Apple Event Rumors: iPad Pro With M4 Chip and New Apple Pencil With Haptic Feedback

[Fraserpatty]

That will make vision pro’s M2 look weaker still.

 

[macmcrae]

I hope apple understands that the one truly pro use for the ipad pro is as a pro art device. I hope they lean into art and give us a 24 inch ipad pro with a textured screen and a stand like an imac that goes flat. It would be the best art device ever. I never use my ipad pro for anything but drawing and painting and it is because my macbook air is so much better at everything else.

 

[goonie4life9]

Update!

Here are some of the marketing talking-points:

1. The ALL NEW iPad Pro is the most powerful iPad Apple has ever released!
2. The ALL NEW M4 chip in the ALL NEW iPad Pro is the most powerful M-series iPad processor Apple has ever released in an iPad. This takes the iPad Pro to an ALL NEW level of performance.
3. The best-in-class Neural Engine in the ALL NEW M4 chip is the MOST ADVANCED AI-class processor in its class. This is the future of AI!
4. The ALL NEW M4 chip continues to deliver power and efficiency that is unrivaled in the touch-based computer space, allowing for a truly pro-level experience and ALL DAY battery life.
5. Apple can't wait to see the amazing things our customers do we the ALL NEW iPad Pro. We think you're going to love it.

 

[macmcrae]

That will make vision pro’s M2 look weaker still.

the vision pro is not long for this world.

 

[JippaLippa]

It's pretty early for M4, but this makes total sense.
Given how this year's a big update for the iPad pro, having it "miss" this AI revolution Apple is planning would just be bad.

 

[sfwalter]

I hope the pencil ✏️ offers some sort of hover capabilities ala Wacom EMR pens.

 

[seek3r]

the vision pro is not long for this world.

If by that you mean the vision pro itself is likely to get at least one or two updates, and likely to spawn cheaper versions, then sure

 

[atonaldenim]

There’s no way M4 is ready in May and gets launched in an iPad first. Just no way. Mark is smoking the good stuff this week 😆

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

I’ll give it a try, although I’ve always thought it was a “media library organizer” rather than just a player. But yeah, I’m definitely trying it without paying the subscription, to see if it works well as a media player for the external monitor. Thank you.

I also have used Infuse Pro for many years. It's an excellent media player AND media organizer. If you have an external drive full of media, is it movies or your own video? If the former, then you will love the rich UI that Infuse offers.

Curious, though...external monitor? Via Apple TV or AirPlay? Because there is only one USB-C connector and I would assume your external drive is connected to that?

 

[Fuzzball84]

Id be really shocked if we see M4 on the upcoming iPads...

 

[transpo1]

Wow. That would be something if apple debuted the m4 on an iPad Pro months after releasing m3 on MacBook Air. 😅 I’m going to say this isn’t going to happen and hope I’m wrong.

I believe they’ll do it. It’s a way to simultaneously boost iPad sales, generate excitement for Apple, and a nice segway to introduce the AI features we’ll see at WWDC. Fingers crossed! 🤞

 

[Realityck]

Oh? Now Gurman believes it’s likely we see an M4 powering the next iPad Pro? After we’ve been discussing it for well over a week…

I think someone hasn’t had enough sleep, he’s dreaming.

 

[Torty]

I believe they’ll do it. It’s a way to simultaneously boost iPad sales, generate excitement for Apple, and a nice segway to introduce the AI features we’ll see at WWDC. Fingers crossed! 🤞

And what to show for the iPhone 16P?

 

[Le0M]

Imagine if the Apple Pencil's new vibration engine was also able to imitate hitting/touching something in a 3D space, in combination with Apple Vision Pro.
😎😉

 

[Etienooo]

For me, lately, the struggle with my iPad Pro is finding a good, reliable, non-subscription based media player. I use VLC, nPlayer, and more recently I purchased OPlayer, and none of them have a reliable UI when using it on an external monitor while reading files from an external hard drive. The UI glitches, or doesn’t work well between the iPad and the external monitor.

Any suggestion is welcome.

Haven’t tried it on an external monitor but Infuse is arguably the best media player out there.

 

[smulji]

We’re officially two weeks away. The hype is going to continue to grow daily.

Personally, I’ve tried the “all iPad workflow” for 2-years and it did have its drawbacks. Lack of dual monitor support, lack of clamshell, pro apps lacking, lack of proper cooling.

if Apple can give us these with the M4 iPads I’ll be very happy.

While there is very little to no chance I’ll replace my M3 Max MacBook Pro with the M4 iPad Pro, I’m incredibly excited to see what Apple has in store.

I’d love to see the iPad Mini get the M2 chip at least.

Any workflow improvements you're looking will likely come with iPadOS 18. What an M4 iPad Pro will give you is some hardware features unavailable on previous iPad Pros.

 

[transpo1]

And what to show for the iPhone 16P?

Upgraded wide angle lens. 🤣

But seriously— Apple’s got to take their motto “Think Different” to heart and do some things outside of the box. This is the right time for them to take some risks. iPad sales have apparently been struggling for awhile. Introducing the M4 in the iPP first would be a way to address that.

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

Sweet

But how about haptic feedback ON the ipad

 

[Tyler O'Bannon]

I'm sort of curious what Apple's motives are for their chip skipping between devices. I know the obvious answer is just because M1 -> M2 for the iMac was not a particularly large upgrade while M1 -> M3 was. I wonder what they're thinking over in Cupertino.

I think AI on software side and Neural Engine on M4 on hardware side is what they are aggressively trying to get out

 

[currentinterest]

He likely heard the chip in the iPad Pro would be an improvement on current M3 series chips and jumped to the M4 conclusion. It could feature a newer M3, which is possible.

 

[Torty]

A17 max perhaps for iPad Air and A17 Ultra for iPad Pro based on new N3E nodes?. This would boost neural engine speed compared to M1/M2. Can't see a big step before IPhone 16P release.

 

[mysticmanix]

And yet it still won't be able to do anything useful. Just put a desktop OS on it already, Apple.

 

[Populus]

I also have used Infuse Pro for many years. It's an excellent media player AND media organizer. If you have an external drive full of media, is it movies or your own video? If the former, then you will love the rich UI that Infuse offers.

Curious, though...external monitor? Via Apple TV or AirPlay? Because there is only one USB-C connector and I would assume your external drive is connected to that?

I have the official USB-C to HDMI adaptor that also has a USB-A data entry and a USB-C power entry.

 

[spritle]

How about a Pink Pearl iEraser with haptic feedback? 🤔

 

[iPadified]

A17 Pro has twice the NPU performance of an M3, so if M4 is based on A17 Pro, iPhone got the goodies last year (as usual). It is onboard AI that drive the choice, not the CPU or GPU. The AI will come with next release of iOS and iPadOS and the more devices that can take advantage of it, the better it is for the "Apple AI" adoption rate. I assume A17 Pro devices are fit for "Apple AI".

By the way, the A10X got 10 nm process a few months before the iPhone chip went 10 nm so it is not unheard of.

How can people confuse a Mac and an iPad?