Apple has recently lifted the lid on the Apple iPad Air, successor of the Apple iPad 4G, and the Apple iPad Mini with Retina Display, successor of theApple iPad Mini. It seems, however, that Apple isn’t done releasing iPads, as analysts predict Apple is working on the “iPad Pro.”
USA Today quotes RW Baird analyst, Will Power, saying, “The name change is likely intentional. Everything that Apple articulates it does for a reason. Developing an iPad that is better designed for productivity is something that could very well make sense.”
Piper Jaffray analyst, Gene Munster, wrote in a note to investors, “This would seem to leave room for a ‘Pro’ model at some point if a market for a higher performance tablet exists.”
According to USA Today, “Ben Reitzes, an analyst at Barclays, reckons Apple may launch a larger, 13 inch iPad for the enterprise market. Such a move may be crucial for Apple to avoid being considered a one-product company, he argued in a note to investors recently.
“When Apple unveiled new iPhones in September, the devices came with a 64-bit processor and free versions of the company’s iWork suite of business software, including the Keynote presentation app and Pages and Numbers apps.
“On Tuesday, Apple said iWork would be free with the purchase of every new Mac and iOS device, including iPads. The productivity suite is also available as a free download for many existing Apple gadgets. And the same 64-bit processor powers the new iPads unveiled this week.”
Reitzes writes, “64-bit is really only required in devices that carry 4-5GB of RAM. What are the chances iPhone users really need either of these features? They don’t but iPad users do — and will.”
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