Besides the new 10th Gen iPad, Apple also introduced the next-gen iPad Pro with the M2 chipset. Although there's no availability yet, the local price has been announced starting from RM3899. There are a couple of new features too so read on below to find out.
It was only a matter of time before the iPad Pro got an upgrade and that's none other than the M2 chipset. To refresh your memory, the M2 has an 8-core CPU + 10-core GPU which are 15% faster in performance and 35% faster in graphics performance than the predecessor. Combining it with 16GB of RAM, the 16-core Neural Engine is 40% faster and can process 15.8 trillion operations per second.
The M2 chip also features 100GB/s of unified memory bandwidth — 50% more than M1 — and supports up to 16GB of fast unified memory. Obviously, this allows the iPad Pro to do more demanding work such as HD photo editing on the spot, 3D designing, healthcare analysis as well as mobile gaming. The M2 also extends to the new media engine and the image signal processor, which combined with the advanced cameras, enable users to capture ProRes video for the first time and transcode ProRes footage up to 3x faster.
The 2nd Gen Apple Pencil can now detect up to 12mm above the display. With Scribble, text fields automatically expand when the pencil gets near the screen, and handwriting converts to text even faster. In terms of connectivity, the new iPad Pro supports WiFi 6E with downloads up to 2.4Gb/s, as well as Wi-Fi + Cellular models with 5G (sub-6GHz and mmWave).
iPadOS 16 is set to be released on 24 October 2022 and will bring new updates for compatible iPads, such as new Mail and Safari tools. iPad users can look forward to the new Stage Manager, Weather app, photo and video interaction with Live Text and Visual Look Up, and others. There are several variants based on the display size and storage, so here it goes:
11-inch M2 iPad Pro with Liquid Retina Display
- 128GB - RM3899
- 256GB - RM4399
- 512GB - RM5399
- 1TB - RM7399
- 2TB - RM9399
12.9-inch M2 iPad Pro with Liquid Retina XDR Display
- 128GB - RM5399
- 256GB - RM5899
- 512GB - RM6899
- 1TB - RM8899
- 2TB - RM10,899
For more information, you can visit the official Apple Malaysia website right here. Stay tuned for more trending tech news at TechNave.com.
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