It’s taken almost two years for Apple’s new iPad Pro to arrive, but here it is. Apple’s pro-oriented top-tier tablet has been given a thorough spruce up that brings it even closer to the capabilities of a MacBook than ever before.
The new iPad Pro remains expensive, but has a new OLED display and it has more power than iPadOS knows what to do with thanks to the debut of the M4 chip. There are also great accessories like a new Apple Pencil Pro and Magic Keyboard that make all sorts of workflows accessible on the go.
It’s now just the underlying iPad software that’s holding back the average user from being able to get real work done on an iPad Pro — if the M4 was a sports car, iPadOS keeps it in second gear. But there’s never been a better tablet to just relax with than these latest iPad Pro models — nor an industrial design more remarkable from Apple’s labs.
Price and spec
The M4 iPad Pro is available how in two sizes, 11-inch and 13-inch, and two colors, silver and grey.
We’ll look at the price breakdown for the 11-inch model first. It starts at $999 for 256GB of storage, going up to $1,199 for 512GB, $1,599 for 1TB, and $1,999 for 2TB. To have a cellular connection in addition to Wi-Fi for on-the-go connectivity you’ll need to stump up an additional $200. If you want the new nano-texture glass screen for easing glare and reflections, that’s an additional $100 — and note that’s only available once you’ve stumped up for either the 1TB or 2TB storage configuration. It’s not available on models with smaller capacities.
That entry-level cost is $200 higher than its entry-level M2-powered predecessor, though it’s not a like-for-like comparison, with double the starting storage capacity, and the all-new screen tech. A fully spec’d 11-inch iPad Pro sets you back $2,299.
Moving onto the 13-inch M4 iPad Pro, prices start at $1,299 for 256GB of storage, going up to $1,499 for 512GB, $1,899 for 1TB and $2,299 for 2TB. Again, cellular and nano-texture glass cost