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New iPad Pro Reportedly Launching This Year
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the good point from a customer point of view, is that as soon as the new one is announced, prices will drop for the M4.
Can’t wait for the ad campaign! Somehow even more offensive since the last one!
The script just leaked:
The screen opens on the Los Angeles wildfires, chaos unfolding in grim detail. Flames roar across the hillsides, homes crumble into ash, and exhausted firefighters look on, powerless against the inferno. The camera zooms in on a single firefighter, silhouetted against the flames, their gear heavy with soot and sweat. Suddenly, from above, the new iPad Pro descends like a divine artifact, glowing faintly through the smoke. The firefighter picks it up, hesitant, as it powers on with a crisp ding.
With trembling hands, they open an app. The screen shows the burning hillsides, but as they swipe, the fire is digitally erased in real-time, replaced with lush greenery and pristine homes, rendered in stunning, lifelike detail. The camera pans around, revealing other firefighters pulling out their iPads, each creating their own perfect illusion of safety and order. Families gather around their devices, staring through the screens at a world where their homes are still intact, where the air is clear, where nothing ever burned at all.
The flames rage on in the background, ignored, as upbeat music swells. The narrator speaks:
“The new iPad Pro. Reality, reimagined.”
The script just leaked:
The screen opens on the Los Angeles wildfires, chaos unfolding in grim detail. Flames roar across the hillsides, homes crumble into ash, and exhausted firefighters look on, powerless against the inferno. The camera zooms in on a single firefighter, silhouetted against the flames, their gear heavy with soot and sweat. Suddenly, from above, the new iPad Pro descends like a divine artifact, glowing faintly through the smoke. The firefighter picks it up, hesitant, as it powers on with a crisp ding.
With trembling hands, they open an app. The screen shows the burning hillsides, but as they swipe, the fire is digitally erased in real-time, replaced with lush greenery and pristine homes, rendered in stunning, lifelike detail. The camera pans around, revealing other firefighters pulling out their iPads, each creating their own perfect illusion of safety and order. Families gather around their devices, staring through the screens at a world where their homes are still intact, where the air is clear, where nothing ever burned at all.
The flames rage on in the background, ignored, as upbeat music swells. The narrator speaks:
“The new iPad Pro. Reality, reimagined.”
iPads are apples most boring and useless product IMO. I use one for work but to write measurements on photos or edit small videos or as a touchscreen monitor for my Mac that I can drag adobe apps onto and write on. I don't need full computer power for any of that. the A series chip from 2018 mine has works great. an M5 sounds insane for the types of apps one runs on these things
I’d be surprised. BUT, if it really is releasing this year, that says more about how successful they’ve been in meeting a demand that the normal iPads weren’t hitting.
Not everyone knows that the iPad Pro is on an 18 month, rather than yearly cycle. Expect the M5 iPad Pro in Autumn '25 and the M6 iPad in Spring '27
Anyone who games on the iPad will be welcoming a new version. The M1 iPad Pro struggles to maintain 30fps on games like RE4 and even the M4 can struggle to maintain performance if you up the graphics. A lot of AAA games also need 16GB, so this base on M5 would be appreciated.
True. And you don’t HAVE to buy one. Just enjoy what you have.
The article was about iPad Pro. My mistake assume people would correlate the comment with the topic of the article. 🤦♂️
M4 was indeed a speaker downgrade! Thinner doesn’t mean better. The worse sound quality doesn’t get mentioned much if it all, and it’s doubtful that sound on the M5 will be any better.
Probably because it is just not a deal breaker at all for most people or they just find the speakers to be fine, use Airpods or proper headphones etc. For me personally this was a complete non issue.
How come you question the need for M2+ chips in iPads in one post but then state your hope for an M2 chip in the iPad Mini in your next post? Are you doing anything on the Mini to utilize the potential power offered?
In response to your question, for Macs people do real world stress tests using exports, renders, and file transfers in programs like Final Cut, Blender, and Lightroom. Similar (or same) apps exist on iPad, so I assume people are using them and benefit from the faster speeds.
But the Mini has a significantly smaller screen so I don’t know how useful those types of apps are on it, not to mention the significantly smaller thermal capacity of the Mini.
Apple updates the iPad Pro regularly, not just to justify its premium price, but also to cut costs. By using the same chipset across multiple products, they streamline production and reduce the need for separate manufacturing lines. They save money, but we pay more. Fun times.
After half a year with the M4 iPad Pro, I am actually thinking about selling it. I don't use it for anything at all except watching movies/tvshows and in those scenarios there is no reason why I can't use another screen. It's just pure convenience.
I thought the OLED display would make it indispensable for watching videos, but it's not. I thought getting the keyboard would make me use it more for other things, but it hasn't. I work all day on the Mac and when I'm done, I want to be done. I don't want to be looking at another screen with a keyboard. I'll look at my phone instead.
I probably have to keep it just for debugging/developing for iPad, but for what it cost I feel like recouping some of that. I could always use my wife's iPad Air when I need to.
I thought the OLED display would make it indispensable for watching videos, but it's not. I thought getting the keyboard would make me use it more for other things, but it hasn't. I work all day on the Mac and when I'm done, I want to be done. I don't want to be looking at another screen with a keyboard. I'll look at my phone instead.
I probably have to keep it just for debugging/developing for iPad, but for what it cost I feel like recouping some of that. I could always use my wife's iPad Air when I need to.
What more do you want,..its just a screen! Lol, it needs absolutely nothing nothing else other than an internal upgrade.
A good portion of my iPad Pro use is to evaluate audio on a small scale but good sounding device.
I’ve probably connected AirPods to it under 5 times because nearly the entire purpose of the device for me is web and content browsing, often pro audio content.
People have different use cases and it’s ny primary web browser.
For $2,000+ I don’t want compromises, especially downgrades from the old model.
People asked what could be improved implying there was nothing left, but it is objectively an area that could use improvement, since it was better before.
I think they will address it eventually whether through DSP changes or redesign, and I suspect it may be a silent upgrade.
That said, they could incorporate the sensing technology present in the HomePods which is a possibility – there are already patents for this on MacBooks but it isn’t yet implemented.
I have multiple sets of studio monitors for critical listening but the 12.9” iPad Pro M1/M2 is surprisingly excellent for its size.
The speakers are even substantially better than on the 15” MacBook Air, I a/b tested them and returned the MBA for that reason and also the poor display quality .
The M4 MBP is great on both fronts but I don’t want a 7 thousand dollar laptop on my kitchen counter and the footprint isn’t ideal for it either, the iPad Pro is a really excellent device and I’d like the nanotexture but not at the expense of compromised audio.
I recognize it’s not as important for everyone, but it is for me and a handful of other people I know in the pro / prosumer audio field.
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I have the 11 in m4 ipp.
ive completely transitioned away from my MacBook (sold it).
my only regret is not going for the 13"
because with stage manager you lose a lot of screen real estate.
theres no reason to upgrade my iPad but I would love to exchange to 13"
ive completely transitioned away from my MacBook (sold it).
my only regret is not going for the 13"
because with stage manager you lose a lot of screen real estate.
theres no reason to upgrade my iPad but I would love to exchange to 13"
I don’t use my iPad Pro without AirPods Pro or Beats Pro. But I know not everyone does it that way.
Nomad Sculpt and Procreate. The zBrush demo on ipad is very impressive, but I don't really want yet another subscription.