Now who suggested that before??? 
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Yes but the difference is with the SLS you always have the keyboard present and connected
But that is a MacBook, not an iPadā¦
If itās only slightly more expensive than the normal 10.2" iPad, I would likely give it a go. I have no need for Promotion or miniLED or all that bell and whistle anyway, and might work with my Pencil 1 so I might not need to buy another one. Hopefully they would go with USB-C 3.0 instead of lighting port or it would be a deal breaker.
Doesnāt really make sense to not give it a M1 chip considering the new iOS 16 features though, but at that point it should be at least more expensive than the air.
Thinking of my own usage of the 12.9 iPad Pro, which was predominantly for Sidecar till recently, I would view a 14-ish inch iPad for the same relative value of using it as a 2nd monitor.
Aspect Ratio Aside, the 12.9 inch IPad pairs perfectly as a second monitor with a 13-inch Macbook Air or Pro.
A larger 14-ish inch iPad would be an ideal 2nd monitor for the larger Macbook Pro 14/16.
While this would be awesome for drawing and artwork, its size could be problematic in some use cases. I use my 12.9 iPad Pro for life drawing classes where its 12.9 size is barley too large for instances where I have to hold it one handed while I draw. Unless I have a desk a surface to put it on, a large 14-inch size iPad would be almost too large I fear.
Struggle to see the use for a 14 inch iPad (and not a Pro) unless its big focus is content consumption and some form of device to get Apple TV on.
Putting an M2 chip in there seems to confuse the lower end market too unless the iPP and Air get much more powerful M2 processes pretty soon after it.
Now if Samsung produce an S8 Ultra sized FE device, I wouldnāt hesitate to buy it because no Apple solutions beat Android SuperDisplay.
This iPad is going to be a desk bound device for sure, but the only second screen for Windows app thatās decent enough is Easy Canvas, and itās still a notch below SuperDisplay + doesnāt work with AMD CPU.
And I still find the M1 over power for most of iOS app. Except for the iPad OS 16 exclusive features, the normal iPad would just need some RAM bumps to do most of the things an iPad Pro can do. Still the 14" should at least have a M1 or it would be a waste of screen space.
I just think it either needs to come out when the other M2 iPPs come out, or they need to be clear that itās coming later as a courtesy so that no one gets the 12.9 assuming itās vaporware.
I know you donāt shoot the messenger, but the rumor mills are infuriating lately. Neither the 11ā Pro having a basic 4-year old Liquid Retina in 2022 nor the 14ā being a basic iPad with some sub-120hz LCD makes any sense to me.
Iām probably becoming such a snob but if they made the 14ā like that, then what good is it? A kitchen display for smart homes?
Strangely, I think itās possibly going to make a strong link to Apple TV and be exactly that - a portable SMART TV that doubles as an iPad (if it is just a huge iPad and not some Pro model.)
We always read that Macs are no good for games / Apple are very snobbish about making computers that are for gaming but then they made over $14billion in revenue - more than Microsoft / Sony / Activision AND Nintendo combined. (Yup - got that from Apple Insider.)
We had an Apple Arcade account recently and you think Ā£4.99 isnāt much but when lots of households do it - thereās money to be made. Apple have also been exploring Apple TV and if they make half the yearly revenue from gaming and use a large iPad / SMART TV to help break that market it makes sense.
As an artist - yeah, Iāll grumble but Iām part of such a small niche compared to the majority of buyers.
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How about a 16" iPad?
From the Here We Go Again rumor department comes this:
Well, whatever. I guess weāll find out next year if this amounts to anything other than clickbait hot air.
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You know, i can actually see a 16 inch model as slightly more possible than a 14 inch purely because the jump from 12.9 to 14.1 wouldnāt substantially change the use case/model.
OTOH the jump to 16 absolutely would, in combo with a new magic keyboardā¦An iPad Pro Studio???
I can just see the advertising now - āWe DONāT allow touch on our Macs, but weāve got these 14ā and 16" iPads that sort of, kinda, well close your eyes a bit, and they can act like a laptopā¦"
WOW - just as I pushed send on this reply a thought flashed in my mind - what if all the playing around with the 10.9" iPad Air and and iPad 10 are just setups for ending the iPad Pro 11 and moving iPad Pro to 14/16 only?
And now for this little BOMBSHELL from Craigy in his Joanna Stern interview:
" Appleās software chief Craig Federighi has refused to rule out the possibility of a touchscreen Mac, potentially opening the door to the type of device Apple has long disdained. However, there are reasons to be doubtful it will ever happen.
During an interview with the Wall Street Journalās Joanna Stern at the outletās Tech Live event, Federighi was asked whether Apple would ever release a touchscreen laptop. His reply? The cryptic, āWhoās to say?ā
Itās a much more ambiguous stance than the company usually gives on the topic. Apple executives from Steve Jobs to Phil Schiller have long decried the idea of releasing a laptop with a built-in touchscreen, stating using it can be awkward, uncomfortable, and lead to arm fatigue. They have reiterated that multiple times over the years, including in 2018, 2020, and in 2021."
Of course, it will be because Apple INVENTED touch (done right) on a laptopā¦
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They were speculating just that on the most recent Macbreak Weekly. There are currently four 11-ish inch iPads being sold (iPad 9, iPad 10, Air and 11 Pro). Something has got to go. Some think it will be the Air, some think the Air will replace the 11 Pro. All agree that itās a confusing mess right now.
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Just watched a couple of demos of the 16.2 Beta 1 Freeform app, and it really is coming home that Apple did not create Stage Manager for 11" and below iPadsā¦to me more āevidenceā of the upsizing of the true future iPad Proā¦