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In recent quarters, the financial results of Apple have shown a decrease in sales of iPad , coinciding with the increase in the distribution of the iPhone, especially after the output the last line of equipment.

The scenario is such that even Tim Cook acknowledges that recent iPhones and Mac are “cannibalizing” sales tablet.

According to the rumors that have circulated in the industry in recent months, the company’s commitment to “revive” its line of tablets would be a larger iPad, now known as “iPad Pro” and that would have a number of new features.

The idea of ​​adding new features based points to the idea that the iPad is not a computer that users renew as fast as a phone.

Now that three years after the departure of “New iPad” (the third generation and the first to add a retina screen) are true, Apple will seek those users start thinking about a new team, said Emol .

According to a report from AppleInsider, the new “iPad Pro” will have a 12.9 inch screen , considerably larger than the current model 9.7 Air and 7 , 9 Mini.

Another novelty is to include NFC connectivity , something already present in recent iPhones to use the apple pay system, though in the case of the new tablet does not aim to use the iPad to pay but to use it as a receiving terminal payments. That is, it could be used as a box in stores.

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The new cases also would add a stylus, digital pen it would connect with and l tablet via Bluetooth and could recognize different fond of user pressure, something that already offer other equipment of this type and even some stylus for iPad.

Finally, the tactile feedback system “Force Touch” (premiered with Apple Watch and also reach the next generation of the iPhone) and reversible USB connector Type C, used by Apple to be incorporated its latest MacBook.

Earlier rumors also speak of launching a cover that would include a keyboard, turning the team into a hybrid between tablet and laptop, so they come to compete squarely with the Surface series Microsoft.

For now there is no clear release date for the new generation of iPad , but during the past three years, the renewal of the line has occurred in October.