Apple Announces New iPad Pro With M2 Chip and Other New Features

Apple today introduced a new iPad Pro with the M2 chip, a new hovering Apple Pencil feature, faster Wi-Fi 6E, and more.

iPad Pro M2
With the M2 chip, the new iPad Pro has up to 15% faster CPU performance and up to 35% faster GPU performance compared to the previous iPad Pro with the M1 chip, according to Apple. The chip has a new media engine and image signal processor that enables ProRes video recording for the first time and up to 3x faster ProRes video transcoding.

On the new iPad Pro, the second-generation Apple Pencil is now detected while it hovers up to 12mm above the display, allowing users to see a preview of their drawing before they make it. And with Scribble, text fields automatically expand when the pencil gets near the screen.

The new iPad Pro is the first Apple device with Wi-Fi 6E, with Apple advertising download speeds of up to 2.4Gbps.

The new iPad Pro is available to order starting today on Apple.com and in the Apple Store app in the U.S. and 27 other countries, with pricing starting at $799 for the 11-inch model and at $1,099 for the 12.9-inch model. Color options include Space Gray and Silver, with 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB storage configurations. Deliveries to customers and in-store availability will begin Wednesday, October 26.

The new iPad Pro models have the same size and weight, display brightness and resolution, and battery life as the previous models, according to Apple's tech specs. There remains a Thunderbolt port, four speakers, Face ID, and a rear Smart Connector on both models. There is also still a physical nano-SIM card tray on cellular models.

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Top Rated Comments

Drogba11 Avatar
13 months ago
Obligatory keeping my iPad Pro 2018 11” for another year :cool:
Score: 33 Votes (Like | Disagree)
drew0020 Avatar
13 months ago
How does the cheapest iPad in the lineup get a landscape camera and the 12.9” Pro is stuck with a portrait camera. Just wow Apple. What a terrible update.
Score: 23 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Seanm87 Avatar
13 months ago
Hovering pencil? Is it going to levitate or something?
Score: 22 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Gherkin Avatar
13 months ago
So the insanely powerful M1 iPad Pro from last year can’t do the Pencil hover? lol my god.
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
B-Mc-C Avatar
13 months ago
Not even MagSafe. And of course no mini-LED for the 11”. And they moved the camera to landscape orientation on the cheap iPad but not the Pro? WTF. Shame on them. Ordered this one because my 2018 is dying but already eagerly anticipating the next version coming in 2024 which should be a redesign.
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
DMG35 Avatar
13 months ago
Not even worthy to upgrade the 2020 iPad Pro to this. Total waste imo, unless you are coming from the home button 12.9 iPad Pro.
Score: 18 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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