If you thought the next iPhone would be the Apple device without a physical button, you are in for a surprise. A new rumor positively claims Apple’s iPad might be the first to ditch the home button.
According to Makotakara, the next iPad will also include thinner bezels.
According to Makotakara, the upcoming 10.9-inch iPad will have a home button under the display glass, thereby keeping the physical button absent.
The report also claims that the upcoming iPad will be bezel-less, maintaining the same thickness as the last generation’s 9.7-inch model. The thickness is expanded to 7.5mm, which is the same as iPad Air.
The latest follows a similar report from Barclay’s which claims Apple will release three new iPads in March 2017.
“New iPads in March – Bezel-less – We expect the 9.7″ to move to a low-cost model, a refresh of the 12.9″ pro and a new 10.9″, which is likely the same physical size as the 9.7″ but with a borderless screen,” Barclays analysts Blayne Curtis and Christopher Hemmelgarn wrote.
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo also predicted a refresh next year, but said the screen will be of 10.5-inch. Kuo also noted that iPads with OLED screen technology would only be launched sometime in 2018 and not next year as some reports claimed.