Tonight, Apple officially held a special Apple event to bring a new iPad series.
iPad Air
The new iPad Air will be available in two sizes, 11-inch and 13-inch, with a Liquid Retina display. The body is made of 100% recycled aluminium and is available in four colours: space grey, blue, purple and starlight.
In terms of processor, the new iPad Air will be replaced with an M2 chip, which will be about 50% faster than the previous iPad Air, and support Wi-Fi 6E and 5G.
In terms of storage, the new iPad Air will be available in 128GB, 256GB, 512GB and 1TB versions. In terms of lenses, the rear single camera lens is 12 million pixels, and the front adopts a landscape lens design, which is also 12 million pixels, and supports portrait center display and spatial audio, of which the 13-inch version provides wider audio.
In terms of price, the new 11-inch iPad Air 128GB version is 4799 yuan; 256GB version 5599 yuan; 512GB version 7299 yuan; The 1TB version is 8999 yuan. The cellular version requires an additional $1,000. 13-inch new iPad Air 128GB version 6499 yuan; 256GB version 7299 yuan; 512GB version 8999 yuan; The 1TB version is 10699 yuan. The cellular version requires an additional $1,000.
iPad Pro
The new iPad Pro is also available in 11-inch and 13-inch versions, with a 100% recycled aluminium body and available in silver and space black. The thickness of the 11-inch is 5.3mm, and the thickness of the 13-inch is 5.1mm, making it the thinnest Apple product ever.
In terms of screen, the new iPad Pro has been replaced with an OLED screen, using a double-layer series OLED design, using two OLED displays to obtain a global brightness of 1000 nits and a peak brightness of 1600 nits, which Apple also calls "Super Retina XDR", and the new machine also has an optional nano textured glass. In terms of processor, the new iPad Pro is equipped with an M4 chip.
According to reports, Apple's M4 chip is based on the second-generation 3nm process, has a new display engine, and uses 4 large cores + 6 small core CPU, claiming that the CPU speed is up to 50% higher than that of M2. Apple's M4 chip is also equipped with a 10-core GPU, which is 4 times faster than M2 and supports ray tracing for the first time. The Apple M4 is also equipped with a 16-core neural network engine, with a computing speed of 38 trillion operations per second, which is 60 times that of the A11 chip. In addition, the M4 consumes half the power of the M2 while providing the same performance as the M2.
Apple also introduced new Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro, which render FCP faster than M4 on M1 2x. There's also a new real-time multicam mode that connects and previews up to four cameras at the same time. Users can also use the new Final Cut Camera app as a camera app.
In addition, the new industrial design improves the heat dissipation performance of the new iPad Pro by 20%. In terms of imaging, the new iPad Pro features a 12-megapixel lens with support for ProRes video recording and Smart HDR 4, as well as four studio microphones, a LiDAR scanner, a new adaptive TrueTone flash, and Apple also announced an AI-powered document scanning app. The front-facing camera is now also in a landscape bezel.
In terms of price, the new 11-inch iPad Pro 256GB version is 8999 yuan; 512GB version 10699 yuan; 1TB version 14099 yuan; The 2TB version is 17499 yuan. cellular network function plus 1700 yuan; In addition, the 1TB and 2TB versions add 800 yuan to choose nano-textured glass. 13-inch new iPad Pro 256GB version 11499 yuan; 512GB version 13199 yuan; 1TB version 16599 yuan; The 2TB version is 19,999 yuan. cellular network function plus 1700 yuan; In addition, the 1TB and 2TB versions add 800 yuan to choose nano-textured glass.
fittings
Apple has unveiled a new Magic Keyboard with the same basic design philosophy but thinner, a new row of 14 function keys, an aluminum palm rest, and a trackpad with haptic feedback for a MacBook-like experience. In terms of price, the 11-inch version is 2399 yuan, and the 13-inch version is 2799 yuan, and only the new iPad Pro is available.
Apple also introduced the Apple Pencil Pro, which allows users to squeeze the Apple Pencil Pro to bring up menus, supports haptic feedback, can scroll the pencil to change the shape of the brush, and supports the Find My function, which can be used with the new iPad released this time. In terms of price, Apple Pencil Pro is priced at 999 yuan.
Finally, according to the convention, let's take a look at how much it costs to "fill up" the configuration and accessories, in the case of all the options, it will take up to 27748 yuan. Referring to the price and specifications, how do you feel?