iPad Pro Specifications and Features
iPad Pro is the biggest iPad Apple has ever produced and was announced during an Apple Special Event on September 9, 2015 and released on November 11, 2015.
The iPad Pro specifications is 12.9-inch Retina display with 5.6 million pixels, the most ever in an iOS device, and amazing performance with the brand new 64-bit A9X chip, rivaling a lot of portable PCs. The fresh bigger iPad Pro is slim and light and provides all-day life of the battery. There are many more than 850,000 apps in the App Store? specifically designed regarding iPad, and also the new iPad Pro will enable a new generation of advanced apps for everything from productivity, design, illustration, engineering and medical, to education, gaming and entertainment.
The iPad Pro also features a front and rear camera, two speakers both at the top and the bottom of the device (four speakers in total). And of course, you also get a Lightning port, a headphone jack, side buttons, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Optionally, you can buy a cellular model with LTE. As the MacBook doesn’t come with a cellular chip, this is another differentiating factor with Apple’s laptop.
iPad Pro Specifications and Feature Details
Network
Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
Launch
Announced 2015, September
Status Available. Released 2015, November
Body
Dimensions 305.7 x 220.6 x 6.9 mm (12.04 x 8.69 x 0.27 in)
Weight 713 g (Wi-Fi) / 723 g (LTE) (1.57 lb)
SIM Nano-SIM/ Apple SIM (US & UK)
Apple Pencil stylus
Display
Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 12.9 inches (~77.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 2048 x 2732 pixels (~264 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating
Platform
OS iOS 9, upgradable to iOS 9.1
Chipset Apple A9X
CPU Dual-core 2.26 GHz (Twister)
Memory
Card slot No
Internal 32/128 GB, 4 GB RAM
Camera
Primary 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, check quality
Features 1.12µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., check quality
Secondary 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, HDR, FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular
Sound
Alert types N/A
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers (4 speakers)
3.5mm jack Yes
Comms
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS (Wi‑Fi + Cellular model only)
NFC NFC
Radio No
USB v3.0, reversible connector
Sensors Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, compass, barometer
Messaging iMessage, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5 (Safari)
Java No
Features
- Apple Smart Keyboard magnetic dock (optional)
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- iCloud cloud service
- iCloud Keychain
- TV-out
- Maps
- Audio/video player/editor
- Organizer
- Document viewer/editor
- Photo viewer/editor
- Voice memo/dial/command
- Predictive text input
Battery
Non-removable Li-Ion 10,307 mAh battery (38.8 Wh)
Stand-by
Talk time Up to 10 h (multimedia)
Misc
Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold
The iPad Pro is going to be available in November, the 32GB for $799, 64GB for $949 and 128GB for $1,079. The $1,079 comes with Wi-Fi and cellular. The keyboard is going to cost $169 and the stylus is going to cost $99.