According to Kevin Fox at Fury.com, Apple might have implemented the new design in the iPad 2, which features a headphone jack to fit the iPad’s smaller form factor and it’s set “in to a steep curve”.

This includes the headphone jack (which was removed on the iPad Pro), and Touch ID (which, similarly, was replaced with Face ID last fall on the new iPad Pro). Both the seventh-generation iPad and ...

I'll say it: The new is Apple's most advanced piece of hardware in 2024, besting the Vision Pro ... the iPad: Adding more port options, from an extra USB-C to MicroSD/SD to a headphone jack ...