The new iPad Pro was announced tonight (20 April) at Apple's Spring Loaded event. The M1 is also known for its power-efficiency (it offers a mixture of high-efficiency and high-performance cores, and regulates its use of these depending on the requirements of a given task). The revolution has come full circle. Apple rates the mini-LED iPad Pro for a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. (There are hopes that the launch of the iPhone 13 in autumn will see mmWave rolled out to more countries, including the UK.). iPad Pro 2021 release date will be in May The newest iPad Pro is now on Apple’s official website. In aesthetic terms the new iPad Pro is identical to last year, with no new colour finishes or reductions in bezel size, and certainly no radical design changes. Apple has just wrapped up the apple event. Apple's kept the price the same as the previous generation for the smaller version and even managed a small price cut in the UK (the 2020 11in model started at £769/$799), but the larger model has gone up - it's £30/$100 more than the 2020 12.9in model, which started at £969/$999. So this user tip is aimed at maintaining a list divided by sub line, that includes screen size, CPU, release year, discontinuation date and iOS / iPad OS versions they can run now. iPad Pro 11in: from £769 ($799, AU$1329) iPad Pro 12.9in: from £969 ($999, AU$1649) With all that natty new screen tech at hand to go with all the usual improvements, we can't see Apple dropping the price of the new models. 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The 12.9in model is half a millimetre thicker than last year (which we don't think you'll notice) and 41g heavier (which you might). The only downside? The iPad Pro is available in 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB configurations. The new iPad Pro will be available to order on apple.com and the Apple Store app starting Friday, April 30. As well as USB-C (as before) this now also supports Thunderbolt and USB 4. That said, we've still got the same black bezels and machined aluminum. It released the 7th gen. iPad on September 25, 2019 and the 8th gen. model on September 18, 2020. We're wondering how well this all-white accessory will age, but it's stylish enough to raise our interest. There was a problem. The addition of 5G was widely expected ahead of the event but for this iPad user at least it feels like a relatively unexciting new feature: in the UK 5G coverage remains relatively patchy, particularly outside the big cities, and the iPad Pro, with its high price tag and bigger screen options feels like a far less mobile option than the iPhone or cheaper iPads. Apple has added a new lens to the front array: an ultra-wide lens that among other things means you now have access to a 2x optical zoom (out). But there are some major changes on the inside. Apple rates the iPad Pro 2021 as offering up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, or watching video. The larger Pro has what Apple describes as a Liquid Retina XDR display. If someone else enters the frame, the camera recognizes them and zooms out to capture them as well. NY 10036. You've got to pay a little more than before. By James Peckham 20 April 2021. We look forward to putting it through the paces of the Tom's Guide battery test, which is based on web surfing over Wi-Fi at 150 nits of brightness. The successor to the 2020 iPad Pro adds Apple's M1 chip—the same as the one inside the most recent MacBook Air—along with Mini-LED display technology. On the specs front, the 12.9in Pro is capable of a whopping 1,000 nits of full-screen brightness and 1,600 nits of peak brightness in HDR, plus a million-to-one contrast ratio. Trusted Reviews Reviews The 12.9-inch model is a little thicker, though at 0.25 inches vs the previous 0.23-inch size. This looks like the same iPad Pro we're used to. The iPad Pro will be available in Apple Stores in the second half of May. Inside that tablet, there are 10,000 mini-LEDs, which are 120x smaller than the LEDs in the 2020 iPad Pro. Also, Apple's battery life claims aren't exactly shooting for the moon, and we're hoping they're being conservative about these guesses. With the newest 10.2" iPad 7th gen released in March 2020, Apple now has released a total of 21 different iPads, and its getting harder to keep them straight.