Rumor: 3.5mm headphone jack going away

　　传闻四：3.5mm耳机插口将取消

　　Mac Otakara reports that the forthcoming iPad Pro -- at least the 10.5-inch model -- will dispense with the traditional headphone jack in favor of Apple’s own Lightning Connector.

　　据Mac Otakara报道，即将面市的新款iPad Pro--型号至少是10.5英寸--将不再配置传统的耳机插口，而是配置苹果自己的闪电连接器。

　　Rumor: Faster charging

　　传闻五：充电更快

　　DigiTimes has reported that the next iPad Pro will come with an 18-watt USB-C power adapter. The current-generation Pro models currently support the 18-watt spec, which can reduce charging time by 50 percent, but Apple ships them with a 10-12-watt adapter.

　　据《数字时代》(DigiTimes)报道，下一代iPad Pro将配置一个18瓦USB-C接口的充电器。目前的Pro型号也支持18瓦充电器，可以将充电时间缩短50%，但苹果公司为它们配备了10-12瓦的充电器。

　　Don’t expect iPhone-style wireless charging, though. No one seriously expects the metallic rear panel in the iPad to go away, and that more or less prevents inductive charging.

　　然而，别再期待什么iPhone特色的无线充电了。没人真的希望iPad的金属被面板会消失，那样也会或多或少地妨碍感应充电。

　　Likely: Performance bumps

　　很可能会有性能上的颠覆

　　The new entry-level iPad is powered by the 2016-era A10 processor, putting it just a half-step behind the iPad Pros, which run the A10X. But considering that the 2017 iPhones run the A11, and the presumed 2018 iPhones will have an A12, it only makes sense that newer iPad Pros would have an A11 or A11X, at the very least. Bloomberg suggested back in November that the next iPads would have faster processors and GPUs, which have become a key component of almost every upgrade cycle.

　　新款入门级iPad采用2016款A10处理器，仅落后于运行A10X的iPad专业版半步。但考虑到2017款iPhone运行A11，人们设想中的2018款iPhone将拥有A12，那么新款iPad专业版至少会拥有A11或A11X才有意义。彭博社在去年11月份的报道暗示，下一代iPad将拥有更快的处理器和GPU，这也几乎已成为每个升级周期的关键指标。

　　Rumor: Probably no OLED display

　　传闻六：或许并没有OLED显示屏

　　One iPhone X feature that is unlikely to pop up in an iPad anytime in 2018 is an OLED display, according to Bloomberg. Not because Apple wouldn’t like to use them. It’s that suppliers simply don’t yet have the bandwidth to produce them at the size and cost in the massive numbers required to address Apple’s massive market. (That’s the same reason the laptops with OLED screens are still few and far between.)

　　据彭博社报道，IPhoneX其中一个特点将不会沿用到任何一个2018款的iPad上--OLED显示屏。并不是苹果公司不想用。而是苹果的供应商们难以满足庞大的苹果产品市场对于OLED显示屏尺寸和成本的需求。(这跟配置了OLED显示屏的笔记本电脑少之又少的原因是一样的。)

　　Rumor: Peace out, iPad Mini

　　传闻七：再见了，iPad Mini。

　　Speaking of iPhones: With September’s iPhone line rumored to include larger versions of the iPhone X -- possibly a 6.5-inch model -- it feels like the iPad Mini line just isn’t long for this world. Apart from a minor storage capacity upgrade in June 2017, the current Mini 4, with its 7.9-inch screen, hasn’t been updated since its introduction in 2015. But it’s more expensive than the 9.7-inch iPad because Apple sells only a 128GB version. Given that the new 9.7-incher delivers considerably more -- i.e. a bigger screen, Pencil support and better performance -- at a lower price, it’s hard to envision that much demand remains for the Mini.

　　说到iPhone：据传9月推出的iPhone系列包括iPhone X的更大版本 - 可能是6.5英寸型号 - 感觉就像iPad Mini系列将不再量产了一样。 除了2017年6月的小规模的存储容量升级外，目前Mini4及其7.9英寸屏幕自2015年推出以来尚未更新迭代。但它比9.7英寸iPad更昂贵，因为苹果仅售128GB版。 鉴于新的9.7英寸的iPad功能更强大 - 即更大的屏幕，支持苹果铅笔和更好的性能 - 价格更低，对Mini仍保有的大量需求将是难以想象的。