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Watch: M1 iPad Pro Unboxing Videos and First Impressions

The new iPad Pro featuring the M1 chip is now available to order and set to begin arriving with customers starting on Friday, May 21.

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The new iPad Pro features the ‌M1‌ chip, 5G connectivity, a Thunderbolt port, a Liquid Retina XDR mini-LED display on the 12.9-inch model, an improved front-facing camera with Center Stage, and more. It also comes alonside the Magic Keyboard, which is now available in white for the first time.

Ahead of the arrival of orders this Friday, Apple has provided select YouTube channels and media outlets with an early look at its flagship tablets. We have rounded up some unboxing videos and first impressions below.

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For more in-depth impressions, see our M1 iPad Pro review roundup.

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Top Rated Comments

Techwatcher Avatar
64 months ago

I’ll wait. They’re already producing M2 chips, right?
And once they reveal the M2 and you place your order you'll realize they're producing M3 chips.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
64 months ago
And of course, the same handful of shills, with the same ridiculous looks of surprise on their faces. Rinse, repeat.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
RowellE Avatar
64 months ago

I'm glad they showed the unboxing just to show it's just like unboxing previous iPad models. Solid work.
I, myself, enjoy unboxing videos. What I don’t understand is how some vloggers will unbox the same device/hardware but with different colors. Was it necessary for iJustine to be sent EVERY color of the iMac to unbox? No.

What’s even worse is when some vloggers will do a video of two or more unboxings of the same device, and the only difference between them are the internals.

"Hey, everyone. This is TechNet, and today we are going to be doing a couple of unboxings. I have here the Space Gray M1 MacBook Air base model -- AND I'm also unboxing another Space Gray base M1 MacBook Air, but this one is completely different. This one has 16gb of ram!"

FML
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
OliOliOliOli Avatar
64 months ago

I’ll wait. They’re already producing M2 chips, right?
And the M3 and certainly some of them work on the M4... Its life baby... if always waiting for the best you will miss the opportunity to enjoy working with...
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
64 months ago

I’ll wait. They’re already producing M2 chips, right?
M1 is good enough.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
64 months ago
I’ll wait. They’re already producing M2 chips, right?
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)