A new iPad Pro 2021 model will probably come very soon. The new tablet is expected at the next Apple event in April, which has just been confirmed. how will Apple entice buyers to spend over $ 1,000 on a new iPad? The big changes that we are hearing are inside, Apple being expected to introduce an iPad Pro mini-LED display that offers a huge boost to the color quality on tablet screens.
These changes may include new display technologies that will allow for much better image quality. In addition, there is a chance that the iPad Pro will adopt Apple M1 chip and faster cellular connectivity. If so, the next iPad Pro would easily keep our place the best tablets list.
Latest news about the new iPad Pro 2021 (updated on April 16)
New release date for iPad Pro 2021
The new iPad Pro will be unveiled in April 2021, according to a new report by Mark Gurman from Bloomberg. And that means we expect it to appear at Apple’s April 20 event, called “Spring Loaded.”
Once in April is a change of form from Apple, given that March is one of the main launch windows of the company’s iPad and that the company launched new iPads in that month of 2016. The most recent example of formerly the iPad Pro, which added the LiDAR camera and A12Z Bionic processor.
However, the Bloomberg report was pretty definitive in the April announcement, and now we’re more than halfway through March without a word from Apple, so it looks likely to be pushed back this year.
New price iPad Pro 2021
Expect Apple’s prices for the 11-inch iPad Pro ($ 750) and the 12.9-inch iPad Pro ($ 999) to stay in place. The last two generations of iPad Pro tablets have remained at this price and everything we see suggests that it will continue.
The introduction of the mid-range iPad Air offers no reason for Apple to lower the price of the iPad Pro. Similarly, Apple doesn’t seem to be adding too much to this year’s iPad Pro, which would give them an excuse to charge more.
New rumors and leaks about iPad Pro 2021
The latest iPad Pro 2021 leak refers to the new Apple Pencil 3: it has a glossy design and (apparently) bigger tips. These tips could include many features in them.
A recent report by Mark Gurman from Bloomberg claims that the iPad Pro will have a Mini-LED screen, a new chip that is “on par” with the M1 silicone in the MacBook Air M1 and Macbook Pro M1 and Thunderbolt connectivity. Scroll down for more details.
Meanwhile, MacOtakara reports that Apple leaves most of the new iPad Pro “housing design” unchanged. That means we should expect it to look like the previous iPad Pro, only with modifications, such as slightly thinner frames and fewer speaker holes. The bump of the camera can also come out less.
A recent Apple Pencil 3 leak shows that Apple could return to a brilliant design and offer bigger, interchangeable or replaceable tips.
The patents also suggest that Apple might consider a new magic keyboard. A detailed reading of the patents suggests that the magic keyboard could have microphones, which could be used for better sound at the video conference.
Many of the similarities between the iPad iPad 2020 and iPad Pro 2021 are followed by short versions of the design of the new iPad Pro.
The 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2021 will be 0.5 mm thick, which can be hard to notice for the untrained eye. That being said, it could allow Apple to change its current display technology for mini-LED screens.
The new iPad Pro 2021 Mini-LED screen
It has been rumored that the iPad Pro will go into production with mini-LED panels from then on last summer.
This change would take Apple away from LCD screens and provide improved contrast ratios, truer black tones and improved brightness. This would be possible due to the smaller LEDs, as the name mini-LED suggests.
In addition to the Bloomberg report, which states that the iPad Pro 2021 will have Mini-LEDs, we previously had a confirmation in a supply chain report, which said that a supplier is about to start producing these displays for Apple.
You can read more here about why the Mini-LED on the iPad would be a big problem.
New specifications iPad Pro 2021
The big rumors about the iPad Pro 2021 tell us that Apple is focusing on the internal components of the tablet. Since last year, we have seen speculation that the iPad Pro will be the first of Apple’s 5G iPads. Now that 5G is on the iPhone 12, it makes sense for Apple to want to use these components in the iPad Pro as well.
Bloomberg’s latest report also claimed that the new iPad Pro 2021 will have Thunderbolt connectors, rather than USB-C found on existing models. If true, this would give the iPad Pro 2021 faster data synchronization, plus additional connectivity with external monitors and hard drives, for example.
The new iPad Pro 2021 M1 chip
We’ve seen various rumors about the processor in the new iPad Pro, and the most recent suggests that it will run on a chip that is a variant of the A14 Bionic chip seen on the iPhone 12. That would mean it probably won’t have an M Series Name like Mac current ones, but instead a name like A14X.
However, here it gets confusing, the A14X is also based on the Apple M1 chip. This is how Apple silicon chips are woven – they all rely on each other.
The previous iPad Pro rumor, from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, states that Apple will pack the new iPad Pro with a processor that is “on par” with the M1 chip in the latest Macs.
Deep in a post by home maker and playback editor Pigtou, which focuses primarily on iPad Pro renderings, there is more discussion about internal updates. The post mentions the same thing Gurman heard, a possibility we’re starting to hear in a whisper: the new iPad Pro could drop a version of the Apple Silicon chip seen in the MacBook Air with the M1. The company could also choose an updated version of the A12Z chip in the current iPad Pro and name it the A13Z.
New wish list iPad Pro 2021: What we want
Let’s talk about what else could happen under the iPad Pro 2021 hood. We’d like to see Apple put a Touch ID fingerprint sensor under the screen. The iPad Air’s lock fingerprint reader is a smart touch, but an under-screen fingerprint reader could cause people to pay more – and prevent iPad Air from cannibalizing iPad Pro sales.
Here’s a less likely change: a foldable display. This would be impossible without changes to the chassis and internal elements, but after seeing Lenovo ThinkPad X1 FoldWe are curious to see what Apple would do with a foldable iPad. It’s a major way in which the iPad Pro could continue to stand out. Of course, this could easily increase the price.