Apple's new iPad Pro released on October 22 with starting price of 8,999 yuan

[ Gearbest Technology News]On October 15, Gearbestlearned from Apple’s official website that the new Apple iPad Pro has been officially released, with a starting price of 8,999 yuan. Pre-orders will begin at 9 a.m. on October 17, and it will be officially released on October 22.

According to official reports, the new iPad Pro adopts a thinner design. The 11-inch model is 5.3 mm thick, while the 13-inch model is only 5.1 mm thick. The body is available in silver and space black.

In terms of screen, the new iPad Pro is equipped with a “Super Retina XDR” display, using double-layer series OLED technology, supporting ProMotion adaptive refresh rate (10Hz to 120Hz), full-screen brightness up to 1,000 nits, and HDR peak brightness up to 1,600 nits. High-end 1TB and 2TB models are available with nano-textured glass to effectively reduce reflections.

In terms of core performance, the new iPad Pro is equipped with an M5 chip and has a 10-core GPU. For the first time, it introduces an architecture with integrated neural accelerators per core, which greatly improves AI computing efficiency. M5 is also equipped with a faster 16-core neural network engine, which supports local running of generative AI models, suitable for tasks such as image generation and video segmentation.

In terms of storage and memory, the 256GB and 512GB models of the new iPad Pro are equipped with 12GB of unified memory as standard, while the 1TB and 2TB models are equipped with 16GB. The memory bandwidth exceeds 150GB/s, which is nearly 30% higher than the previous generation. The storage read and write speed is increased by up to 2 times, and supports fast charging. When paired with a 40W power adapter, it can be charged to 50% in about 30 minutes.

In terms of connectivity, the new iPad Pro introduces Apple’s self-developed N1 wireless chip for the first time, supporting Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6 and Thread protocols to improve network stability and transmission efficiency. The cellular version is equipped with a C1X modem, which improves 5G data performance by 50% compared to the previous generation while reducing power consumption.