Apple is in addition to the existing 7.9-, 9.7- and 12.9-inch version of the iPad release a 10.5-inch iPad. Its production will begin in December, and on sale it will go into early 2017.
According to sources, one of the main reasons that Apple has decided to launch 10.5-inch iPad model is that the tablets of this size are popular in the education sector and in the business environment. The base of the 10.5-inch iPad will fall A10X chip. At the same processor will build the new iPad Pro with 12.9-inch screen.
In the first quarter of 2017 Apple will release about two million new iPad Pro 10.5-inch. A 5-6 million units achieved by the end of next year of its delivery.
Also, sources said that next year Apple will release an available 9.7-inch iPad model to compete with the tablets with the Android operating system on board. Its specifications are still unknown to us.