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Apple is developing an iPad (10th generation) that does not have a home button like the iPad Air (4th generation) as a successor model to the iPad (9th generation), which is the base model of the iPad, iDrop News Told me.
Touch ID is mounted on the power button
With the iPad mini (6th generation) becoming a miniaturized model of the iPad Air (4th generation), the iPad (9th generation) is the only iPad equipped with a home button.
Apple has completely reviewed the design of the iPad base model, and it seems likely that the next model, the iPad (10th generation), will not be equipped with a home button.
A cheaper model than the iPad mini (6th generation)
According to iDrop News, the iPad (10th generation) has a wide range of changes, with Touch ID on the power button, improved speakers, and a display size of 10.5 inches.
Tests using prototypes have already been conducted within Apple, and it seems that some will have a home button, but the media expects that a model with a home button will not appear in the end.
In addition, it seems that it is being considered to prepare a large number of body colors for these prototypes, abolish the headphone jack, and change the external connection terminal to USB-C.
The iPad (10th generation) is equipped with the A14 Bionic or A15 Bionic, and as a cheaper model than the iPad mini (6th generation), it will be a model that has increased its appeal to the education market, iDrop News said.
Source: iDrop News
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