New Leaked Photos Allegedly Show Apple’s 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2 in the Wild

New Leaked Photos Allegedly Show Apple’s 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2 in the Wild
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Another year, another round of revamped Apple products gearing up to hit the shelves, right? So far as we know, with near certainty, the Silicon Valley tech-giant will be releasing at least two iPhone 7 variants at a special media event later on this fall.

What we’re still currently stabbing in the dark about, however, is what Apple has in store for the iPad later on this year.

Sure, the Silicon Valley iDevice-maker released its 9.7-inch iPad Pro at the “Let Us Loop You In” event earlier this year — but what about all of the other iPads?

Well, on the smaller end of the size spectrum, if another rumor we recently reported on turns out to be true, then we should have at least some idea about what’s happening with Apple’s forthcoming iPad mini 5.

On the larger side, if a recently leaked set of photographs turn out to be authentic, we could perhaps be getting our first glimpses of Apple’s 12.9-inch ‘iPad Pro 2’.

Originally submitted to AppleInsider via an anonymous source, the images appear to have originated from within one of Apple’s Far East supply chain partners. Likely the doings of a young employee, these photos reveal that the entity might be currently developing Apple’s 2nd generation 12.9-inch tablet.

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Unfortunately, the writing on the screen is displayed in Chinese; however it was inferred by AppleInsider that this particular unit only boasts a total of 12 GB of onboard storage — which is just about enough required to load up the software and a few apps for internal testing purposes.

Above and beyond that, not much else can be inferred from the photos. The device’s OS appears to be an early build of iOS 10 beta, which was released to developers and the general public a few weeks ago, but no additional details about internal components, size or storage can be seen.

The rumor mill has so far been churning rather lightly on rumors about a quote unquote ‘iPad Pro 2’. However, ever since the 2015 release of Cupertino’s foray 12.9-incher, its been widely expected that the company would, perhaps within the next year, refresh its entire line of tablet computers.

While no concrete timeframe has been laid out, the presence of these photos could be an indication that production of Apple’s 12.9-inch ‘iPad Pro 2’ could be kicking off soon — like perhaps even sometime in September — with a formal announcement likely to follow in October.

Since rumors have so far been scarce, however, what we do know is understandably few and far between — although, based on Apple’s rich history of bringing refreshed iPads to market ahead of the holiday shopping season, we can reasonably assume that the device will, indeed, be coming soon.

Are you getting excited for Apple’s 2016 iPads? Let us know in the comments!

[The information provided in this article has NOT been confirmed by Apple and may be speculation. Provided details may not be factual. Take all rumors, tech or otherwise, with a grain of salt.]

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