With the iPad mini 2 now on sale, latest reports have suggested that the Cupertino-based company is currently working on a new 12.9-inch iPad.
Following the recent unveiling of the refreshed iPad Air and iPad mini 2, {pullquote{rumours of a larger screened iPad have once again resurfaced, with Apple reportedly at the testing stage{/pullquote} of the oversized, business orientated tablet offering.
Citing an unnamed Chinese source, latest reports have claimed that a 12.9-inch iPad is currently being tested through Apple’s longstanding manufacturing partner for its iPhone and iPad lines, Foxconn. With the tablet still in the testing phase, it is not expected that any launch would take until well into 2014.
Earlier in the year Korean news outlets reported that a 12.9-inch iPad was in the works as Apple’s plans to provide a “platform driven strategy to dominate the market.”
They added that the larger iPad would allow the manufacturer to target “future growth, especially in emerging markets aimed at digital textbooks.”
Far from the only company said to be working on a larger tablet offering, a 12.2-inch Samsung Galaxy Note tablet is widely expected to be officially unveiled as part of the Korean manufacturer’s CES 2014 lineup.
According to recent rumours, the tablet will boast a 2560 x 1600 pixel Full HD display alongside a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 3GB of RAM and an 8-megapixel rear-mounted camera. The Samsung Galaxy Note 12.2 specs sheet is believed to be rounded off by Google’s latest Android 4.4 KitKat operating system.
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Via: GSMInsider
