Amaya Toman The new iPad Pro has been around for some time. Apple's chief designer Jony Ive, among others, participated in its creation, and on the occasion of the release of the new models he gave an interview to The Independent. In it, he spoke, for example, about the appearance of the new tablet and its functions. In addition to the aforementioned, he also explained why the new Apple tablets will have an undeniable charm for customers.
In an interview, Ive stated that he had been longing for the elements that the new model boasts for a long time - for example, the ability to orient in any direction, the removal of the Home Button with Touch ID and the associated introduction of Face ID, which works in both vertical and horizontal positions. He mentioned that the first iPad was very clearly oriented to the portrait - i.e. vertical - position. Of course, it also offered certain possibilities in the horizontal position, but it was clear that it was not primarily intended for use in this position.
About the new iPads, Ive noted that they don't really have any orientation - the lack of a Home Button and narrow bezels make their appearance very simple in a way, and users have a lot of freedom in how they use their tablets. He also emphasized the rounded corners of the display, which, according to the chief designer, make Apple tablets significantly different from traditional displays with sharp edges. The design of the new iPad Pro display with rounded edges is perfectly thought out in detail. In its design, nothing was left to chance and the result, according to Ivo, is a single, clean product.
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The edges of the iPad as such, on the other hand, did not remain rounded and slightly resemble, for example, the iPhone 5s. Ive explains this surprising move by saying that the tablet had reached a point where the engineering team was able to make it thin enough that the designers could afford a simple detail in the form of straight edges. According to him, this was not feasible at the time when the products were not so thin.
And what about the magic of apple products? Ive admits that it's not easy to describe something like this—it's not an attribute that you can simply point a finger at. According to him, an example of such a "magical touch" is, for example, the Apple Pencil of the second generation. He described the way in which the pencil, i.e. the stylus, works and how it is charged as difficult to understand.
How could the primary mode be portrait when all keyboards, cases and connectors were forced to lanscape? Regardless of SW keyboard mode, etc. Did you lose something in translation?