Apple announces new iPad pro tablet computer

The new iPad Pro uses a 12.9-inch display, and makes use of the new split screen app features of iOS 9. The width of the iPad Pro is the same as the height of the iPad Air 2.

Apple’s Phil Schiller explain the features of the new technology:

It can do things that a smartphone doesn’t do because it doesn’t have to sit in your pocket.
Apple is using the same technology from its iMac with Retina 5K display to bring the iPad Pro pixels to life. “For the first time in an Apple display, it has a variable refresh rate.
Inside, it’s using Apple’s new A9X processor, which Apple claims is 1.8 times faster than the previous chip it replaces. Our chip team is just on fire.
Graphics on the iPad Pro have doubled in terms of performance, so it’s clearly going to be a fast device for games and productivity apps.
It is faster than 80 percent of the portable PCs that shipped in the last 12 months.
In graphics tasks it’s faster than 90 percent of them.

To highlight its performance credentials, Apple says the iPad Pro will last 10 hours on battery with the ability to edit three streams of 4K video simultaneously. Apple has even added a four-speaker audio system to the iPad Pro, and iOS 9 will balance the sound dependant on how you’re holding the device.

The iPad Pro is just 6.9mm thin and 1.57 pounds, so it’s very thin and lightweight considering the large 12.9-inch display.A NEW IPAD, A NEW KEYBOARD