The Morning After: Apple reveals redesigned iPad, M2-powered iPad Pro and new Apple TV 4K
There have been rumors of an M2 iPad Professional, however they had been simply the beginning of Apple’s bulletins yesterday. The corporate dropped a bunch of latest {hardware}, however let’s begin with its strongest new pill. The iPad Professional ($799), powered by its M2 chip, gives as much as 15 % quicker efficiency than the M1, in line with Apple. It additionally will get WiFi 6E help and a brand new “hover” expertise for Apple Pencil. With a second-gen Apple Pencil, the iPad Professional will detect the peripheral when it is as much as 12mm away from the show. Hovering above the show, you’ll have the ability to preview any mark you wish to make earlier than you truly apply it. If you place the Apple Pencil close to the Scribble app, textual content fields will broaden mechanically. The up to date Professional arrives on October twenty sixth.
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The brand new entry-level iPad bought a significant redesign, together with USB-C charging and a panorama digital camera. The brand new mannequin borrows the skinny bezel of higher-end fashions and embeds the fingerprint reader constructed into the sleep/wake button. No extra house button right here. It’s dearer, nonetheless: The redesigned iPad begins at $449 for the 64GB WiFi mannequin. It additionally launches on October twenty sixth. Alongside these new fashions, after a slight delay, Apple has additionally revealed that iPadOS 16 lands on October twenty fourth.
Rounding out the barrage of Apple bulletins, there’s a brand new $129 Apple TV 4K mannequin. It has an A15 chip, 64GB of storage and HDR10+ help, with a 128GB Apple TV 4K possibility including gigabit Ethernet. Each new Apple TVs additionally help WiFi 6. We’ve bought all of the pre-order particulars right here.
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