First feedback on the iPad Pro: two key details make the difference

Have you fallen for the new iPad Pro? If this is not your case, influencers and testers have already taken the opportunity to try the device. Among them, we find several video tutorials which allow you to find out more about the performance and design of the tablet. This is the modelhigh endat Apple, with a technical sheet better than an iPad Air or a “classic” iPad.

Among the assets praised by critics, it is probably the new functionality ofhoverof the second generation Apple Pencil which convinces the most.As Federico Viticci explainsMacStories, the result is very practical when we wantpreview the exact location where the stylus will land. What's more, the manufacturer did not force buyers to invest in a third version of the accessory, which is also emphasized.

Very fast

With this, everyone - without exception - agrees that the iPad Pro M2s are particularly fast, even more thanthe M1 iPad Pros released the previous year. And for good reason: the chip has been improved, to the point of passing for examplefrom 20,586 to 32,163 pointsfrom one version to anotherwith the Compute / Metal benchmark from the Geekbench 5 app.

But despite everything, the difference is, in other situations which do not require as much bandwidth, not significant. If the iPad Pro M1 was alreadyvery efficientfor professional tasks, this is also the case for his successor. Clearly, it's a machine made for this kind of audiencein the opinion ofMashable.

The same design

Most reviews, however, note that the iPad Pro M2 is identical to the iPad Pro M1 in many ways, such as format. You will have to choose between12.9 inches or 11 inches, no surprise. Additionally, the camera is always installed on the widest side of the chassis, wherethe iPad 10 also arriving this monthswapped this layout for a landscape orientation.

To conclude, let us quote our colleagues fromEngadgetwho explain thatthe screen is quite simply one of the most beautiful ever seenon this type of product. Samsung and Huawei therefore still have a way to go to catch up with the competition…