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The most visible product of the spring event Apple was surely the new iMac. Its redesign is visible at first glance. The company's professional tablet looks like its previous generation at first glance, but as soon as you turn on its display, you will find that there is definitely something different here. And that's inside, after all. So read here everything you wanted to know about the new M1 iPad Pro.

Design and appearance 

Two variants of the M1 iPad Pro were introduced. These are 11-inch and 12,9-inch models, both of which will be available in silver and space gray. The smaller model measures 247,6 x 178,5 x 5,9mm, its Wi-Fi models weigh 466g, those with Cellular support 468g. The larger model measures 280,6mm x 214,9mm x 6,4, 682 mm with a weight of 684 g and 4 g respectively. On the top side above the TrueDepth camera you will find three microphones, next to which there are speakers on the left and right sides. They are located in the same place on the bottom side, in the middle of them is the Thunderbolt/USB XNUMX port. On the left side you will find only the microphone, on the upper right there is also a button for turning on and off the display. The right side then contains the volume control buttons, a magnetic connector and possibly a slot for a nanoSIM card.

Display 

The 11-inch model will offer Liquid LED-backlit Retina display with a resolution of 2388 × 1668 at 264 pixels per inch. There is no lack of technology ProMotion, wide color gamut (P3) and True Not that. The maximum brightness is 600 rivets, Apple support is also present Pencil (2nd generation). The 12,9-inch model will offer a Liquid Retina XDR display with mini-LED backlight and a 2D backlight system with 2 local dimming zones. The resolution is 596 × 2732 at 2048 pixels per inch, and there is also ProMotion technology, a wide color range (P264) and True Tone. The maximum brightness is 3 nits, the maximum brightness is 600 nits across the screen and the peak brightness is 1000 nits (HDR). The contrast ratio is 1600:1, of course Apple Pencil (000nd generation) support is also present here.

Performance and memory 

iPad Pro is the fastest device of its kind thanks to the M1 chip. It is designed to take full advantage of the higher performance and unique technologies of the M1 chip, including an advanced image signal processor and unified memory architecture. And because the M1 chip is extremely energy-efficient, even this thin and light iPad Pro lasts all day on battery. The Apple M1 will offer an 8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 economy cores, an 8-core GPU and a 16-core Neural Engine. 128, 256 or 512 GB models have 8 GB of RAM, 1 and 2 TB models get 16 GB of RAM.

Cameras 

The wide-angle camera will offer a 12MPx sensor with an aperture of ƒ/1,8, ultra wide angle the camera then a 10 MPx sensor with an aperture of ƒ/2,4 and a 125° field of view. There is a possibility of 2x optical zoom and up to 5x digital zoom. Seconds to both cameras TrueTone flash a LiDAR scanner. There is the option to record 4K video at 24, 25, 30 or 60 fps and Slow motion video in resolution 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps. The front TrueDepth camera is 12 MPX with an aperture of ƒ/2,4 and a 122° field of view. There are Animoji, Memoji, Smart HDR 3, and now there is a portrait mode with six lighting effects. It handles video in 1080p quality at 25, 30 or 60 fps. Retina flash is also present. Of course, the camera is also used for facial recognition, and thus unlocking the iPad and accessing secure applications, as well as shopping.

Other 

Of course they can handle the new iPads FaceTime video, now with the function of centering the shot, but also FaceTime audio. Sound is provided by five studio-quality microphones for calls, video and audio recording, and there are four speakers. All models have Wi‑Fi 6 802.11ax, two bands simultaneously (2,4 GHz and 5 GHz), HT80 with MIMO and Bluetooth 5.0. There is a digital compass, microlocalization iBeacon, three-axis gyroscope, accelerometer, barometer and ambient light sensor. Because it now also supports 5G, you can connect to the fastest mobile networks with it. And you can download files, stream movies, collaborate with colleagues or send data literally on the fly. In addition, iPad Pro is capable of the most 5G bands of any device of its kind, so it will connect to 5G networks in more places.

Keep holding on 

The 11-inch iPad Pro has a built-in 28,65Wh rechargeable lithium-polymer battery, the 12,9-inch model has a significantly larger 40,88Wh rechargeable lithium-polymer battery. However, all Wi-Fi models should last up to 10 hours of Wi-Fi web browsing or video watching, Wi-Fi + Cellular then up to 9 hours of web browsing on a mobile data network. Apple's stated ambient operating temperature is 0 to 35°C. The non-operating temperature, i.e. the temperature at which the iPad should be turned off, is −20 to 45 °C.

Price 

Orders start only from April 30, iPad Pro with M1 will be on sale from mid-May. 

  • Prices for the 11-inch model: 
    • 128 GB – CZK 22 
    • 256 GB – CZK 25 
    • 512 GB – CZK 31 
    • 1 TB – CZK 42 
    • 2 TB – CZK 53 
  • Prices for the 12,9-inch model: 
    • 128 GB – CZK 30 
    • 256 GB – CZK 33 
    • 512 GB – CZK 39 
    • 1 TB – CZK 50 
    • 2 TB – CZK 61 

For the version Cellular in all cases, there is an additional fee of CZK 4.

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