Apple introduced numerous much-awaited modifications to the iPad lineup with the M4 iPad Professional, and if a brand new report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is to be believed, there’s extra thrilling information for Apple followers to be hyped about for the upcoming pill.
Reportedly, Apple is making main modifications to the selfie digital camera on the iPad Professional this yr. The Cupertino-based tech big may very well be including a second portrait sensor to the newest iPad Professional alongside the present panorama lens.
Why, you ask, may Apple be contemplating this transformation? Effectively, some customers weren’t significantly pleased when the tech big determined to change the selfie digital camera from the highest of the iPad to the aspect, because it made it awkward for customers who used the gadget for video calls or FaceTime in portrait mode.
Since Apple solely modified the orientation final yr, the corporate wouldn’t need to reverse course this yr, and the addition of a portrait lens alongside the panorama one ought to doubtlessly assist Apple assuage either side of the selfie digital camera debate.
Not lots is understood concerning the M5 iPad Pro aside from the truth that it’s prone to be powered by the newest silicon from Apple. In reality, the iPad Professional may very well be the primary Apple gadget to be powered by the M5 chipset, with the primary M5-powered MacBooks prone to launch within the first half of 2026.
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo had advised final yr that the iPad Professional with the M5 chip may enter mass manufacturing within the first half of 2025. The M4 chip-powered iPad Professional was launched in Might 2024, and with Apple‘s historical past of updating its iPad Professional fashions each 18 months or so, the newer fashions are prone to launch someday round September or October this yr.
Previous to that launch, nevertheless, Apple will maintain its annual iPhone launch occasion in September the place the tech big is predicted to unveil the iPhone 17 collection with 4 fashions: iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Professional and iPhone 17 Professional Max.
