It seems that Apple's 12.9-inch iPad Pro and Samsung's Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 are up to another challenger, and this time is coming from one of the best PC manufacturers in the world, Dell. A patent showed that Dell is working on a foldable and "dual display tablet."
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office recently published a patent application from Dell, revealing the company's plan on manufacturing a "dual display tablet" speculated to target consumers and professionals. This could challenge Apple's 12.9-inch iPad Pro and Samsung's Galaxy Tab S2 9.7.
The tablet's operating system is not yet specified, but it is said to possibly run Windows and/or Android OS. Dell's latest "dual display tablet" offers an awesome functionality of allowing the future owners to close it "like a book." Further, the device is also planned to use Office-like app such as the Microsoft Office Excel, and others.
The features that the foldable Dell tablet would be offering are:
- Dual display
- Capability to detect a touch device (finger or stylus)
- Motion, image, sound, and other orientation sensors
- Gyroscopes
- Accelerometers
- Magnetometers
- Reference point sensors
- Dynamic Hover sensitivity
- Multi-hover gesture detection
Other specs and features are yet to be disclosed.
Dell filed the patent for their dual display tablet in Q4 2013, and it is still unknown as to when would the device be released. Could this be released this year or 2016? Samsung's Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 is rumored to be launched this June, and is expected to sport specs and features such as:
- Super AMOLED display
- 64-bit octa-core Samsung Exynos 7420 processor
- 3 GB RAM
- 32 GB storage
- 128 GB microSD card support
- Android 5.0.2
- 5870 mAh battery
- 2.1 MP front camera
- 8 MP rear camera
On the other hand, Apple's 12.9-inch iPad Pro is speculated to be launched on 2016 while some this late 2015. The specs and features that iPad Pro is expected to have are:
- Touch panel with increased sensitivity
- Built-in NFC chip
- Pressure-sensitive Bluetooth stylus
- Force Touch
- One USB-C port
- A-series processor
Apple, Samsung, and Dell have yet to release official statements. However, once Dell's foldable tablet comes out, it would surely challenge the 12.9-inch iPad Pro and the Galaxy Tab S2 9.7.
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