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Title: 2020 iPad Pro Said to Feature 3D Sensing Rear Cameras [Updated] Post by: HCK on August 29, 2019, 04:05:07 pm 2020 iPad Pro Said to Feature 3D Sensing Rear Cameras [Updated]
<strong>Update - Aug 27:</strong> In an email to MacRumors, a representative for Derkwoo Electronics claimed that The Elec's report contained "wrong information" and "something that is not true about us." The Elec has since deleted its article. Original story follows. Apple plans to release a new iPad Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad-pro/) with 3D sensing rear cameras in March 2020, according to Korean website The Elec (http://en.thelec.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=472). <img src="(http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2019/08/iPad-3cam.jpg)" alt="" width="800" height="600" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-707027" /> The report, citing unnamed industry sources, claims that Korean contract manufacturer Derkwoo Electronics will provide some of the components for the 3D sensing camera modules, including stiffeners and brackets. Mass production of those parts will supposedly begin towards the end of 2019. The rear 3D sensing is said to be powered by time-of-flight technology, which measures the time that it takes for a laser or LED to bounce off of objects in a room, providing an accurate 3D map of the surroundings. While the iPhone is expected to adopt a similar time-of-flight system next year (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/07/29/kuo-2020-iphones-3d-sensing-rear-cameras/), the report suggests that the <!---->iPad Pro<!----> will adopt the technology six months before the iPhone. Specifically, the new <!---->iPad Pro<!----> models would be released in March 2020, while new iPhones would likely follow in September. This lines up with a January 2019 report from Bloomberg that claimed a laser-powered 3D camera could debut first on an <!---->iPad Pro<!----> as early as spring 2020 (http://macrumors.com/2019/01/30/apple-3d-laser-cameras-2020-iphones/), but Bloomberg more recently reported that Apple plans to refresh the iPad Pro line by the end of 2019 (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/08/22/2019-iphones-multi-angle-face-id-more/), so Apple's roadmap is not entirely clear. TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ming-chi-kuo/) has also said there is an over 50 percent probability (https://www.macrumors.com/2018/11/01/2019-iphones-upgraded-face-id/) that the <!---->iPad Pro<!----> adopts time-of-flight technology in the fourth quarter of 2019 or first quarter of 2020. Apple would be breaking precedent by refreshing the <!---->iPad Pro<!----> in March 2020, as the tablet has gone roughly 18 months between hardware updates since first launching in November 2015 — the second-generation 12.9-inch model was released in June 2017, followed by third-generation models in November 2018. It's also worth considering that the iPad (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad/) rarely receives new features before the iPhone, with exceptions including LTE on the <!---->iPad<!----> 3 before the iPhone 5 in 2012, and the <!---->iPad<!----> receiving A4 and A5 chips before the iPhone. Given that Bloomberg and Japanese blog Mac Otakara (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/08/12/next-ipad-and-ipad-pro-dual-triple-lens-cameras/) expect an <!---->iPad Pro<!----> refresh by the end of 2019, it is possible the March 2020 timeframe is inaccurate and that next year's <!---->iPad Pro<!----> models launch in the fall instead, which would better space out the 2019 and 2020 refreshes and allow rear 3D sensing to debut on the iPhone. 3D sensing rear cameras coming to both the iPhone and <!---->iPad<!----> is not much of a surprise as Apple pushes further into augmented reality. As additional reports surface, the <!---->iPad Pro<!---->'s roadmap should become clearer. Updated at 9:45 a.m. Pacific Time with additional details from Bloomberg and analyst <!---->Ming-Chi Kuo<!---->. <div class="linkback">Related Roundup: iPad Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad-pro/)</div><div class="linkback">Tag: theelec.kr (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/theelec-kr/)</div><div class="linkback">Buyer's Guide: 11" iPad Pro (Neutral) (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#11-iPad-Pro), 12.9" iPad Pro (Neutral) (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#12-9-iPad-Pro)</div> This article, "2020 iPad Pro Said to Feature 3D Sensing Rear Cameras [Updated] (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/08/26/2020-ipad-pro-rear-3d-sensing-time-of-flight/)" first appeared on MacRumors.com (https://www.macrumors.com) Discuss this article (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2020-ipad-pro-said-to-feature-3d-sensing-rear-cameras-updated.2195199/) in our forums <div class="feedflare"> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=h-9LDm6uV0Q:1dpFzrJtSxk:yIl2AUoC8zA) <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=6W8y8wAjSf4" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=h-9LDm6uV0Q:1dpFzrJtSxk:6W8y8wAjSf4) <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=h-9LDm6uV0Q:1dpFzrJtSxk:qj6IDK7rITs) </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MacRumors-Front/~4/h-9LDm6uV0Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Source: 2020 iPad Pro Said to Feature 3D Sensing Rear Cameras [Updated] (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/08/26/2020-ipad-pro-rear-3d-sensing-time-of-flight/) |