Recently, Apple officially updated the new generation of iPad and iPad Pro. The former was officially upgraded to a full-screen design. At this point, the Apple iPad series has completed the transformation to a full-screen design, while the latter has been upgraded to an Apple M2 chip, and its internal performance has ushered in a tangible upgrade. We have also had a simple experience of the new generation of iPad and iPad Pro, let’s learn about it together!
iPad: colorful color scheme, comprehensive evolution of
full screen design, but it has arrived, and the screen-to-body ratio of the new iPad has been greatly improved. Therefore, without much change in volume and weight, the new iPad is equipped with a larger 10.9-inch Liquid retina display with a resolution of 2360x1640 and a brightness up to 500 nits. It is also because of the full screen design that the circular touch ID has no place to live, so the new iPad adopts a two-in-one design of power buttons and touch ID.
In addition to using a full-screen design, the new iPad has also upgraded the imaging system. First, the rear lens is upgraded to 12 million pixels, supporting videos up to 4K 60fps, and the front camera is also upgraded to 12 million pixels in horizontal direction, providing a 122° ultra-wide-angle field of view, and also supporting the character centering function. With a horizontal dual speaker system, it can provide a better user experience in online classes, video conferencing, video chat and other scenarios.
Of course, the new iPad has also ushered in a regular upgrade in core performance. With the support of the A14 bionic chip, the new iPad has increased its performance by 20% compared with the previous generation of CPUs, 10% GPU performance, and a maximum increase of 80% machine learning computing power. Experience the game " collapsed " live. The smoothness of game screen rendering and skill release are very good. In addition, thanks to the support of A14 bionic chip, video editing, photo cutting, text recognition and extraction are also very smooth.
In terms of connection, the new iPad supports 802.11ax, which is WiFi 6, with a maximum speed of 1.2Gbps, and the cellular network model has also been upgraded from 4G to supporting 5G networks, up to 3.5Gbps. Of course, the most obvious upgrade is naturally the upgrade of the data port from Lightning to USB-C interface, which means that it will be more convenient for the new iPad to charge and transmit data.
However, it is worth mentioning that the new iPad is also officially equipped with a USB-C interface, but it only supports the first generation of Apple Pencil. Therefore, when charging the Apple Pencil, the new iPad needs to use a USB-C to Apple Pencil converter. Apple's official price is 67 yuan.
In addition to the stylus, the new iPad also has a newly created second-control keyboard double-sided clip. This keyboard clip has a good typing feel and provides a whole row of 14 function keys, which can facilitate and quickly adjust functions. Moreover, this keyboard clip can be separated, and only uses the back protective cover to support iPad use, such as watching videos, connecting controllers to play games, etc. In addition, this second-control keyboard double-sided clip also supports multi-angle adjustment, which has a very good experience. If you have a light office need, it is definitely very suitable to match it with such a keyboard clip.
In terms of color, unlike the past iPads, there are only gray and silver options. The new iPad offers four different appearance options: blue, pink, yellow and silver, giving people a more lively feeling and is more suitable for young people such as students. Of course, the upgrade from the appearance design to the comprehensive configuration has also brought the price upgrade of the new iPad. The starting price of 3,599 yuan is not low. However, compared with other competitors on the market, the new iPad does not have any strong competitors in terms of powerful performance and system levels. What do you think of the new iPad?
iPad Pro: Upgrading M2 brings more productivity
Compared with the comprehensive upgrade of the new iPad in terms of appearance design, hardware and accessories, the upgrade of the new iPad Pro is mainly focused on the hardware level.First of all, the new iPad Pro is upgraded from M1 chip to M2 chip. Compared with M1, the speed increase can be up to 15%, the speed increase of 10-core graphics processor can be up to 35%, the 16-core neural network engine can perform 15.8 trillion operations per second, the speed increase of up to 40% compared with M1, and the machine learning capability has been greatly improved. In addition, the M2 chip is also equipped with a unified memory bandwidth of up to 100GB/s, which is also up to 50% compared with M1.
is also thanks to the support of the M2 chip. The media processing engine of the new iPad Pro supports ProRes and ProRes RAW hardware acceleration and ProRes encoding and decoding. The new iPad also officially supports shooting ProRes videos up to 4K 30fps specifications, but the 128GB capacity version only supports up to 1080p 30fps. After all, the ProRes video file size is too large.
At the scene, we witnessed the new iPad Pro equipped with M2 chip, which uses the Da Vinci software to smoothly edit 4K ProRes videos shot by the new iPad, and some clips are still used to use the new iPad Pro for 3D modeling and image rendering. Using the powerful machine learning capabilities of the M2 chip, we now use Apple Pencil to draw the main aircraft in the video to realize the main color retention function, and the entire clip can quickly copy this operation without a long waiting time.
In addition, the new iPad Pro 12.9-inch Liquid retinal XDR screen equipped with mini-LED backlight, with a peak brightness of 1,600 nits, meeting the workflow requirements for high color accuracy such as review and color correction. It can be said that from the upgrade of the M2 chip to the support of ProRes video shooting, the new iPad Pro already supports professional video shooting, 3D modeling, video editing, color grading, previewing and other workflows.
In addition to the M2 chip and supports ProRes video shooting, the new iPad Pro also supports Apple Pencil hover experience. This function is currently only supported by iPad Pro equipped with M2 chip. Simply put, it is detected when the second-generation Apple Pencil is at a maximum distance of 12mm from the iPad Pro screen, and the preview screen will be displayed, allowing users to predict their brushstrokes in advance.
Although the Apple Pencil hover experience seems to be a small function, it can greatly improve efficiency. For example, when creating sketches and paintings, it allows us to know in advance the accuracy of the writing, the thickness and color of the strokes, greatly reducing trial and error. In addition, the API of the Apple Pencil hover experience function has been opened to third-party developers. We have also seen applications of this function in some third-party app demonstrations, such as using Apple Pencil hover experience to quickly adjust preset templates to photos. I believe that with the promotion of Apple, this feature will come to more apps.
Summary: Real upgrade
The upgrade focus of the new iPad and iPad Pro is different. The former is to evolve comprehensively to improve the user experience of the entry-level iPad, while the latter is to further improve productivity. In addition, small functions such as Apple Pencil hover experience improve work and learning efficiency. In general, the new iPad and iPad Pro have both ushered in tangible upgrades. With the new features of iPadOS 16, it is believed that it can meet the needs of more users in learning, office or professional video creation.
