By Lorraine Luk 
 

HONG KONG-- Apple Inc. suppliers have been told to start production of a larger-screen iPad in the second half of this year as the U.S. tech giant wrestles with new designs and features for the enterprise market, people familiar with the matter say.

The Cupertino, Calif., company had originally told suppliers that it wanted to start mass production of the 12.9-inch iPad in the first quarter of 2015, the people said.

Apple is now considering adding USB ports and adopting so-called USB 3.0 technology, a much faster version that promises to transfer data up to 10 times as rapidly as current USB ports, one of the people said. It is especially useful when users are transferring large amounts of data, such as backing up computers to USB-connected hard disks. Currently, Apple's 9.7-inch iPad and 7.9-inch iPad mini do not come with a USB port.

"Apple has continued to rework some of the features of the larger iPad. It is now considering the faster technology for data synchronization between the larger iPad and other computing devices," said the person.

"Apple is also working on technology to speed up the iPad charging time, but it remains uncertain if the final design will have these new features."

Daisuke Wakabayashi in San Francisco contributed to this article.

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