A few days ago, Apple unveiled its much-awaited 10th generation iPad along with the new iPad Pro powered by the M2 processor. The company started taking pre-orders soon after the announcement. Now, from today, both devices officially go on sale and can be purchased.
The pricing of the 10th-generation iPad starts at $449 and goes up to $799 for the top-end model. On the other hand, the iPad Pro with an M2 chip has a starting price of $799 for the 11-inch model, while the 12.9-inch model starts at $1,299.
The 10th-gen iPad now features a larger 10.9-inch LED display, offering a screen resolution of 2360 x 1640 pixels, 500nits brightness, along with True Tone technology. Under the hood, the device is powered by Apple’s A14 Bionic chipset with a 6-core CPU and quad-core GPU as well as a 16-core neural engine.
In the camera department, there’s a 12-megapixel camera sensor on the front for video calling as well as on the back of the tablet. The location of the Touch ID has been changed from the bottom bezel and is now embedded in the power button. It runs the iPadOS 16 and comes with support for the new Magic Keyboard Folio and first-gen Pencil.
On the other hand, the iPad Pro comes in two models — 11-inch and 12.9-inch, both featuring ProMotion support and an adaptive refresh rate of 120Hz. The 11-inch model has 600 nits brightest, while the 12.9-inch model offers 1,000 nits brightness.
Both of them come powered by Apple Silicon’s M2 processor, which the company claims offers 15 percent faster CPU performance through the 8-core CPU and up to 35 percent faster graphics performance with the 10-core GPU. The company also adds that the chipset can carry out 40 percent more operations per second than the M1 SoC.
It has a new media engine and an image signal processor, allowing support for the ProRes video capture feature for the first time on an iPad. The company adds that the tablet will be able to transcode ProRes footage up to three times faster than in the past. It also packs five studio-quality mics for sharp audio recording.
In the camera department, there’s a 12-megapixel ultra-wide sensor on the front with support for Center Stage. On the back side, the device features a 12-megapixel wide camera sensor and a 10-megapixel ultra-wide sensor. It runs the latest iPadOS 16, and the company promises 10 hours of web browsing and video usage over Wi-Fi connectivity for both models.
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