Should you’re somebody who loves the thought of an iPad however thinks even the iPad Professional 12.9 (2022) continues to be simply too small, then Apple may need an answer within the works, as a brand new leak suggests the corporate is engaged on a gargantuan 16-inch iPad.

That’s in keeping with The Data (opens in new tab) (through Cellphone Enviornment (opens in new tab)), who spoke to “an individual conversant in the undertaking,” and this new bigger mannequin will apparently go on sale in the previous couple of months of 2023.

Apparently, the plan is to make the iPad much more laptop-like, with this 16-inch display screen matching the scale of Apple’s largest laptop computer: the 16-inch MacBook Professional (2021).

That additional display screen actual property would have apparent advantages: extra room to split-screen home windows and, amongst different issues, an even bigger canvas for drawing with the Apple Pencil.

That stated, if Apple actually desires to make an iPad that’s extra like a laptop computer, then there’s nonetheless work to do on the software program aspect, as in our evaluation of the 2022 iPad Professional, we discovered the brand new Stage Supervisor multitasking function to be somewhat under-baked, and that iPadOS as a complete has workflow points that maintain it again from facilitating severe productiveness.

In any case, this bigger display screen dimension will, after all, come at a price – actually. Whereas the report doesn’t point out a value, the iPad Professional 12.9 (2022) begins at $1,099 / £1,249 / AU$1,899, so a 16-inch Professional mannequin would possible be considerably dearer.

That stated, the report doesn’t truly say whether or not this monster slate could be a part of the Professional line, however we are able to’t think about it will be a lower-end mannequin, so presumably it is going to both be an iPad Professional or a brand new super-premium slate. Maybe an iPad Professional Max or an iPad Extremely?

As ever, we’d take this leak with a pinch of salt, however Apple has clearly been making an attempt to bridge the hole with its laptops for some time, so it’s plausible {that a} bigger iPad could be within the works to additional that aim.

Evaluation: this isn’t the primary time a bigger iPad has been leaked

Whereas that is the primary we’ve heard of a 16-inch iPad particularly, there are already earlier leaks suggesting that we would see an iPad that’s larger than 12.9 inches.

Mark Gurman – who has a really strong observe report for Apple data – claimed again in 2021 that larger iPads had been being developed, then adopted that up with a declare that we would see a 15-inch mannequin. Extra not too long ago we heard from one other supply {that a} 14.1-inch mannequin was within the works.

With a number of sources pointing in the direction of bigger iPads, it appears very possible that at the very least one is coming. However which of those sizes will probably be – or whether or not we’ll see a number of new sizes contending to be among the many greatest iPads – is unclear.