Apple Announces New 10.5-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro Models With Advanced Displays

Apple today announced a new 10.5-inch iPad Pro and a redesigned 12.9-inch iPad Pro at its WWDC keynote on Monday in San Jose, California.

The new 10.5-inch iPad Pro has a 20 percent larger display, made possible by reducing the tablet's borders by 40 percent, yet it still weighs just 1 pound. It allows the display of a full size onscreen keyboard and enables users to attach a full size Smart Keyboard. Apple will offer the new Smart Keyboards in 30 more languages.

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Both new iPad models come with new displays, featuring True tone, wide color gamut, ultralow reflectivity, 600 nits brightness, and HDR video support.

“These are by far the most powerful iPads we’ve ever created with the world’s most advanced displays featuring ProMotion, the powerful new A10X Fusion chip and the advanced camera system of iPhone 7,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of Product Marketing. “Together with iOS 11 these new iPad Pro models will radically change what users can do with iPad.”

A new screen technology called ProMotion also brings dramatically improved display performance, doubling the display refresh rate to 120Hz, making for smother, more responsive content. It also works more accurately with the Apple Pencil, offering an industry-leading 20 milliseconds.

A dynamically adjusting refresh rate also features on the new displays, which adjust depending on the content being viewed, with intelligent energy saving. Apple says the new iPads have the same 10 hours of battery life. An A10X six-core Fusion CPU, with a twelve core GPU powers the new models, offering over 40 percent faster graphics performance.

The 10.5-inch iPad Pro will start at $649 with 64GB storage and Wi-Fi only, and $779 for 64GB storage and cellular capabilities. The 12.9-inch iPad Pro starts at $799 for 64GB and Wi-Fi only, and $929 for 64GB with cellular. 256GB and 512GB storage capacities are available for both models, which all come in silver, space gray, gold and rose gold. Both tablets can be ordered today and are available next week.

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Top Rated Comments

Sunny1990 Avatar
76 months ago
No OLED display!
No 3D touch!
No Upate to 7.9 inch model?
No slim bezels for the 12.9 model,same old design
No Matt /Jet black colour option
Tim's got to keep those margins up!
Score: 18 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jayducharme Avatar
76 months ago
"ProMotion"! LOL! It's all promotion, isn't it?;)
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Royksöpp Avatar
76 months ago
10.5 Inch 256GB Black, you will be mine. :apple::cool:
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
DNichter Avatar
76 months ago
Ordered my 256GB 10.5 in Black. Looking forward to selling my MacBook and going iOS only for my computing needs. 7 Plus and 10.5 Pro.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Ipadlover29 Avatar
76 months ago
I hope the 10.5" iPad has 4gb of ram and an updated Touch ID.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Keirasplace Avatar
76 months ago
No OLED display!
No 3D touch!
No Upate to 7.9 inch model?
No slim bezels for the 12.9 model,same old design
No Matt /Jet black colour option
Tim's got to keep those margins up!
Lots and lots of whining though, no shortage of that...
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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