Apple, in addition to existing 7.9-inch iPad small, 9.7-inch iPad and 12.9-inch iPad Pro, will dispatch 10.5-inch iPad in 2017, with generation to start in December, as per Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
Apple is propelling the 10.5-inch iPad predominantly on the grounds that 10-inch and bigger tablets have been well known among undertakings and the training part in the US, the sources said. Its current 9.7-inch iPad might be too little and the 12.9-inch iPad Pro excessively costly for such acquirement, the sources showed.The 10.5-inch iPad will be furnished with Apple-created CPU A10X which is likewise utilized as a part of 12.9-inch iPad Pro, the sources noted.
Shipments of 10.5-inch iPad will achieve two million units in first-quarter 2017 and may achieve 5-6 million units in the year, the sources said. Applewill likewise dispatch bring down value adaptations of the 9.7-inch iPad to contend with Android models, the sources noted.