![]() ![]() I can’t judge if a professional illustrator or graphic designer or architect would really be able to go full-time iPad Pro, but the mere fact that we’re at a place where the question is even possible is a win for Apple. Over the past week I’ve sketched a kitchen in the Paper app, mocked up a holiday card in Adobe Comp, edited photos (using the Apple Pencil) in Photoshop Fix and Lightroom, attempted to draw a 3D model of a car in a new app called uMake (it looked more like a car crash), and edited a 4K video clip in iMovie.Īpps launched super quickly, and navigating between pages or different projects felt fluid. The first batch of optimized apps for iPad Pro fall mostly into creative or highly visual categories, with some productivity apps thrown in. There are a bunch of other tech features to consider: the 8-megapixel rear camera and the 1.2-megapixel front camera, 1080p HD video recording capabilities, and a variety of sensors, including a fingerprint sensor.īut it’s not specs that Apple is trying to sell. In less formal tests, like on the day we shot a video of the iPad Pro while cycling through multiple applications, the Pro would last nearly a full work day without charging. In my test, following The Verge’s standard battery test for tablets, I got just about 9.5 hours. In terms of battery life, Apple says you should get 10 hours. (Apple points out it also "rivals most portable PCs" in terms of power.) And it has four strategically placed, self-adjusting speakers that wowed me with their sound when I watched videos on it. Apple has rigged the iPad Pro with its latest chip, the A9X, which it claims has twice the CPU and twice the graphics performance of the previous processor. The tablet’s processing power is even more notable than the display. The only knock you could make on the display is that it doesn’t include the new 3D Touch technology Apple introduced with the iPhone 6S, something that arguably could have been more useful on a tablet meant for multitasking than it is on a smaller-screened phone. Photos, videos, even text look big and crisp and real. With a resolution of 2732 x 2048 at 264 pixels per inch, it’s actually the highest-resolution display on any iOS device, but all that means nothing until you see it. It was easy to throw in a bag and carry around for a day or a weekend trip. ![]() And to go back to the earlier comparison to a MacBook: it’s still lighter than a laptop. It certainly doesn’t feel thick relative to its size. But as with all tech gadgetry, it’s a matter of relativity. It’s hefty by iPad standards, and definitely not suitable for casual stuff like one-handed reading. It weighs about a pound and a half, and it’s just over a quarter of an inch thick. It has a 12.9-inch diagonal display, which is bigger than the displays on both Apple’s 12-inch MacBook and the new Microsoft Surface Pro 4. The iPad Pro's hardware quality justifies the priceīut the Pro’s build justifies the price. It’s basically right in line with something like the Surface Pro 4 ($899) and the MacBook Air ($999). ![]() Expensive for a PC even? Yes, if you’re talking about the low- to mid-range PCs that clutter shelves during back-to-school season. The iPad Pro starts at $799 for a Wi-Fi-only model with 32GB of storage, creeps up to $949 for the Wi-Fi-only 128GB model, and tops off at $1,079 for a 128GB model with both Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity. But some people are just going to want to buy the biggest iPad they can get, and this is a very big, very nice iPad. The iPad Pro is being marketed as a tablet for users of heavy apps and creative types, and it is a very obvious product differentiation strategy. This is the visible seam in the story Apple has stitched together about the iPad over the past five years. Let’s just get this out of the way: Apple wants to sell more iPads. Read Next: Mossberg: The iPad Pro can’t replace your laptop totally, even for a tablet lover ![]()
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