Apple’s new iPad Pro is all-screen, raw power, and apptastic

It’s not like the iPad Pro wasn’t already a bit special, but Apple reckons the 2018 edition (from £769) cracks what it was going for from day one. It’s all-screen, eradicating the Home button to history. There’s no notch, yet you still get Face ID – which now works in any orientation. More importantly, given the ‘Pro’ bit of the name, this device is a powerhouse. The A12X Bionic ramps up single core performance by up to 35 per cent, multicore by up to 90 per cent, and GPU clout has doubled – perfect for Adobe’s upcoming Photoshop for iPad. Beyond that, there’s connectivity to a wider range of peripherals (including 5k displays) by way of USB-C, and a new Pencil for helping to craft the gallery masterpiece you’ll need to pay for the thing.

Craig Grannell Contributor

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I’m a regular contributor to Stuff magazine and Stuff.tv, covering apps, games, Apple kit, Android, Lego, retro gaming and other interesting oddities. I also pen opinion pieces when the editor lets me, getting all serious about accessibility and predicting when sentient AI smart cookware will take over the world, in a terrifying mix of Bake Off and Terminator.

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