New 11-inch iPad Pro It starts at $999 for the 256GB model. That’s a $200 increase over its predecessor’s introductory price. Still, the base version now has twice as much storage as before, even though the previous 11-inch Pro costs $100 less for the same space. Either way, the 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB storage versions also retail for $1,199, $1,599, and $1,999, respectively, while the mobile models start at $1,199. Like the rest of today’s new iPads, you can pre-order it Apple.com or third party retailers such as Amazon, Best Buy and B&Hand it will be released on May 15. It is available in Silver or Space Black.
The new Pros are the first iPads with OLED displays. This should result in deeper and more uniform black levels, richer colors and wider viewing angles. This is a particularly noticeable upgrade over the 11-inch Pro, which previously used a more traditional LCD panel without the advanced mini-LED backlighting of its bigger sibling. The display still supports a fast 120Hz refresh rate, which helps provide smoother motion than the iPad Air. Apple claims it can also reach 1,600 nits of peak HDR brightness.
In the first case, you can also configure the iPad Pro with a nanotextured glass screen designed to further reduce glare. However, this option is only available on the 1TB and 2TB models, and it adds an extra $100 to the already high MSRP.
The switch to OLED helped Apple slim down the chassis a bit. The new 11-inch model is 0.21 inches thinner than its predecessor, 0.2 inches thinner, and weighs 0.98 pounds, down from the previous 1.03 pounds.
Internally, the new iPad Pros are the first devices to ship with the M4 chip, an improved version of the 3nm processor that was introduced just last October and is now available in the company’s stores. the latest MacBooks and iMac. We’ll have to get our hands on the new slates to see how much of an improvement this is over the M2 and M3 in practice. For what it’s worth, Apple says it makes the new iPad Pros up to four times faster than the previous generation, though the tablets aren’t a performance detriment.
It should be noted that the 1TB and 2TB versions of the new iPad Pro are technically more powerful than their lower-capacity counterparts. More specifically, Apple says that these configurations come with 16GB of RAM rather than 8GB and feature a 10-core CPU instead of a 9-core unit.
Like the new iPad Airs, the M4 iPad Pro also places its selfie camera on a landscape edge. In addition, the usual advantages of the iPad Pro are still here: a faster Thunderbolt port, Face ID support, a quad-speaker setup, similar main and selfie cameras, a LiDAR scanner, and more. However, the ultra-wide camera of the previous model has been removed. It’s probably still a stretch to say that the new Pros can replace most people’s laptops, but if you just want the highest-end iPad possible, one of these would be the device to buy.
