Apple grandly launched the new generation of Apple Silicon chip M2 at the WWDC 2022 developer conference, and was first launched in the 2022 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 13-inch version. htmlOn June 9, whistleblower Majin Bu said that Apple plans to launch the new iPad Pro in the second half of this year. The specific time may be around September, and it is estimated that it will be released together with the iPhone 14 series.
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According to Xiao Lei, compared with the 2021 iPad Pro, the biggest change of the 2022 iPad Pro may be the addition of 14.1-inch models. As for whether the 11-inch and 12.9-inch versions will be retained, it is still unknown. Judging from the tablet products launched by Samsung this year, it is roughly divided into three versions: standard version, large size, and super large size. Apple is expected to adopt the same product strategy .
It is worth mentioning that a whistleblower said that Apple will use a notch screen design on the new iPad Pro. Xiao Lei expects this super-large iPad Pro with a screen size of 14.1 inches will use this design. Of course, from the perspective of usage scenarios and design, Xiao Lei believes that the super-large tablet is still a bit useless. It is estimated that Apple has castrated the 12.9-inch version of MiniLED and left a better screen to a higher-positioned version.
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It is obvious that the next generation of iPad Pro will inevitably use Apple's latest M2 chip. The CPU performance is 18% higher than M1, while GPU is 35% higher. In addition, according to Majin Bu, the memory specifications of the new iPad Pro have also changed a lot, such as the storage starts from 512GB and the running memory is fully upgraded to 16GB.
In Xiao Lei's opinion, the performance of iPad has been very strong, and it has even reached an oversight. Moreover, the actual performance of M1 on iPad Pro (except for running scores) is not much different from the A12Z on iPad Pro 2020. The key to is running memory. Most of the running memory of old iPads is 4GB or 6GB, and it cannot even support functions such as "foreground scheduling" on iPadOS 16. Therefore, memory is the most lacking part of the iPad.
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However, to this extent, the price of iPad Pro is destined to be not cheap. Xiao Lei's iPad Pro 2020 6GB+128GB will cost about 8,000 yuan. The starting point of 512GB and the M2 chip will definitely have a greater impact on the price of the new tablet. For most consumers, tablets are just playing games and watching videos. It is really unnecessary to buy such a high-standard iPad Pro. (Copyright of the cover image is from Lei Technology. Infringement is strictly prohibited)
