I feel like it's going to be a very small update like from M1 to M2 on the iPad Pros.
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M5 iPad Pro OLED Displays Enter Mass Production for October Launch
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I feel like it's going to be a very small update like from M1 to M2 on the iPad Pros.
More likely 12GiB because the M4 iPads already all come with 12GiB today. That's because the smallest M4 configuration has two 6GiB chips and iPads just limit to 8GiB in software. 4GiB chips of that type do not exist so Apple was forced to use the larger ones. Hence it will not cost Apple a single cent to remove the software limitiation.
Hopefully, WiFi 7 will finally be added. One wish from me — a official water and dust resistance rating for safer outdoor use.
And if it’s only a spec bump update, I really hope the form factor stays the same and all M4 iPad Pro accessories remain compatible.
And if it’s only a spec bump update, I really hope the form factor stays the same and all M4 iPad Pro accessories remain compatible.
The only thing I can think of that would make me upgrade from the M4 Pro is a 15" model.
Same. I’ve always been jealous of people that could keep their iPads for a super long time and just be happy with it. I got the M4 iPad when it launched last year so I’m gonna try to keep it until it stops being supported. That would be crazy if I could keep it for like seven years.
I believe that there is a chance that Apple could just release two new products, the iLaptop and iDesktop (for want of a better name) which run a version of iOS, and that over time the Mac will get fewer and fewer releases till Apple just stops producing it.
It will be a very minor update with the changes being M5 chip and 16GB RAM for both 256 and 512 storage versions. Think the price will also remain the same. Expecting to see changes only in the M6 variant at the earliest.
I hope Apple is seriously positioning iPad Pro as mini-mba, and iPad mini will focus as tablet reader.
Apple is expected to release new iPad Pro models powered by its latest M5 chip later this year, and both Samsung Display and LG Display have reportedly begun mass production of the devices' OLED panels in preparation.
For last year's iPad Pro models which debuted OLED displays, Samsung handled supply for the 11-inch panels, while LG dealt with the 13-inch panels. This year, ZDNet Korea reports that the two manufacturers will share supply for both panel sizes, likely as a result of Apple's efforts to diversify its supply chain.
The change is also likely related to Apple's need to deepen OLED adoption across its suppliers. Reports suggest plans to introduce OLED panels for the iPad mini in 2026 and the iPad Air in 2027.
Aside from OLED displays, last year's M4 iPad Pro models adopted a thinner and lighter design, support for the new Apple Pencil Pro, and more. This year, the iPad Pro will likely receive a much smaller update, with no major upgrades rumored beyond the M5 chip, which will be manufactured on TSMC's more advanced 3-nanometer process technology for performance and efficiency improvements.
The only other potential change that's been rumored is for the Apple logo on the back to switch to a landscape orientation rather than a portrait orientation. That would make the Apple logo upright when the iPad is in landscape mode, such as when it is used with a keyboard.
Back in March, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said the new iPad Pro models could launch around October this year. For reference, the M4 iPad Pro models launched in May of 2024.
(Via DigiTimes.)
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I been waiting for this to scratch that real laptop experience with iPad casual aspects. Is this doable now?? Or is the laptop experience still gimped??
It’s like with the iPhone and everything else. They will pick and choose features from various different products and only ever bring them up if that particular feature “beats” the iPad. Not one of these products can beat the iPad head to head. They beat the iPad on this one particular feature and then they tag it out for another product when it’s time to compare a different feature.
The problem with this is that if it's in landscape with a keyboard...you generally can't see the apple logo. it would then make it 'the wrong way' whenever it is in portrait, which is when you WOULD be able to see it.
Changing logo from portrait to landscape, wow! Can't innovate, my ass! 😂
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Having just reread the original post I came here to say just this! Would be a pretty pointless change that would likely irritate me far more than it should. tbh - it probably isn't the keyboard usage that needs this, but perhaps more people are using it to watch YouTube the to read a book. And that kind of makes me sadder than it should.
It certainly feels like the era of Apple having a high standard when it comes to pixel defects has ended. It used to be that everyone else was shipping whatever junk displays they could find and Apple were the ones that were super reliable on that front. I guess saving a couple bucks on each device sold was more important.
Made an account just to address how ridiculous and wrong your comment is.
1.Cameras are completely non important on a TABLET. Some android tabs don’t even have cameras.
2. This is the worst offender. I’m thinking your comment has to be ragebait because you’re insinuating you think the M4 a high end desktop class chip has worst gpu performance than the android tablet mobile snapdragon chips.
3. The iPads battery is rated to be one of THE BEST in its category
4. Apple HAS implemented an anti reflective matte coating already.
I think you confused the iPad for their iPhones.
I’m kinda over the 12.9” size on my M1 and wanting OLED. If they offer 16GB memory standard then I might get a 512GB 11” iPad Pro with M5. Don’t really need 1TB but prefer it for the memory especially with all the new multitasking stuff. Would prefer to save the money and use that to get the Apple “magic” keyboard and trackpad thing. Otherwise the update sounds kinda bland and I might wait for the M6 which should be on 2nm and offer better battery life. Maybe by then they will do something more interesting as well.