NEW YORK—The new iPad Pros that have been rumored for months are now a reality. Apple revealed the latest editions of its premium tablets today at its “special event” in Brooklyn, New York. The announcement confirms some major new features that have been brought over from the most recent iPhones, like an edge-to-edge display and FaceID, plus tablet-specific features that have been talked about in the months leading up to the event.
The new iPads start at $799, with pre-orders beginning today. The devices will ship November 7.
The new iPad Pros come in two sizes (11-, 12.9-inches) and storage options ranging from 64GB to 1TB. (The 10.5-inch model pictured in the gallery above is the last iteration of the iPad Pro, home button-included, still being offered by Apple.)
Design
The renders previously floating around the Internet accurately detailed the new iPad Pro design. The new models, coming in at 11″ and 12.9″, have slimmer bezels on all four sides of their displays. While the bezels aren’t as small as those on the iPhone XS and XS Max, they’re much thinner than we’ve seen on an iPad before. (In his event liveblog, Ars’ Samuel Axon noted the new iPads are virtually the size of a standard 8.5″ × 11″ piece of paper, and they resemble the iPhone SE.)
Those design changes leave no space for a Home button, which Apple has removed from the new iPad Pro. While this doesn’t put the final nail in the coffin for TouchID, it does mean that none of Apple’s current-generation iOS devices have a fingerprint reader. The company is betting big on FaceID, which makes its debut on Apple’s tablets in these new devices.
Notably, the new iPad Pro doesn’t have the infamous notch found on new iPhones. Instead, the top bezel space on the iPad Pro appears to be large enough to accommodate Apple’s True Depth camera system. This array, which includes a proximity sensor, ambient-light sensor, dot projector, front-facing camera, and other tech, powers Face ID, so users unlock their devices just by looking at them.
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