Apple: 13-inch iPad and 5.7-inch iPhone in tests?

iphone ipad - Apple : iPad 13 pouces et iPhone 5,7 pouces en tests ?

Apple

Posted: July 23 2013Updated: July 23, 2013

by Martin

What will our smartphones and tablets look like in the coming years? Will there be all kinds of different sizes to suit everyone? According to an article the Wall street newspaper, Apple would be testing iPad 13 inches and iPhone 5.7 inches for several months already. To corroborate these statements, the site declares that the Cupertino company would have placed orders with its usual suppliers of slabs.

iphone ipad - Apple: 13-inch iPad and 5.7-inch iPhone under test?

While the slabs of Android smartphones tend to measure 5 to 6 inches, theiPhone 5 Apple’s current is the largest model in the range and let’s remember 4 inches. So it would seem that the Cupertino company wants to experiment with a new type of iDevice, between the iPad Mini (7.9 inches) and this fifth generation iPhone.

Regarding the 13-inch iPad, it would compete with the ultrabooks that are popular today, especially in universities and could position itself as a MacBook low cost.

Finally, the WSJ also reports that mass production of the components would have started last June for the iPhone 5S, that it would start in late July for the iPad 5, and that deliveries from Foxconn would start in late August.