Apple has been showing a lot of love for its iPads recently. There was the launch of a new iPad Air and updated iPad mini in March, not that long after the radical upgrades to the iPad Pro range towards the end of last year. The latest rumor of what comes next for the iPad Pro may affect next year's iPhones, too.

A prediction that the next iPad Pro models will include a technology new to Apple's tablets has come to light.

The first sight of that tablet would be in the last quarter or this year, or early 2020. That will have a key improved antenna tech which Apple will likely also put in the iPhone.

This puts the company in a great position to release an iPhone with 5G connectivity and follow that with an iPad Pro with 5G. The 5G tablet would debut sometime in 2021, apparently, while it's thought the first iPhone with 5G will be released in fall 2020.

So far in advance, it's easy to question the validity of such rumors. Well, it would be, except that this one comes from the phenomenally reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo from TF International Securities.

The report, covered by the Economic Daily News, has some interesting nuggets. Here's all you need to know.

Source: Forbes