Three new iPad Pros may proliferate in the market in 2017 if rumors turn out to be true.
Japanese tech blog Mac Otakara cited several sources claiming that Apple will unveil a new 7.9-inch model of the iPad Pro aside from the updated versions of its 9.7-inch and 10.1-inch models.
The report claimed that the rumored iPad mini 4 will be relabeled as the smaller edition of the iPad Pro. It will reportedly come out with the same four-speaker audio feature and Smart Connector that are already available in the first-generation iPad Pro.
It was also mentioned in the report that the 9.7-inch iPad Pro that came out in March 2016 will be replaced by a bigger 10.5-inch device in 2017. Although, the 12.9-inch version will remain in the iPad Pro product line. The three devices are expected to get updated camera features. One of which is the iSight camera which is a 12-megapixel primary camera with True Tone flash and True Tone display to support the Display P3 feature.
The upcoming devices are also rumored to support a 3.55mm headphone jacks, which has been removed in the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. The new iPad Pro devices will also come with a quad microphone instead of its usual dual microphone feature.
The new iPad Pro products are also expected to come out with the Apple Pencil digital stylus to help the users jot down things on their tablet.
This is not the first time a rumor surfaced about the release of three iPad Pro devices in 2017. ZDNet pointed out the statement of KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo back in August, where the 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2, the newly-resized 10.5-inch iPad Pro, and the more affordable 9.7-inch iPad Pro had been mentioned.
At the moment, Apple remains silent about the information regarding the rumored iPad Pro devices, but the said slate lineup is expected to be released in March 2017.
