iPad Pro Gets a Bigger Screen, A10X Chip

Apple'southward smallest iPad Pro is getting bigger.

Apple review, Apple commentary, Apple news... Everything Apple Speaking at WWDC on Monday, Apple CEO Tim Melt called the new x.5-inch version the "perfect size" for the company'southward flagship tablet. It replaces the 9.7-inch version, although Apple is keeping the 12.ix-inch model, which it also refreshed at WWDC.

Despite the larger screen, the 10.5-inch iPad Pro didn't get any heavier than its predecessor—it nevertheless weighs about 1 pound. Inside, it's powered by an A10X Fusion scrap and includes the same cameras as the iPhone 7, which means a 12-megapixel principal camera with optical epitome stabilization, along with a 7-megapixel front shooter. And since one of the iPad Pro's chief advantages over the regular iPad is compatibility with the Apple Pencil, there'due south besides a redesigned Retina brandish that achieves smoother scrolling and drawing with the pencil thanks to 20-millisecond latency.

If you're editing video footage with your iPad Pro, the expanded screen real estate, improve Pencil reaction times, and A10X chip will likely brand for a smoother experience. And if yous're editing video outside or in other challenging light atmospheric condition, yous'll appreciate that the brandish tin can automatically conform its white balance to recoup. While that feature is likewise available in the previous generation, it'due south another reason to chose the iPad Pro over the iPad.

The main reason non to spring for the iPad Pro is, of course, its astronomical price, and that's no less true with Monday's update. If you're a current 9.7-inch iPad Pro possessor, y'all'll need to supersede your keyboard if yous upgrade to the 10.5-inch model. Apple is offering a new $159 full-size Smart Keyboard that likewise doubles as a cover to fit the 10.v-inch iPad Pro.

Add the keyboard and pencil ($99) to the $649 asking toll for the 64GB Wi-Fi-only 10.5-inch iPad Pro, and you lot start to enter ultrabook territory, which ways that fifty-fifty with a larger size, the base-model iPad Pro will have limited appeal amidst toll-conscious professionals. The refreshed 12.nine-inch model, which gets the aforementioned internal improvements as its piddling cousin, starts at $799 for a 64GB Wi-Fi-only version. Both models tin be ordered starting Monday with a cellular antenna for an additional $130.

iOS 11 will bring additional capabilities to the iPad Pro when it rolls out this autumn, including new multi-tasking features like elevate and drib and an easier-to-utilize app picker bill of fare.