A brand new report claims that Apple is planning to vary the iPad Professional design to have each its digital camera and its rear Apple emblem be positioned horizontally.
Leaker Dylandkt, whose observe file consists of correct claims in regards to the iPhone 13 Professional, now says Apple is planning to vary a key design function on the iPad Professional.
Future iPad Professional’s will function a horizontal digital camera placement and a horizontally positioned Apple emblem on the again. Apple will make panorama mode the default for iPad Professional utilization. I’ve not confirmed whether or not the subsequent technology mannequin can have this function however it’s within the works.
— Dylan (@dylandkt) September 23, 2021
The iPad has at all times been promoted as a tool that may be held in any angle, however it isn’t fully symmetrical. Presently iPad Professional cameras are positioned in order that they’re proper facet up when utilized in Portrait mode, as an illustration.
Whereas customers can readily maintain the iPad Professional in panorama to take pictures and never discover any points, sure different apps do have issues. FaceTime, as an illustration, expects panorama by default, however this may be modified. The Apple emblem, in fact, is embossed and completely within the orientation it ships in.
If Dylandkt is right, Apple might be addressing this in a future iPad Professional, and likewise suggesting that panorama is the “right” strategy to maintain the gadget. That extra matches the sort of skilled workflow that the iPad Professional is getting used for, versus the Portrait orientation that arguably higher fits customers studying books.
No earlier rumors relating to the iPad Professional have urged this orientation change. For essentially the most half, they’ve detailed expectations about whether or not the iPad Professional might achieve MagSafe