Apple Event Live Blog: New iPad Pro, iPad Air, and More

[Apple_Robert]

Did I hear Tim mention the mini?

 

[picpicmac]

Ended up with over 432K viewers livestream on YouTube. Could have been bigger but there are so many outlets for viewing "live".

What future tablet markets will demand I do not know, but the prices on these new models are low enough that this line should continue for another year.

 

[Coleman2010]

The Nano-texture glass is only available with the 1TB and 2TB model.

 

[naturalstar]

Finally saying farewell to my 2018 iPad Pro 11" - you have served me well!

 

[LightsOn45]

$999 and $1299.

The education store knocks off $100 on each.

 

[aknabi]

iPad Pro + Magic Keyboard makes it the perfect successor to the MacBook 12... except for the fact it's gimped by iPadOS... if I had iPadOS + ability to run macOS apps (my case Xcode or Android Studio) it's my cafe/travel machine... it'll never happen... not expecting that @ WWDC (rather AI stuff)

 

[unobtainium]

The Nano-texture glass is only available with the 1TB and 2TB model.

That's ridiculous.

 

[djinn]

It would be neato if they put Xcode on the iPad Pro since they love comparing the performance to the MB/Ps.

 

[BornAgainMac]

Website still shows iPad Pro using the ancient M2.

 

[Tranel]

No Wifi7? Unbelievable.

 

[Pezimak]

Hmm piece increase but not as much as I thought it would be on the iPod Pro, M4 is good. Shame it’s still got the same restricted OS.

 

[magicschoolbus]

the iPad hardware looks great as usual but also as usual the hardware has NEVER been the issue with the iPad.

 

[abatabia]

Underwhelmed. Let’s see dub dub.

 

[amaze1499]

Obsolete in 5 years.

It's gonna be $2,000.

$2,677.00 configured with 1TB, pen and keyboard.

 

[Jaxjie]

Every year, Tim Cook is curious about what people will do with these devices. But every year, they're the same devices..

 

[CJM]

$1299 for a large pro iPad is a lotta dosh.

 

[unobtainium]

So what does a nano display actually bring to the table

Should be good for working in bright environments, or even outside.

 

[sportdan31]

Any chance the M1 iPad Pro will work with the new keyboard?

 

[Osxguy]

Missing a link.. these just don’t excite me like they used too… and the price structure stays as stagnant as their OS…

 

[hybrid_x]

Wow... so now there will be a two-generation buffer between Air and Pro iPads. That'll keep them well differentiated for years to come. Kind of wild that the Pro is now thinner than the Air, which kind of blows up the whole naming convention.

I'm disappointed that the Pencil Pro still doesn't have an eraser on the opposite end!

Curious... was this event streamed in spatial video for the Apple Vision Pro?

 

[Supermallet]

No Mini?? Ridiculous. Extremely disappointing showing. Apple needs to inject some fresh life into this product line.

 

[Mainyehc]

Yeah, I would say this is not the biggest day for iPad since its introduction. Seems more like an evolution and the iPad finally getting tech it should've had for a while like OLED.

To be fair, screen-wise, it's the biggest jump since the Retina/third-generation iPad… Up until now, all iPads had LCD screens, and the jump from those to tandem OLED is as big as from non-Retina to Retina. These things can be used for colour grading, let that sink in. And they're not too expensive, which means a successor to the Pro XDR display shouldn't be too far off and not overly expensive (even if it's, say, 50% more expensive than the current model, the fact that it will have insane peak brightness – heck, make it a triple OLED deal if necessary – and not suffer from blooming will make it the best standalone display on the market, period).

 

[iPadified]

Not too bad increase in price of the iPad Pro! The 13 inch Air is like gen 1 iPad Pro. Not bad at all.

 

[nj-morris]

They really updated the website using inspect element

 

[VisceralRealist]

Never seen Bart so clean and no way in the world would I ever take out my iPad on the train to get stolen. I hold onto my iPhone like a death grip if I bring it out onto Bart.

Yeah, that was a very rosy, idealized image of what BART is like. 😅

No screeching noise, bumps, and garbage all over the floor.