iPad and Mac (2022): very large screens for the home and office

In its weekly newsletterPower On, the magazine's journalistBloombergMark Gurman discusses the case of a new external screen compatible with “latest Macs“. Its positioning would be more affordable than the only device of its kind currently marketed by Apple, namely the thirty-two-inch Pro Display XDR, the price of which exceeds 5,400 euros.

In fact, this is not the first time that this rumor has reached us.Another informant, @dylandkt, had already assured this a few days earlier. Which once again questions the reliability of this type of content, taken up here and there by this or that source perhaps to take credit for it.

Please note, however, that the editor does not include here precisely the data on the possible diagonal of this monitor, which could offer twenty-seven or twenty-four inches. He just adds that the equipment in question will be more compact, but that's all.

An iPad… giant

Gurman's email also puts forward the rather original hypothesis of a fifteen-inch tablet, which could directly compete with Amazon's Echo Show 15. This product is sold as a multimedia interface for the whole family; simultaneously a voice assistant, entertainment platform and control center for its connected objects. In short, a large iPad which has the particularity of being able to attach to the wall like a television.

If Apple marketed a similar item, this would not be very surprising.We assume that the firm is already working on a HomePod with touch screen, whose speaker would perfectly fulfill the mission imposed on it by voice commands on the fly in the living room.

However, you will probably have to pay a price, as the manufacturer is renowned for asking tidy sums in exchange for its know-how. For comparison, a classic HomePod (without display, therefore) costs 349 euros compared to almost 100 euros per month for a 15.6-inch Echo Show... Do the calculation by adding the missing component.

Potential timeline

It's impossible to know if or when these devices will see the light of day, but rumors about secondary monitors for Mac seem to come straight from Asian subcontracting chains and they could already be on the way next year.

As for a hypothetical giant iPad, Gurman not citing his sources, there is certainly no doubt that it would be a very good opportunity for democratization for Apple when the market has proven itself. But it would still be necessary that his conception does not simply come from the imagination of the American, and nothing is less certain.