From The Verge: At its “Let Loose” virtual event this morning, Apple introduced its long-awaited iPad Pro updates. The new 13-inch and 11-inch tablets have a fresh design, more powerful internals, and a thinner profile than ever before, and they come with a major display upgrade. As rumored, Apple has switched to OLED screens on both sizes, bringing perfect blacks, richer color saturation, and enhanced contrast to its flagship iPads. Oh, and the front-facing camera is now in the correct (landscape) position for video calls.
The iPad Pros use a tandem OLED structure that allows the display to reach 1,000 nits of peak brightness and 1,600 nits for HDR content. The 13-inch model measures just 5.1 millimeters thick, which Apple says is its thinnest device ever. (The 11-inch is 5.3 millimeters thick.) For those who prefer a matte display finish, a nano-texture coating will be available for the first time with these iPad Pros.
As rumored, Apple has skipped the M3 chip altogether and is equipping the iPad Pro with its very latest silicon, the M4 chip. Apple says the CPU is 50 percent faster than the M2 chip found in the previous-gen iPad Pro. As for efficiency games, Apple claims the M4 can deliver the same performance as the M2 using just half the power. Thermal performance has also improved by 20 percent.
Apple’s decision to switch from LCD to OLED brings numerous benefits. The iPad Pro will now be capable of much greater contrast, allowing for perfect black levels and greater immersion when watching videos. And creative professionals / artists will no longer need to deal with blooming — when bright content bleeds into surrounding dark areas on-screen — since OLED provides per-pixel brightness precision.
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