The iPad Pro 2024 dazzles today, but will it impress tomorrow?

A spectacular screen and a blazing fast processor are still waiting for Apple’s software to catch up — here’s why

The new iPad Pro is almost unbelievably thin while also being the most powerful tablet Apple has ever put together. Not a small feat, that. (Image: Apple)

Well, that’s the thing with controlled information leaks, isn’t it? They work, until they don’t. In what could have been an Apple iPad presentation with a number of genuinely pleasant surprises — after a very long time too — everyone watching it ended up just checking off items from a list of “rumored” specs and upgrades. The result: a decidedly less exciting experience for the company’s fans and the media alike. It’s a pity, really, because these new iPad Pro models really are almost as impressive as Apple’s signature marketing language makes them out to be. They deserved the enthusiasm… but what they got was some mildly interested nod instead. Cuts both ways, doesn’t it?

In any case, just as “rumored”, the iPad Pro 2024 comes in 11-inch and 13-inch variants, it gets a much faster processor, a far better screen and a higher price tag. Let’s break it all down.

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