iPad Professional 2024 hands-on: How the brand new ‘nano-texture glass’ seems subsequent to at least one with out it

The brand new iPad Professional 2024 was unveiled at Apple’s “Let Free” occasion on Might seventh. The brand new iPad Professional is available in two sizes, 11-inch and 13-inch fashions, and options an M4 chip that skips a technology (i.e. from its predecessor’s M2 chip to the present M4 processor).

Apple bragged in regards to the new iPad Professional Actually skinny – like “iPod Nano” skinny. I had an opportunity to briefly mess around with the brand new iPad Professional fashions – and sure – these tablets are surprisingly slim. And they’re additionally very feather-like.

However what Actually What caught my eye was the nano-textured glass mannequin, however extra on that later.

The thinness of the brand new iPad Professional blew me away

When Apple mentioned that the iPad Professional was “extremely skinny” and identified that the 11-inch and 13-inch variants had been 5.3mm and 5.1mm thick respectively, I could not think about it – till I picked it up myself.

I walked across the iPad Professional fashions whereas presenting them on the show and so they appeared to vanish as I checked out their sides.

After which I held it in my arms. How may one thing so highly effective be such a featherweight?

The 13-inch iPad Professional weighs simply 1.28 kilos, whereas the 11-inch variant weighs slightly below a pound (i.e. 0.9 kilos).

The brand new glass mannequin with nano texture

In the event you’re uninterested in your iPad show not working in tough lighting circumstances, you may go for the nano-textured glass mannequin for a pleasant matte end.

Destructible pace of sunshine

I stood in a brightly lit space and seen that the nano-texture glass mannequin, solely obtainable in 1TB and 2TB storage choices, considerably decreased glare.

Nonetheless, remember that this mannequin is greatest fitted to customers who want a clearly seen display screen always whereas on the go. Due to this fact, the nano-texture glass mannequin is geared toward professionals (so you will have to spend at the very least $1,699 for the 11-inch mannequin and $2,099 for the 13-inch variant).

As you may see within the photograph, there are compromises with the nanotexture glass mannequin. The mannequin with out has a richer panel.

The “Tandem OLED” iPad Professional is gorgeous

The iPad Professional contains a new “tandem OLED” show, that means Apple has layered two OLED shows on prime of one another. The end result? A brilliant high-contrast, immersive show with best-in-class brightness (1,600 nits peak brightness, to be precise).

Dubbed the Extremely Retina XDR show, the iPad Professional’s display screen was an actual deal with to the eyes.

The “House Black” iPad Professional is beautiful

After I noticed the House Black MacBook Professional in all its glory final October, I had my fingers crossed that this stunning, wealthy onyx shade could be obtainable on extra Apple units.

In reply to my prayers, there’s now a “House Black” iPad Professional. (Now I simply want House Black to get to the iPhone 16.)

There’s additionally a “House Black” Magic Keyboard, which now has a bigger haptic trackpad, a totally useful row and an aluminum palm relaxation.

The 11-inch iPad Professional begins at $999, whereas the 13-inch mannequin prices $1,299. As talked about, they arrive in House Black, however there’s additionally a silver shade variant.