14 DAY TRIAL // Apple has just announced that its new iPad Pro tablet, along with all the accessories that let it become more productive, including the Pencil and the Smart Keyboard, will go on sale online on Wednesday while retail stores across the world should get them by the end of the week.
The iPad Pro is Apple’s biggest tablet so far, as it comes with a 12.90-inch Retina display with 5.6 million pixels plus anti-reflective and fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating.
Apple has used the company’s new A9X chip with a 64-bit architecture to power the device, as well as the M9 motion coprocessor, which is a similar dual-configuration featured on the iPhone 6s Plus (the phone packs the A9 chip, but with the same embedded M9 motion coprocessor).
Additionally, the iPad Pro comes with an 8-megapixal camera with autofocus, panorama support, and video recording at 1080p@30fps, plus a FaceTime HD unit with 1.2 megapixels. The iPad Pro is said to last up to 10 hours of browsing on Wi-Fi, videos, or listening to music, or 9 hours of browsing on 3G.
iPad Pro versions
There will be three iPad Pro models to choose from (all in three different metallic finishes, including silver, gold, and space gray), as follows:
32GB Wi-Fi $799 (€750) 128GB Wi-Fi $949 (€885) 128GB Wi-Fi + Cellular $1.079 (€1.000)
Additionally, the Apple Pencil will be available for $99 (€85), and the Smart Keyboard will sell in charcoal gray for $169 (€145). All the above prices are only for the US market, so they could be different for the rest of the countries.
Obviously, Apple hasn’t missed the occasion to praise the iPad Pro and has claimed in a press release that demand since the September launch has been impressive, to say the least.
“The early response to iPad Pro from app developers and our customers has been incredible, and we’re excited to get iPad Pro into the hands of customers around the world this week,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing.
| Display | 12.9-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit widescreen Multi-Touch display 2732-by-2048 resolution at 264 pixels per inch (ppi) Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating Fully laminated display Antireflective coating |
| Chip | A9X chip with 64‑bit architecture M9 motion coprocessor |
| Camera | 8MP iSight camera Autofocus ƒ/2.4 aperture Five-element lens Hybrid IR filter Backside illumination Improved face detection Exposure control Panorama (up to 43MP) Burst mode Tap to focus Photo geotagging Timer mode |
| Video recording | 1080p HD video recording (30 fps) Slo-mo (120 fps) Time-lapse video with stabilization Video image stabilization Improved face detection 3x video zoom Video geotagging |
| FaceTime camera | 1.2MP photos ƒ/2.2 aperture 720p HD video recording Backside illumination Auto HDR photos and videos Improved face detection Burst mode Exposure control Timer mode |
| FaceTime Calling | FaceTime audio to any FaceTime-enabled device over Wi‑Fi or cellular FaceTime video to any FaceTime-enabled device over Wi‑Fi or cellular |
| Mics | Dual microphones for calls, video recording, and audio recording |
| Cellular and wireless | Wi‑Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac); dual channel (2.4GHz and 5GHz); HT80 with MIMO Bluetooth 4.2 technology Wi‑Fi + Cellular model Wi‑Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac); dual channel (2.4GHz and 5GHz); HT80 with MIMO Bluetooth 4.2 technology UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1900 MHz) LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 38, 39, 40, 41)4 Data only Includes Apple SIM — U.S. and UK only |
| Location | All models Digital compass Wi‑Fi iBeacon microlocation Wi-Fi + Cellular model Assisted GPS and GLONASS Cellular |
| Sensors | Touch ID Three-axis gyro Accelerometer Barometer Ambient light sensor |
| Touch ID | Unlock iPad Secure personal data within apps Make purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store |
| Battery | All models Built-in 38.5-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi‑Fi, watching video, or listening to music Charging via power adapter or USB to computer system Wi-Fi + Cellular model Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using cellular data network |
| OS | iOS 9 |
| In the box | iPad Pro Lightning to USB Cable USB Power Adapter |
