1000% guaranteedNeed to know if this has the PWM smoothing toggle like the 17 series iPhones.....
1000% guaranteedNeed to know if this has the PWM smoothing toggle like the 17 series iPhones.....
That's nonsense and would be highly illegal from Apple's part (circumvention of sanctions), you can't sell those kind of quantities to those countries if there's plausible reason to believe it going to Russia and like you said it makes no sense to assume otherwise. Playing dumb doesn't work especially not for a big company like Apple, no judge would agree with such a defense from Apple.Because these are legit products headed to CIS countries. There’s nothing to take down since they belong to retailers. Apple is also compliant with these indirect sales to Russia. They know from their own sales data it makes no sense Belarus, Turkmenistan, etc. shot up 800%.
That is true. 35%, if true, will bode well for the M5 Pro/Max chips...35% increase in GPU is nice.
That is true. 35%, if true, will bode well for the M5 Pro/Max chips...
AAA gaming coming to MACINTOSH?
Yeah maybe, but when you look at the rest of the hardware, Tandem OLED, thinner chassis and M4 chip its not that bad really. 12 GB RAM would have been nice on the base models, but not a deal breaker for me personally.
That is true. 35%, if true, will bode well for the M5 Pro/Max chips...
AAA gaming coming to MACINTOSH?
That's nonsense and would be highly illegal from Apple's part (circumvention of sanctions), you can't sell those kind of quantities to those countries if there's plausible reason to believe it going to Russia and like you said it makes no sense to assume otherwise. Playing dumb doesn't work especially not for a big company like Apple, no judge would agree with such a defense from Apple.
So that's not the back channel of how the products get into Russia.
All M4 chips have at the bare minimum 2 6GiB chips for a total of 12GiB RAM. That's simply the smallest size Apple can purchase from chip manufacturers and Apple indeed limited it to 8GiB in software. To take a wild guess why Apple did it, at the time the base model Macbook Pros came with 8GiB of RAM (M3) since the new M4 Macs weren't out yet. So Apple probably didn't want the awkwardness of offering a base model iPad Pro with more memory than a base model Macbook Pro.Oddly enough, it appears as though the M4 models have 12GB RAM artificially limited to 8GB.
Try 5 yearsnot much has changed, my m4 iPad Pro should be good for 3 more years
the m1 iPad Pro is still over kill, who needs m5
what cant you do on the m5 iPad Pro that you couldnt do on the last m4 model?
Out of curiosity, I am still rocking the A12Z Pro and am looking at upgrading this year, whether it be the new M5 or an on sale M4. How much of a difference could you tell when you upgraded to the M4? Any particular apps that showed off the upgrade?I went from the A12Z Pro to the M4. Very noticeable sound difference. I thought it may have something to do with the thinner body of the M4.
No, they do reuse the box art. People literally used the same excuse last year, when he leaked the M4 Macbook Pro, which also had the same picture on the box as the M3 model. Turned out he was right and it launched in the same box.Isn’t this the same picture on the front as wifh the M4 models? Apple never does that right? Maybe this is just an AI generated video with the digit changed?
Did anyone notice like there is small amount of bezel reduction? On M5 iPad Pro bezels do look a tiny bit less, right?
An apparent unboxing video for an unannounced iPad Pro with the M5 chip was uploaded to YouTube today by Russian channel Wylsacom.
The same YouTube account leaked the 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M4 chip before it was announced by Apple last year, so this is likely a legitimate leak.
Based on the box shown in the video, this appears to be a 13-inch iPad Pro with an M5 chip, 256GB of storage, and a Space Black finish. The new iPad Pro does not have any noticeable external design changes compared to the current models with the M4 chip, with features like a single rear camera, four speakers, and a Smart Connector still visible. At a glance, it looks like the 13-inch iPad Pro's impressive 5.1mm thinness is preserved.
There does appear to be one change: "iPad Pro" is no longer inscribed on the back of the device.
Based on the Geekbench 6 benchmark result shown in the video, the M5 chip offers up to 12% faster multi-core CPU performance compared to the M4 chip in the iPad Pro. Like the M4 chip, the listing shows the M5 chip has a 9-core CPU with three performance cores and six efficiency cores. As for graphics performance, the M5 chip appears to have up to a 36% faster GPU compared to the M4 chip, based on the Metal score shown.
The benchmark result also shows the iPad Pro with 256GB of storage will have 12GB of RAM, just like the iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max. iPad Pro models with the M4 chip have only 8GB of RAM when equipped with 256GB of storage.
Unsurprisingly, the leaked iPad Pro is running iPadOS 26, and the Settings app reveals that the device's battery was manufactured in August 2025.
In addition to the M5 chip, the next iPad Pro is rumored to gain a second front camera, allowing you to easily use the device for video calls in both portrait and landscape orientations. The video does not seem to show a second front camera, but we shall see.
It is likely that Apple will announce the iPad Pro with the M5 chip in October.
Article Link: New iPad Pro With M5 Chip Leaked in Unboxing Video
If you dont need it then the tech industry should stay put and not evolve?the m1 iPad Pro is still over kill, who needs m5
Tim Cook's infamous doubling down on their leaks announcement all those years ago is proving mighty sus right now...It’s insane how we went from “hey, look at this unreleased iPhone found in a bar” to “what’s up guys, today, I’m unboxing an iPad that Apple hasn’t even announced yet”