Washington: Tech giant Apple is reportedly speculated to be working on a large-screened iPad for the upcoming year.
Sources from Apple's Asia supply chain, Digitimes said that the company might be underway to release a 12.9-inch iPad sometime in October 2014.
According to Mashable, Digitimes' source has also pointed that the rumoured tablet will be manufactured by Taiwan-based PC manufacturer Quanta Computer
Earlier speculations have hinted to an iPhone with a larger screen and an Apple-branded smart television .
The report said that an iPad with a nearly 13-inch screen would largely buck the current trend of smaller tablets and phablets currently dominating the global marketplace and could function as a tool particularly useful in educational environment.
On October 22, 2013, Apple launched its new tablet, the iPad Air.
Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the new iPad Air in San Francisco. The iPad Air is 7.5 millimeters thin; weighing at just 1 pound, it is 20% thinner than its predecessor.The new iPad boasts of a large 9.7 inch retina display, with a 2048-by-1536 resolution and over 3.1 million pixels.The Air runs on an Apple-designed A7 chip and M7 coprocessor. It is said to measure motion from the gadget by pulling data from the accelerometer, gyroscope, and compass, so that apps can give a better experience based on the movement of the iPad.Apple claims that even though it is 20 percent thinner and twice as fast as the previous-generation iPad, it still gives the same incredible 10-hour battery life. iPad Air which runs on the iOS 7 platform is packed with features - two antennas and MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) technology, dual microphones, a 5 MP camera that also allows 1080p HD video recording.The new full-sized iPad has gone on sale from 25 October 2013, and will be priced starting $499. 
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