Assuming Apple keeps up their track record of allowing pre-orders to start the Monday directly before a Friday release, Apple should theoretically start accepting pre-orders for the iPad Pro Monday, november 9.
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With the holiday shopping season around the corner, it will be interesting to see if Microsoft can alleviate a few of the shortages associated with the Surface Pro 4 in a few of the most desired configurations, or if availability will decrease further with even higher demand. The iPad Pro has also been said to have 10 hours of battery life on one charge which is highly convenient. As a result, Apple fans are now speculating whether the iPad Air 3 was dropped in order to make way for the new iPad Pro. The company surveyed 500 Apple users and their response was overwhelmingly positive towards the iPad Pro.
That means all iPad Pro apps are sandboxed and come from the App store, there’s no direct access to the file system and you can’t make any command-level tweaks.
The Surface Book includes Microsoft’s latest version of the Surface Pen, while Apple will sell its “Pencil” separately. That said, none of them perhaps are quite as luxurious as the optional extra being offered by Goldegenie, the self-described gold-plating specialist from London. The slim book for the iPad Pro will retail $139.99 if you want to wait until next month. Cue at one point during the interview pulled out an iPad Pro to show it off to Houston, who then encouraged the audience to look under their chairs, only for there to be nothing.
Alongside this huge-screen tablet, Apple will also launch a couple of accessories: the Smart Keyboard and Apple Pencil. If consumers decide that it is a must have, this price will not stop them.
Amid the speculations of the powerful specs and features of the iPad Air 3, the tablet is rumored to be way cheaper than the new iPad Pro. “However, the impending launch of the iPad Pro may serve as a silver lining as the market shifts towards productivity-enabling devices”.
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20/10/2015: The iPad Pro will go on sale on 6 November, according to a new rumour. The Sleeve is a lightweight ballistic nylon, impact-resistant carrying case for the iPad Pro. Cast your answer in the poll below.
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Samsung remained in second place with 8 million shipments and a 16.5 percent market share, both down from 9.7 million and 17.4 percent, respectively, in the same period of 2014.
