Apple has just unveiled its latest iPad Pro models, boasting a combination of cutting-edge features that promise to revolutionize user experience. The new devices, available in 13-inch and 11-inch sizes and presented in sleek silver and space black finishes - both with 100 percent recycled aluminum enclosures, showcase Apple's commitment to sustainability, portability, and performance.
The latest iPad Pro is the thinnest and lightest yet, with the 11-inch model measuring just 5.3 mm thin and the 13-inch model even slimmer at 5.1 mm. Despite their slender profiles, both models maintain the durability of previous designs, ensuring robust performance in any setting. The 11-inch version weighs less than a pound, while the 13-inch model is nearly a quarter pound lighter than its predecessor. This reduction in weight empowers professional users to expand their workflows with greater flexibility and mobility.
Key Takeaways: The new Apple iPad Pro for the 11-inch model is just 5.3 mm thin and weighs less than a pound, and the 13-inch model is even thinner at a striking 5.1 mm and is nearly a quarter pound lighter than the previous models. Thinnest and lightest Apple product ever (yet)!
The new iPad Pro introduces the Ultra Retina XDR display, hailed as the world's most advanced. Utilizing tandem OLED technology, it merges light from two OLED panels to deliver outstanding full-screen brightness. With support for up to 1000 nits of full-screen brightness for both SDR and HDR content and a peak of 1600 nits for HDR, it boasts an unparalleled dynamic range. Tandem OLED technology enables precise control over pixel color and luminance, enhancing XDR precision. This results in brighter specular highlights and enhanced detail in shadows and low light, all while maintaining responsiveness to motion.
Additionally, a nano texture glass option, etched at a nanometer scale, reduces glare while preserving image quality and contrast. With its groundbreaking technology and unparalleled visual fidelity, the Ultra Retina XDR display sets a new standard, offering iPad Pro users an unmatched viewing experience.
Key takeaways: Remarkable visual experience via Ultra Retina XDR display with state-of-the-art tandem OLED technology. Available in both sizes!
The new iPad Pro's super slim design and amazing display are thanks to M4, Apple's latest chip that boosts performance a lot. M4, the next generation of Apple silicon is made with advanced tech that uses less power, which suits the iPad Pro's thin design. It also has a new display tech that makes colors and brightness look better on the Ultra Retina XDR display. With more powerful CPU and graphics, M4 makes apps run faster and look smoother, especially those used for editing and rendering. And even though it's super powerful, the M4 doesn't use up as much battery as older chips. Plus, it can play high-quality videos more efficiently.
"The new iPad Pro with M4 showcases the power of custom silicon, enabling groundbreaking products," said Johny Srouji, Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Technologies. "The efficient performance of the M4, coupled with its advanced display engine, allows for the sleek design and innovative display of the iPad Pro. Significant enhancements to the CPU, GPU, Neural Engine, and memory system make the M4 ideal for the latest AI-driven applications, making the iPad Pro the most powerful device of its kind."
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The M4 boasts a new CPU with up to 10 cores, including four high-performance cores and six efficiency cores. These next-generation cores feature improved branch prediction, wider decode and execution engines for high-performance cores, and a deeper execution engine for efficiency cores. Additionally, both types of cores include enhanced ML accelerators. Compared to the powerful M2 in the previous iPad Pro, the M4 delivers up to 1.5 times faster CPU performance. This means tasks like working with complex music files in Logic Pro or adding demanding effects to 4K video in LumaFusion are much quicker and smoother with the M4.
The M4's 10-core GPU is an improvement over the graphics architecture of the previous M3 chips. It introduces Dynamic Caching, a clever Apple feature that adjusts memory allocation on the fly, boosting the GPU's performance. This is especially beneficial for demanding professional apps and games, delivering significantly better performance. Additionally, the new GPU in the M4 will introduce hardware-accelerated ray tracing to the iPad for the first time. This will enhance the realism of shadows and reflections in games like Diablo Immortal and other visually immersive experiences.
The new iPad Pro with M4 has a super strong brain called the Neural Engine. It can do 38 trillion operations every second, which is 60 times faster than its older version, Apple’s first Neural Engine in the A11 Bionic chip. This, along with next-generation ML accelerators in the CPU, a high-performance GPU, more memory bandwidth, intelligent features, and powerful developer frameworks in iPadOS, makes the new iPad Pro really, really good at AI stuff. With the M4, you can do AI tasks super fast, like removing backgrounds from videos with just a tap. The Neural Engine in the M4 is even more powerful than any other AI brain in a PC right now.
iPadOS has some cool tools for developers, like Core ML, which lets them use the iPad Pro's powerful brain for amazing AI features right on the device. This means you can run fancy AI models smoothly, even without the internet. The iPad Pro can also use cloud-based apps that use AI, like Copilot for Microsoft 365 and Adobe Firefly, for even more productivity and creativity.
Key Takeaways: Users can perform AI-enabled tasks even faster with the new iPad Pro thanks to the Neural Engine in M4 Chip!
The new iPad Pro has upgraded cameras that make it really versatile. Plus, it has four high quality mics for great sound. Users can shoot, edit, and share all on one device. The main 12MP camera takes awesome photos and videos, even in low light, thanks to Smart HDR. There's also a new adaptive True Tone flash that adjusts to make scanning documents easier. With AI, the iPad Pro Camera app can recognize documents and automatically take better scans, even if there's a shadow.
Meanwhile, the TrueDepth camera system's front camera has moved to the side, and it's an Ultra Wide 12MP with Center Stage camera. This makes video calls or video conferencing in landscape orientation look better, especially when the iPad is attached to the Magic Keyboard or Smart Folio.
Key Takeaways: The upgraded camera captures images and video with even better color, improved textures, and detail in low light thanks to the 12MP back camera with Smart HDR. The new adaptive True Tone flash combined with AI makes document scanning easier and better. Meanwhile, the front camera is upgraded with a TrueDepth camera system making video conferencing even better!
The iPad Pro comes with a really fast USB-C port that supports Thunderbolt 3 and USB 4 — up to 40Gb/s. This means you can connect it to high-performance accessories like the Pro Display XDR at its full 6K resolution, and external storage, all connected using high performance cables and docks. It also supports Wi-Fi 6E for super-speedy internet, perfect for professional work on the go. If you have the Wi-Fi + Cellular model with 5G, you can access your files, backup data, and stay connected easily while out and about. These models use eSIM instead of a physical SIM card, which is safer and lets you switch plans digitally. Plus, you can get wireless data plans in over 190 countries without needing to visit a local carrier for a physical SIM card.
The Apple Pencil Pro is even more amazing than before, with new features that make drawing and writing even easier. It has a sensor that can tell when you squeeze it, bringing up a menu so you can quickly change your tools and colors without stopping your creative flow. When you squeeze or double-tap, it gives a little tap back so you know it's worked. Plus, it has a gyroscope so you can tilt it for precise control, just like you would with a real pen. Rotating it changes the shape of the tools you're using, just like turning a pencil in your hand. It has a hover feature that shows you exactly where your marks will go before you make them. With these advanced features, Apple Pencil Pro allows users to bring their ideas to life in entirely new ways, and developers can also create their own custom interactions.
For the first time, the Apple Pencil Pro also works with Find My, so if you misplace it, you can easily locate it. It attaches, charges, and sticks to the side of the iPad Pro with magnets. And if you prefer, the iPad Pro also supports the older Apple Pencil (USB-C), which is great for note-taking, drawing, and more, at a great price. Apple Pencil Pro pairs, charges, and is stored on the side of the iPad Pro through a new magnetic interface.
The all-new Magic Keyboard for the new iPad Pro is thinner and lighter, making it easier to carry around. It still has that cool floating design, but now it also has a row of buttons for things like adjusting the screen brightness and volume. Plus, it has a sleek aluminum palm rest and a bigger trackpad that feels really smooth to use, almost like a MacBook. It attaches magnetically using a Smart Connector and connects power and data instantly without needing Bluetooth. There's even a USB-C connector in the hinge for charging. And it comes in two colors that match the new iPad Pro: black with a space black palm rest, and white with a silver palm rest.
As for the Smart Folio, it's designed to protect the iPad Pro and doubles as a stand for easy viewing and typing. The new Smart Folio attaches magnetically and now supports multiple viewing angles for greater flexibility. Available in black, white, and denim, it complements the colors of the new iPad Pro.
iPadOS is full of cool features that really push what you can do on an iPad. With Reference Mode, it can match the color requirements of the Ultra Retina XDR display perfectly for tasks where accurate colors are super important — including review and approval, color grading, and compositing, like editing photos or videos. Stage Manager lets you work with lots of windows at once, resize windows, and switch between apps easily. You can even connect your iPad Pro to a big external display up to 6K, for even more space to work or for better video calls. iPad Pro's AI features are also really handy, like Visual Look Up, Subject Lift, Live Text, or Live Captions, and Personal Voice.
In iPadOS 17, you can personalize your Lock Screen and use interactive widgets to get things done faster with just a tap. The Notes app has new tools for working with PDFs, making it easier to read, write on, and share them. Filling out forms is now a breeze with AutoFill, which fills in fields for you automatically.
Logic Pro for iPad 2, launching on Monday, May 13, brings some amazing new features to help musicians make music even better. One cool feature is Session Players, which are virtual band members that can play bass, keyboards, and drums to give your songs more depth. There's also ChromaGlow, which adds warmth to your tracks instantly. ChromaGlow models the sounds produced by a blend of the world’s most-revered studio hardware by leveraging AI and the power of M-series Apple silicon. In addition to that, Stem Splitter lets you separate and edit different parts of a recording. These tools are designed to help artists while still letting them stay in control of their creative process.
Coming later this spring, Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 brings an exciting new feature called Live Multicam. This feature turns your iPad into a portable studio, letting you wirelessly connect and control up to four iPhone and iPad cameras. To support Live Multicam, a brand new capture app called Final Cut Camera is also introduced for iPad and iPhone. With Final Cut Camera, you can adjust settings like white balance, ISO, and shutter speed, as well as monitor exposure and focus peaking. It works as a standalone app or alongside Live Multicam.
Additionally, Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 allows you to work with projects stored on external storage, giving editors more flexibility. Plus, it comes with new content options to enhance your editing experience.
The new iPad Pro is made with the environment in mind. It uses 100 percent recycled aluminum in its body, along with recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, and recycled gold plating and tin soldering in its circuit boards. It's also very energy efficient and doesn't contain harmful substances like mercury or PVC. Even the packaging is eco-friendly, being made entirely of fiber-based materials as part of Apple's goal to eliminate plastic from packaging by 2025.
Apple is committed to reducing its carbon footprint. Currently, all of its corporate operations are carbon neutral, and by 2030, Apple plans to extend this to cover the entire manufacturing process and life cycle of every product it makes.
Apple's latest unveiling of the new iPad Pro marks a significant leap in technology. With its stunning design, revolutionary Ultra Retina XDR display, and lightning-fast M4 chip, it sets a new standard for performance and portability. With its advanced features of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and other new accessories, including the Apple Pencil Pro, Magic Keyboard, and Smart Folio, the new iPad Pro represents a remarkable evolution in the world of tablets, offering unparalleled capabilities for professionals and enthusiasts alike. Apple's commitment to reducing its carbon footprint is also shown with the new iPad Pro models and its packaging.
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