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According to Ming-Chi Kuo, which is an analyst for KGI Securities, Apple is prepping a new jumbo iPad (named iPad Pro) that will include the company’s new force touch feature that will be activated by an included stylist.
According to Kuo, the new Bluetooth stylus will be sold separately from the so-called “iPad Pro.” He expects Apple to ship about a million styluses, compared to as many as 3.5 million larger iPad models.
Mass production of the 12.9-inch iPad will begin in September and October, he said, with shipment presumably thereafter in time for the holiday shopping season.
The analyst suggested that Cheng Uei will be the sole supplier for the stylus accessory, which would be a strange move for Apple, as the company usually diversifies its supply chain as a conservative measure.
Kuo’s dismissal of Force Touch as a driver of sales is also a change for the analyst, who suggested in Aprilthat the new pressure-sensitive input method would be the most significant change to the iOS user interface ever. In fact, at the time Kuo thought Force Touch might be such a big deal that the company’s next-generation handset could be called the “iPhone 7,” rather than the “iPhone 6s.”
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