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July 29, 2018
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A new leak suggests the new iPad Pro to come with trimmed bezels and no headphone jack

According to a new report from Japanese supply chain blog Macotakara as reported by 9to5Mac, Apple could be making notable changes…

According to a new report from Japanese supply chain blog Macotakara as reported by 9to5Mac, Apple could be making notable changes to its new line of iPad Pros which would reportedly include a slash in the size of its bezels, The elimination of its headphone jack and the use of its Face ID feature.

As stated by the report, The 10.5 inch models may come at 247.5mm x 178.7mm x 6mm in comparison with its current 250.6mm x 174.1mm x 6.1mm with Apple’s 12.9 inch models said to come at 280 mm x 215 mm x 6.4 mm in comparison with its current 305.7 mm x 220.6mm x 6.9 mm

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The ditch if the headphone jack was first made by Apple in 2016 with its iPhone 7 release and will now be reportedly repeated with its new iPad Pro models with this time coming with quite not too good news of Apple not including its Lightning to 3.5mm headphone adapter with the iPad Pro.

This is reportedly not coming with the new iPad Pro

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As several earlier reports indicated, The Face ID for the new iPad won’t come with support for Landscape mode which comes as quite a hassle for users as the iPad is known to be widely used in Landscape mode by its millions of users.

Macotakara also noted of the Smart Connector being moved to the “the lower rear side – close to the Lightning connector” which implies that the tablet’s design may be inclined towards vertical use.

All these stated offers insights which although concurrent with several other reports has still not be confirmed yet but with Apple unveiling the new iPad this September at its annual launch event, We’ll get to know the official specs of the new iPad along with that of its other hardware suite mainly the immensely popular iPhone which Macotakara suggests will feature a “full active” display coming with 4 narrow bezels and a “Japan Pixel Eyes” sensor.