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iPad Pro: Apple Developing Surprise Update With iPhone-Beating Feature, Report Says

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2021-06-05 15:00:05

Apple just released a new iPad Pro which, apart from a fractional difference in thickness in the larger, 12.9-inch version, looked identical to last year’s model.

But it looks like a major change is afoot for the next release. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, and it will include a feature which is not in the iPhone.

The new feature is made possible because of a mooted change to the design, replacing the current aluminum back with glass—a change that has been common to every iPhone since the launch of the iPhone 8 in 2017.

That change will permit wireless charging, something not possible with an all-metal back. Of course, all iPhones released since 2017 also have wireless charging.

So, what’s the iPhone-beating innovation, you ask. Well, it seems that Apple is going to introduce reverse wireless charging to the next iPad Pro.

This means that if your iPhone 12 or AirPods Pro, for instance, are running out of juice, you can simply place them on the back of the iPad Pro and it will charitably share its energy with the other device. idn’t While there are obviously design issues with the change, such as ensuring the durability of such a large, thin sheet of glass and, well, exactly how you balance a tablet on a MagSafe charger, the benefits seem clear.