Before the official release of iPadOS 16.1, Apple finally updated the iPad Pro product line and replaced it with a new M2 chip, so it has become the well-deserved flagship of Apple’s tablet, which is not surprising.
At the same time, Apple also updated the basic iPad. While the chip was upgraded, the design also used the “right-angled edge” style, which can be described as the most important update since the birth of the series.
The new iPad Pro with iPadOS 16.1 can be said to be Apple’s challenge to the traditional PC field again, while the new iPad is more like Apple’s continued leadership in the traditional tablet market.
iPad Pro: Change the core without changing the case
The new iPad Pro still maintains two sizes, with little difference in size.
11″ with Liquid Retina Display and 12.9″ with Liquid Retina XDR Display (mini LED).
The screen display specifications are consistent with the previous generation. The XDR screen of the iPad Pro 12.9 has a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1, a full-screen brightness of 1,000 nit, and a peak brightness of 1,600 nit.
The iPad Pro 11 still has 600nit peak brightness, 120Hz adaptive refresh, P3 wide color gamut features, and horizontal contrast is not bad at all.
The design style and even the color matching of the new iPad Pro are the same as the previous generation. Putting the two together, it is almost indistinguishable.
The new iPad Pro is more like a routine update. The processor is updated from M1 to M2. Relatively speaking, the gap between the new and old models can also be regarded as the difference in energy efficiency and core architecture brought about by the two Arm chips.
The M2 chip uses TSMC’s 5nm process. Compared with the M1, the CPU has an 18% increase, the GPU has a 35% increase, and the number of transistors has also increased from 16 billion to 20 billion.
In short, M2 will theoretically have a high performance limit, lower energy consumption, eat less and run faster, which are the core elements that can compete with traditional PCs.
And the 100GB/s memory bandwidth on the M2 chip, the hardware acceleration of the RAW format by the media processing engine and the ProRes codec engine also appear on the new two iPad Pros.
In addition to chips, the two iPad Pros also support Bluetooth 5.3 technology, and have also made some improvements to image performance.
The new iPad Pro is equipped with a 12-megapixel wide-angle lens and a 10-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens, supporting the same Smart HDR 4 photos as the iPhone 14 Pro series.
And also added support for ProRes video, 256GB and above models support 4K 30fps ProRes format, but 128GB only supports 1080p 30fps, which may be a bit insufficient to take care of the 128GB capacity.
In addition, the running memory of the two iPad Pros is also related to the capacity. In the models with 128GB, 256GB and 512GB capacities, it is equipped with 8GB of memory, while in the models with 1TB and 2TB high capacity, it is equipped with 16GB of memory. .
As for the rumored “four-pin smart connector” and functions such as MagSafe, they did not appear on the new iPad Pro.
The advantage of this is that the old accessories can still be used on the new iPad Pro, but the disadvantage is that the expansion of the iPad Pro is still a bit stretched.
It is worth noting that the new iPad Pro adds a “hover” function to the Apple Pencil, which will make the positioning of the Apple Pencil more precise.
This feature will also appear in the annotation and drawing experience of third-party apps in the future.
The two new iPad Pros will be available for order at 9 a.m. on October 20th and will be available on October 26th.
The price information is shown in the figure:
iPad: change the core and change the case
As the cheapest iPad in the product line, with the ecological appeal of iPadOS, it has eaten up many education markets and entry-level tablet markets.
The entry-level iPad has contributed a lot to this part of Apple’s business.
It’s just an older mold that looks a bit outdated, especially when it comes to Android tablets of the same price.
The design style of the new iPad follows the same right-angled bezel as the iPad Pro and iPad Air.
And the color of the fuselage is similar to that of the iPad Air and iPad mini. It offers four colors of silver, pink, blue and yellow. Compared with the iPad 9, it is obviously more lively and more intimate.
Interestingly, the front camera of the iPad 10 is placed on the long side, although it is also 12 million pixels. Obviously, Apple has defined the iPad as a landscape device, and it is more like a PC or Mac usage.
The screen is the same 10.9 inches as the fifth-generation iPad Air, and the official website is also marked as a Liquid retina display, with a resolution of 2360×1640 and a maximum brightness of 500nit.
But compared with the iPad Air 5 screen, the iPad 10 screen lacks “full laminated display”, “anti-reflective coating” and support for P3 color gamut (sRGB only).
To put it simply, the iPad 10 is likely to be equipped with a non-full-fit screen.
The fingerprint recognition module is also similar to the iPad Air and is integrated into the power button. The USB-C interface is also used, and the back camera is also 12 million pixels. And the size is similar, the iPad 10 is just like a simplified version of the iPad Air.
The iPad 10 only supports the first-generation Apple Pencil, though hovering on the new iPad Pro is also supported.
In terms of core configuration, the iPad 10 is equipped with an A14 chip, which not only improves performance, but also adds support for 5G networks.
In terms of accessories, Apple has equipped the iPad 10 with a new Magic Keyboard-style keyboard with a keyboard and a trackpad. This is the first time Apple has equipped an iPad with a productivity-enhancing accessory.
In this way, the iPad 10 can be described as a popular model for Apple’s next-generation computer, rather than simply facing the tablet market. Its lower price may have a broader market depth.
The iPad 10 will also be available for order at 9am on October 20th and will be available on October 26th.
The price information is shown in the figure:
Survival from “cracks” to being independent
Twelve years ago, when the iPad was born, it was between the Mac and the iPhone, and it was positioned as a large entertainment device. It could do things that the iPhone could do, and the Mac could do, and it could easily be replaced by a mobile phone or a Mac.
In the past few years, the positioning of the iPad has been adjusted, and it has gradually appeared in every corner of people’s lives and in various occasions, playing different roles.
Today, the iPad is no longer a “cracked” device. The iPad Pro equipped with the M chip has enough performance to compete with the Mac or PC, and the iPad equipped with the Apple Pencil has gradually replaced paper and pen in some occasions.
For Apple, the iPad has gradually become the main hardware product line alongside the Mac and iPhone. But such a position is still not enough for Apple.
As a result, we have seen Apple continue to add features to iPadOS to unlock all the hardware potential of the iPad Pro.
The release time of the new iPad Pro this time is also rare with the release of the front and rear feet of iPadOS 16.1. The combination of hardware and software ecology can create the complete competitiveness of the iPad Pro, and it can best convey the ultimate goal of Apple’s so-called “your next computer”.
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