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Apple iPad Event

New M4 SoC

  • 10-core CPU ({up to} 4 performance, 6 efficiency)
  • 10-core GPU
  • 16-core NPU

(Ed: M4? M4?!?!)

Performs as well as M2, using half the power.

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New iPad Pro

2 screen sizes (11-inch, 13-inch). “Ultra Retina XDR” displays.

  • Thickness: 5.3 (and 5.1) mm. (Ed: How come the larger device is thinner?)
  • Weight: .98 (and 1.28) lb.

2 colors (silver, space black).

OLED tech for colour and luminance; 2 OLED panels, and so “Tandem OLED”.

1000 nits of brightness for SDR/HDR content.

Nano-texture glass option. (Ed: I want this.)

Graphite and copper, for improved thermal performance.

Front-facing camera shifted to the landscape edge, just like iPad Air.

999 (and 1299) USD for 256 GB of storage.

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New Pencil Pro

New “barrel roll” sensor? Gyroscope?

Supports Find My.

Custom interactions (e.g., _Procreate).

Pencil Pro also works with the new iPad Air.

129 USD.

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New Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro

2 sizes (11-inch, 13-inch), colour-matched.

It looks like its predecessor, but with a function (keys) row, and a larger trackpad.

299 (and 349) USD.

New iPad Air

Now in 2 screen sizes (11-inch, 13-inch). The displays are identical.

Interesting titbit about iPad Pro: “… about half the users choose the larger screen”. (Ed: Not 65-35, in favour of the smaller screen?)

Front-facing camera shifted to the landscape edge.

“Center Stage” camera; i.e., it tries to keep everyone in-frame.

What about the keyboard again?

Landscape stereo (i.e., TWO {2}) speakers.

4 colors (blue, purple, starlight, & space grey).

100% recycled aluminium enclosure.

M2 SoC. These percentages probably relative to its predecessor:

  • CPU: +15%;
  • GPU: +25%;
  • NPU (also known as an NPU, or ane): +40%;
  • “Faster memory bandwidth”. (Ed: Perhaps she meant more memory bandwidth?)
  • Overall: +50% (Ed: Those numbers don’t seem to match up.)

“3x faster performance” than A14-based iPad Air.

Now supports Apple Pencil hover. Which Pencil(s) does it support?

599 (and 799) USD for 256 GB of storage.

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New app versions

  • Final Cut Pro (and Final Cut Camera)
  • Logic Pro

iPad (10th generation)

Reduced to 349 USD.

Non-iPad updates

  1. Vision Pro use cases (e.g., Porsche, Sharp Healthcare, Wicked).
  2. M3-based MacBook Air, the world’s best-selling 13-, and 15-inch laptop.