Status Pro Apple iPad Pro M1

With a stunning display and ridiculous power, the best tablet on the planet just got even better

Display 11-inch 2732x2048 LED / 12.9inch 2732x2048 mini-LED

CPU Apple M1

RAM 8GB / 16GB

Capacity 128GB / 256GB / 512GB / 1TB / 2TB

Camera 12MP wide, 10MP ultra-wide rear; 12MP ultra-wide front

Connectivity Thunderbolt / USB 4, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5

Dimensions 257.6x178.5x5.9 / 280.6x214.9x6.4mm

Weight 466g / 682g

A iPad Pro, the question asked of this new model isn’t whether it’s the best tablet experience currently available – it just is – but whether it’s significant overkill, and whether the excellent iPad Air (2020) would suffice for you instead.

The big news is that the iPad Pro now sports the same M1 CPU as the latest MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13-inch, Mac Mini and 24-inch iMac. It’s available in two sizes, 11-inch and 12.9-inch, and internal storage ranges from 128GB to 2TB, with the 1TB and 2TB models coming with 16GB of RAM. The 128GB, 256GB and 512GB models have to make do with 8GB, but this shouldn’t be a huge problem. A 5G connection is an optional extra, for which you’ll pay a little bit more as well as having to pay for a data plan.

The last of the headline new features is the incredible screen. It’s a mini-LED display, which means Apple can fit thousands of tiny LEDs directly behind the screen, enabling much higher brightness than previous iPads.