Current:Home > FinanceNew iPad Pro, Air unveiled: See prices, release dates, new features for Apple's latest devices -PureWealth Academy
New iPad Pro, Air unveiled: See prices, release dates, new features for Apple's latest devices
View
Date:2025-04-24 03:35:15
Apple unveiled new features for the iPad on Tuesday during the tech giant's "Let Loose" event, in what CEO Tim Cook called "the biggest day for iPad since its introduction."
Included in Tuesday's announcements were a new iPad Air and iPad Pro, each in two sizes, as well as upgrades to Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro, new Magic Keyboards and a new Apple Pencil Pro.
Tuesday's event is separate from Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which is online June 10 to 14, where the company typically unveils new features and updates for its operating systems and devices.
All of the new products can be ordered today and are available next week.
In addition to the new products and features, Apple announced that the iPad 10th generation is now $349.
Here's what to know about the new iPads and accessories.
Apple event live updates:May's 'Let Loose' hints it could highlight iPad, Apple pencil
New iPad release dates
- iPad Air: Like the other Apple products announced on Tuesday, the new iPad Air is available to order now and will be released next week.
- iPad Pro: Apple said both sizes of the new iPad Pro are available to order now and will be released next week.
New iPad prices
iPad Air: The redesigned 11-inch iPad Air will be $599, and the 13-inch will be $799.
iPad Pro: The new 11-inch iPad Pro will cost $999, with the 13-inch model priced at $1,299.
iPad Air features
Both the 11 and the 13-inch sizes come in new blue and purple colors, as well as the existing starlight and space grey finishes. They feature storage starting at 128 gigabytes, but also offer 512 GB and 1 T options.
The 13-inch size comes with a landscape front camera and faster WiFi.
The new iPad Air works with both the Magic Keyboard and the Apple Pencil, and have the updated M2 chip.
iPad Pro features
The 11-inch model is 5.3 mm thick and weighs less than a pound. The 13-inch model is 5.1 mm thick, making it the thinnest Apple product ever released, and is a quarter-pound lighter than its predecessor.
The front camera has moved for both sizes has moved to a landscape edge, and both options come in silver and space black.
The new iPad Pro will feature a display using two OLED panels, which Apple is calling Tandem OLED. It also includes the M4 chip, a jump from the M2, which Apple says is "four times faster" than the previous iPad Pro.
Apple Pencil Pro, Magic Keyboard prices
In addition to the new iPad Air and Pros, Apple also announced a new Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil Pro, which can be used on both the Air and Pro iPad models.
The Magic Keyboard has been redesigned to be thinner and lighter, and comes in two colors that match the iPad Pro. It also includes a function row and a larger trackpad. The keyboard is $299 for the 11-inch model and $349 for the 13-inch model.
The new Apple Pencil pro comes with a sensor in the pencil barrel for new interactions, including allowing users to squeeze it to bring up options on the iPad. It can also now be located using Apple's Find My app when lost. Like previous Apple Pencils, it pairs, charges and store magnetically on the side of the iPad. It costs $129.
veryGood! (218)
Related
- New Zealand official reverses visa refusal for US conservative influencer Candace Owens
- The Man Who Makes Greenhouse Gas Polluters Face Their Victims in Court
- Ryan Seacrest named new Wheel of Fortune host
- Senate 2020: The Loeffler-Warnock Senate Runoff in Georgia Offers Extreme Contrasts on Climate
- Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
- Federal judge blocks Kentucky's ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors
- Weeping and Anger over a Lost Shrimping Season, Perhaps a Way of Life
- Should ketchup be refrigerated? Heinz weighs in, triggering a social media food fight
- Civic engagement nonprofits say democracy needs support in between big elections. Do funders agree?
- An Unlikely Alliance of Farm and Environmental Groups Takes on Climate Change
Ranking
- Highlights from Trump’s interview with Time magazine
- Chrishell Stause, Chris Olsen and More Stars Share Their Advice for Those Struggling to Come Out
- Armie Hammer Not Charged With Sexual Assault After LAPD Investigation
- Ryan Gosling Reflects on Moment Eva Mendes Told Him She Was Pregnant With Their First Child
- Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
- Madonna hospitalized with serious bacterial infection, manager says
- The Bachelorette: Meet the 25 Men Vying for Charity Lawson's Heart
- Is Climate-Related Financial Regulation Coming Under Biden? Wall Street Is Betting on It
Recommendation
NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
Pickleball injuries could cost Americans up to $500 million this year, analysis finds
Scientists Attribute Record-Shattering Siberian Heat and Wildfires to Climate Change
Amanda Seyfried Shares How Tom Holland Bonded With Her Kids on Set of The Crowded Room
The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
Electric Trucks Begin Reporting for Duty, Quietly and Without All the Fumes
Disaster Displacement Driving Millions into Exile
IRS whistleblower in Hunter Biden probe says he was stopped from pursuing investigative leads into dad or the big guy