Apple has made the iPad Pro even more unique in the market if possible. During yesterday’s event The Californian company has in fact announced two new versions of its iPad Pro, one with an 11-inch screen and a 12.9-inch screen. Both equipped with the new M1 processor, used on MacBook Pro and Air, iMac and Mac mini, with 5G connection and, in the case of the iPad Pro 12.9, also with a screen with micro LED technology used so far only on the gigantic (and very expensive) Apple’s professional monitor, Pro Display XDR. Both will have up to two terabytes of memory.
However, it is by going to reread the material of Apple’s presentation, following the direct and trying to find the footnotes that make you understand more of these products, waiting to be able to try them firsthand, that you realize the uniqueness of what Tim Cook’s Apple is doing. During a choral and recorded keynote, with a tight direction that does not make you lose the emotion of the impossible live because of the pandemic, Cook managed to make the conductor of an ensemble of female and male executives of the company who represent well a another aspect of the company’s diversity: its inclusiveness and attention to detail, to the little things that are more important than marketing and selling products, such as respect for the environment and the fluidity of society.
Apple with the iPads, even more than with the new colored iMacs, rediscovers a different and increasingly joyful way to go on the market. He discovers a way that relies on complete control of all aspects of the technologies involved, starting with the processor. The choice to bring M1 to a device such as a tablet, which at the time of its launch 11 years ago was branded as “a passive device, made to consume but not to create content”, shows that Apple has sold this battle. But, instead of sitting on its laurels, after each generation it continues to iterate.
Center Stage
And then he puts an innovative front camera with ultrawide viewing angle, 122 degrees, capable of framing a very large scene and a “Center Stage” artificial intelligence system that makes them recognize and digitally zoom in on the person in the frame, so that never leave the scene. And if another person arrives, the shot expands to include him. The feature is available for both FaceTime (Apple’s video chat) and other third-party apps.
Still, Apple brings 5G to iPads, with compatibility for millimeter bands (which give 4 Gigabits per second of top speed in the city) only in the US as it also happens for the iPhone 12, but with the aim of dominating the market. of broadband on the move and enable real working modes on the move with an instrument that, equipped with a keyboard and trackpad (now also white) or a pen, becomes a means of work as well as an increasingly powerful personal expression.
Thunderbolt
In this regard, here is the Usb-C socket that also turns into Thunderbolt, giving the iPad Pro, which is also practically a Mac given the processor, the ability to manage external monitors up to 6K, batteries of fast disks, others peripherals of various kinds capable of communicating by exchanging data up to 40 Gigabit per second. Still, Apple informs, it is not possible to use the iPad docked to an external monitor as if it were a laptop (for example by turning off the main screen) but the flexibility increases anyway. For example by enhancing the rear camera thanks to the use of M1 and its artificial intelligence engine, which allows you to take pictures and shoot videos with increasingly rich contrast Smart Hdr 3.
And best of all, here’s the new iPad Pro 12.9 screen. The 11-inch version is dedicated to an audience that above all wants portability and flexibility, which uses the Liquid LCD as a point of arrival. Instead, the quantum leap is made by the 12.9-inch version, which has an incredibly miniaturized but full-featured version of the Apple Pro Display XDR super screen.
Great resolution
It is a screen with a resolution, color management and responsiveness unique to a device of this kind. A unique object that, explain those of Apple, to be truly appreciated must be held in the hand.
A side note: there are three generations of iPad Pro that always use the same accessories (even expensive, since the Magic Trackpad keyboard alone costs almost 400 euros) including the covers and the Apple Pencil 2 (which costs 134 euros). It is a good sign of continuity and correctness from Apple, which moreover gives more value to peripherals and accessories that can also be used with more modern devices, reducing expenses and environmental impact.
The iPad Pro can be ordered from the end of the month and will arrive materially starting from the second half of May. The price of the basic iPad Pro 11 (WiFi) is 899 euros and 1069 for the 5G version. The Pro 12.9 comes 1219 WiFi only and 1389 WiFi plus 5G.
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