Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has revealed some interesting new information about the new iPad Pro models. Apple will make it easier for landscape and portrait mode users to use the tablet’s front-facing cameras.
A recent Apple roadmap posted by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman hinted at a jam-packed lineup for the latter half of 2025. A new iPad Pro, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Ultra, Apple Watch SE and the Apple Vision Pro are slated to debut alongside the iPhone 17 series later this year. The Apple M5-powered iPad Pro is slated to receive another minor, yet noticeable, under-the-hood upgrade.
It will be the first iPad Pro to launch with a portrait-oriented selfie camera with the original landscape selfie camera. It will allow users to pick either orientation for video calls. Whether Face ID will work across both layouts remains to be seen. While it is a quality-of-life improvement, a landscape-only camera appears to be the go-to solution for the iPad Pro’s main competitors, such as the Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra.
The design change will likely be applied to both the 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Pro variants, both of which have already entered mass production. Ideally, both cameras should be hidden well under the thinner bezels facilitated by upgrades to its tandem OLED panels. As far as the Apple M5 is concerned, it might not offer much in the way of performance upgrades because it is still based on TSMC’s N3 family (N3P).
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