regional Australia, I first became acquainted with computers in my early teens after a broken leg from a football (soccer) match temporarily condemned me to a predominately indoor lifestyle. Soon afterwards I was building my own systems. Now I live in Germany, having moved here in 2014, where I study philosophy and anthropology. I am particularly fascinated by how computer technology has fundamentally and dramatically reshaped human culture, and how it continues to do so.
Hannes Brecher, 2024-01-27 (Update: 2024-01-27)
