Apple is reportedly planning a 12-inch iPad

Here’s the oddest Apple rumor that just won’t go away. Apple is planning a 12.2-inch iPad that will rival Microsoft’s Surface tablet. The big iPad, which many are calling the “iPad Pro,” will be thinner than the iPhone 6 Plus, according to Japanese site Macotakara, via Apple Insider. The iPad Pro will supposedly have better speakers than an iPad Air 2. The larger iPad would apparently fill the gap between the current iPad and a laptop, if Apple were able to change the software and add an attachable keyboard like Microsoft does with the Surface. An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment.