iPad Pro 11" e 12.9" 5th gen (2021)
Site oficial: https://www.apple.com/pt/ipad-pro/
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New iPad Pros come with M1 chipset, 5G and Thunderbolt, the 12.9" model has mini-LED display
We knew that the new iPad Pros will have a chipset similar to the M1, but it’s not just similar, it is the M1. Compared to the A12Z, CPU performance is up 50%, the GPU is 40% faster. You can configure this tablet with up to 16GB of RAM and up to 2TB of storage (the storage is also twice as fast as on the previous generation).
And to make these tablets even more computer-like, you get a Thunderbolt port. It has a peak transfer speed of 40 Gbps and allows you to hook up external monitors of up to 6K resolution as well as super fast external storage. And if you somehow have 10 gigabit Ethernet, it can handle that too.
While you can connect an external display, you may have trouble tearing your eyes away from the iPad’s own display – the rumors were right, Apple has equipped the iPad Pro 12.9 with a mini-LED panel (the 11” model still uses regular LCD).
It calls it the Liquid Retina XDR display, similar to the Pro Display XDR desktop monitor. It’s super bright, peaking at 1,600 nits and achieving 1,000 nits full-screen brightness. And it supports all the high quality imaging formats (HDR10, Dolby Vision, HLG).
The heart of mini-LED is the new backlight, which consists of 10,000 tiny LEDs grouped into 2,500 local dimming zones (for comparison, the previous iPad Pro 12.9 had only 72 LEDs).
Both the 11” and 12.9” have ProMotion, aka adaptive 120Hz refresh rate. The 11” panel is old school Liquid Retina, however, meaning only 600 nits peak brightness. It still supports True Tone and uses the DCI-P3 color gamut, though.
While they can rival some desktops in terms of performance, the iPad Pros are still mobile products and they now have optional 5G connectivity, a first for the series. In the US this includes mmWave, which can hit 4 Gbps under ideal conditions. The 5G slates have an eSIM, so you can quickly sign up for a new plan.
The new iPad Pros have an updated TrueDepth camera with a 12MP sensor and an ultrawide-angle lens. Its 122º field of view enables a feature dubbed Center Stage – when in a video call, the tablet can zoom in and pan to keep you in the center of the frame. And if someone else sits beside you, it will zoom out so that both of you are in frame.
The dual camera on the back got its own improvements. It still has a 12MP main and 10MP ultrawide modules, plus a LiDAR scanner. Most of the improvements actually come from the faster ISP and NPU found inside the M1 chipset. They enable Smart HDR 3 and in low-light the LiDAR helps with autofocus. The tablet can also insert digital imagery and keep as background to create impressive virtual environments.
You can pre-order the iPad Pro 11” and 12.9” this Friday, the first units will be available on Friday. You better sit down for the pricing, though.
The Magic Keyboard is now also available in White
The new Apple iPad Pro 12.9 starts at $1,100, 5G connectivity is $200 on top of that. The smaller 11” model starts at $800. Note that the RAM capacity is tied to choice of storage.
Site oficial: https://www.apple.com/pt/ipad-pro/
https://youtu.be/4Ogs1a9XS-I
New iPad Pros come with M1 chipset, 5G and Thunderbolt, the 12.9" model has mini-LED display
We knew that the new iPad Pros will have a chipset similar to the M1, but it’s not just similar, it is the M1. Compared to the A12Z, CPU performance is up 50%, the GPU is 40% faster. You can configure this tablet with up to 16GB of RAM and up to 2TB of storage (the storage is also twice as fast as on the previous generation).
And to make these tablets even more computer-like, you get a Thunderbolt port. It has a peak transfer speed of 40 Gbps and allows you to hook up external monitors of up to 6K resolution as well as super fast external storage. And if you somehow have 10 gigabit Ethernet, it can handle that too.
While you can connect an external display, you may have trouble tearing your eyes away from the iPad’s own display – the rumors were right, Apple has equipped the iPad Pro 12.9 with a mini-LED panel (the 11” model still uses regular LCD).
It calls it the Liquid Retina XDR display, similar to the Pro Display XDR desktop monitor. It’s super bright, peaking at 1,600 nits and achieving 1,000 nits full-screen brightness. And it supports all the high quality imaging formats (HDR10, Dolby Vision, HLG).
The heart of mini-LED is the new backlight, which consists of 10,000 tiny LEDs grouped into 2,500 local dimming zones (for comparison, the previous iPad Pro 12.9 had only 72 LEDs).
Both the 11” and 12.9” have ProMotion, aka adaptive 120Hz refresh rate. The 11” panel is old school Liquid Retina, however, meaning only 600 nits peak brightness. It still supports True Tone and uses the DCI-P3 color gamut, though.
While they can rival some desktops in terms of performance, the iPad Pros are still mobile products and they now have optional 5G connectivity, a first for the series. In the US this includes mmWave, which can hit 4 Gbps under ideal conditions. The 5G slates have an eSIM, so you can quickly sign up for a new plan.
The new iPad Pros have an updated TrueDepth camera with a 12MP sensor and an ultrawide-angle lens. Its 122º field of view enables a feature dubbed Center Stage – when in a video call, the tablet can zoom in and pan to keep you in the center of the frame. And if someone else sits beside you, it will zoom out so that both of you are in frame.
The dual camera on the back got its own improvements. It still has a 12MP main and 10MP ultrawide modules, plus a LiDAR scanner. Most of the improvements actually come from the faster ISP and NPU found inside the M1 chipset. They enable Smart HDR 3 and in low-light the LiDAR helps with autofocus. The tablet can also insert digital imagery and keep as background to create impressive virtual environments.
You can pre-order the iPad Pro 11” and 12.9” this Friday, the first units will be available on Friday. You better sit down for the pricing, though.
The Magic Keyboard is now also available in White
The new Apple iPad Pro 12.9 starts at $1,100, 5G connectivity is $200 on top of that. The smaller 11” model starts at $800. Note that the RAM capacity is tied to choice of storage.
Renders of 11" and 12.9" iPad Pros show no major design changes except a fingerprint reader
Now that all but one iPhone have transitioned from LCD to OLED, the iPads may be next in line. Or they could be switching to mini-LED displays instead – actually, some rumors from last years claimed that both things are happening.
The rumors claimed that a 12.9” iPad Pro will become the first mini-LED device. Production of the panels should have already started and the tablet is expected in H1 of this year. Others mentioned an iPad Pro with an OLED display coming in H2.
All of that may soon become relevant as CAD-based renders of a 12.9” iPad Pro have surfaced. Of course, there’s no way to tell from the renders if the display is an OLED or a mini-LED panel, but it should be mini-LED if the rumored info is true.
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2021), CAD-based renders
Display type aside, this 2021 model appears almost identical to the current iPad Pro 12.9 (2020) with squared off sides that house quad speakers and a single USB-C port. The other connectivity port is on the back, the three pogo pins for keyboards. The camera looks the same too, with two lenses and a 3D ToF module.
The 11” version of the upcoming iPad Pro leaked in a similar fashion and it too looks like its predecessor from 2020. Apple engineers have managed to shave off a couple of millimeters off the width and height, but the thickness remains the same. The iPad Pro (2021) will measure 245.74 x 176.61 x 5.90 mm.
Notice the recessed area on the right side – this appears to be a TouchID fingerprint reader similar to the one on the iPad Air (2020). A fingerprint reader can be seen in the renders of both tablets.
Apple iPad Pro 11 (2021), CAD-based renders
Not changing the overall design sounds reasonable – the new M1-powered MacBook Air and Pro are very similar to their x86 predecessors in all manners but the chipset (check out the teardown).
Speaking of chipsets, the 2020 iPad Pro used the Apple A12Z, which is now a couple of generations old. It’s still fast though, the Z has double the big CPU cores and double the GPU cores compared to the A12 chipset used in the iPhone XS.
However, an Apple A14Z doesn’t exist. And may not exist at all, given than doubling its big CPU cores and GPU cores would make it very similar to the Apple M1 chip. We haven’t heard anything about an M1-powered iPad, however, so the 2021 Pros may have to settle for the same chipset as the iPhones. Between the chipset and the displays, the next-gen iPad Pros may be the most interesting tablets to launch in 2021.
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