Apple unveils ultra-premium iPad Pro with M5 silicon; India price and availability details

The all-new iPad Pro 2025 is available for pre-order in India and is slated to hit stores next with prices starting at Rs 99,900.

Apple on Wednesday (October 15) launched the powerful iPad Pro with an all-new M5 System-on-Chip (SoC).

The new iPad Pro retains the super slim form factor, but comes with a really big upgrade in terms of processing power.

The new M5 SoC on iPad Pro comes with a 10-core CPU, a 10-core GPU (with Neural Accelerator in each core) and an advanced Neural Engine, promising to run all generative Artificial Intelligence (gen AI) features smoothly and deliver better performance in video editing, graphics-rich games with hardware-accelerated ray-tracing and any heavy-duty tasks.

Apple's latest M5 on iPad Pro can deliver AI performance that’s up to 3.5x faster compared to M4 and up to 5.6x faster than iPad Pro with M1.

Like on the iPhone Air, Apple is bringing propreitary C1X cellular modem to the iPad Pro M5. It is up to 2x faster than C1 and consumes less energy as well.

The new flagship iPad Pro also comes with N1, a new Apple-designed wireless networking chip that enables Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth 6. In addition to the latest generation of wireless technologies, N1 improves the overall performance and reliability of features like Personal Hotspot and AirDrop.

Apple iPad Pro M5.

The device is available in an 11-inch model with just 5.3 mm thin, and the 13-inch model is even thinner at 5.1 mm. The iPad Pro sports an Ultra Retina XDR display, touted to be the world’s most advanced display, featuring groundbreaking tandem OLED technology that can deliver extreme brightness, incredibly precise contrast, and also support technologies like ProMotion (120Hz refresh rate) and True Tone.

The new iPad Pro supports 1000 nits of full-screen brightness for SDR and HDR content, and 1600 nits peak brightness for HDR content. The display also supports Apple Pencil Pro and Apple Pencil (USB-C) accessories.

Also, it features 12MP wide camera with 4K and ProRes video recording capability on the back. And, on the front, it houses a 12MP Center Stage camera (in landscape in orientation) with TrueDepth camera system.

With a full charge, it can deliver up to 10 hours of internet web browsing via Wi-Fi and up to nine hours with cellular connectivity.

Apple iPad Pro M5.

It is available in two colours--space black and silver, and comes in four storage options: 256GB. 512GB, 1TB and 2TB. It is available for pre-order on October 15 and is slated to hit stores next week on October 22.

The 11-inch iPad Pro starts at Rs 99,990 for the Wi-Fi model, and Rs 1,19,900 (INDIA) for the Wi-Fi + Cellular model. The 13-inch iPad Pro starts at Rs 1,29,900 for the Wi-Fi model, and Rs 1,49,900 for the Wi-Fi + Cellular model.

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