(Bloomberg). Apple Inc. suppliers are preparing to make the biggest iPad in the history of the company , with production scheduled to begin in the first quarter of next year, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Stocks rose display manufacturers.
The new iPad will have a screen that measures 12.9 inches diagonally , the people, who asked not to be identified because the details are not told are public. Apple currently produces iPads with screens 9.7 and 7.9 inches. The company, based in Cupertino, California, has been working with suppliers for at least a year to develop a new range of touch devices greater extent, the people said. Trudy Muller, a spokeswoman for Apple, declined to comment.
The Chief Executive Officer of Apple, Tim Cook, is working to revolutionize the iPad line. Sales of tablets, the second largest product by revenue after Apple iPhone, declined for two consecutive quarters in the midst of a shortage of new models and because consumers have tended towards smartphones with larger screens . Apple suppliers recently started making an iPad updated with 9.7 inch screen, and would incorporate the production of a new version of the mini iPad, the people familiar with the plans, devices to be available in late this year, in time for the holiday season.
The new ‘mega iPad’ would be aimed at businesses and education. [Photo: AP]
Apple is working on an iPad with bigger screen even when much of the growth of newly emerging tablet models smaller screen. That helped Android operating system for mobile devices Google Inc., to become the primary OS tablet last year, with 62 percent market share, according to researcher Gartner Inc. iPads using mobile software Apple iOS gained a market share of 36 percent by the end of 2013, down 53 percent from a year earlier, according to the researcher.
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Cases potential customers with larger screen are companies , where the device could perform more tasks than a traditional laptop. In July, Apple unveiled an agreement with International Business Machines Corp., and Cook said part of the rationale for the deal was to sell to corporations so that they could “be a catalyst for future growth of the iPad.”
Jitesh Ubrani, analyst at IDC, said that while the growth of tablet sales has decreased, expected to companies, schools and governments will become the main buyers of the devices . These groups accounted for 16 percent of tablet sales in the second quarter of this year, compared to 13 percent a year earlier, he estimated. “We’re hoping the larger tablets to improve” in the enterprise market, said in an interview Ubrani
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