iPad Pro (2021) Will Be a BIG Upgrade! By GregsGadgets

Last year's 2020 iPad Pro would probably be considered one of apple's least substantial iPad upgrades. Ever it came with a rebid a12z chip with just one extra GPU core enabled from the a12x. The biggest upgrade to that model actually came in the camera department, with an additional ultra-wide angle, camera and a LIDAR scanner for enhanced augmented reality. Basically, for most people, these upgrades really amounted to a lot of nothing, which is why this year's 2021 iPad Pro, which is due to be coming out sometime this month, should be a major upgrade hey. What's going on, everyone Greg here, and you're not going to want to miss this month's coverage on apple, because it should be an exciting one, so make sure you're subscribed to the channel hit the like button. If you like this video and come chat with me in the comments below, because we got a lot to talk about, but before you do all that, I guess you should watch this video, because the iPad Pro is due for a big upgrade this year.

But what can we realistically expect out of apple's next premium iPad? And should you really be excited for it? First, I think the no-brainer upgrade that is coming to the iPad Pro is a brand new a14x chip. It's actually one of the most confusing parts of the current iPad, lineup right now with the iPad Air having the a14 chip and the iPad Pro technically being two chip generations behind still on the a12z processor. This means that the iPad Air is actually stronger in single core performance than the iPad Pro and when you're spending eight hundred dollars for an iPad, it should be the top performer on every single metric, with absolutely no exceptions. So at this point the a14 is basically a given, and you should be excited for it, because we already pretty much have a good idea on how the a14x will perform, because the m1 chip, that's already in apple's latest max, is based off the design of an a14x processor. So, while we may see some performance downgrades based on the thermals and overall form factor, I think overall, we will still pretty much see similar performance to what we now have with the m1 MacBook Air.

The air doesn't have any active cooling, so in a lot of ways it behaves just like an iPad Pro. If we take this as true, we could see the iPad Pro this year, achieving CPU benchmark scores that would outpace the performance of a 16-inch MacBook Pro, and that would really be just a huge technological achievement from apple. Hopefully, that means more pro. Apps are also on the way that can take advantage of this processor, like an iPad version of final cut, pro or logic and other third-party apps as well. I would love to see support for other video editing, apps, like premiere pro coming to the iPad after we got photoshop not too long ago.

More pro apps coming to the iPad would just make a ton of sense, especially if we are basically expecting this iPad to be on par with Apple Silicon. Max it's going to be really powerful if it is now, there are some other tidbits we've heard, based on leaks and rumors about the a14x. Apparently, the GPU performance will be an increase of about 27 over the a12z, and this iPad Pro should still have six gigabytes of memory. So no eight gigabytes of memory like the m1 max now, even though the a14x will be a big upgrade, I think there's another upgrade that more people are going to be excited by, and that is new display technology coming to the iPad Pro in the form of a mini LED display. This will be the biggest jump in display technology for the iPad Pro since the introduction of the 120 hertz pro motion display and the biggest visual display performance update since the introduction of the retina iPad.

All the way back to the iPad, 3. Mini LEDs should provide a big boost to the iPad's display. Traditional lcds require led backlighting. A mini, LED display is basically just as the name implies. Instead of having a few spots with led backlighting, a mini LED display is much smaller, so it will have even smaller backlighting spots, with thousands of small LED lights.

The main advantage of this is that you get better control over the back lighting and can even dim certain zones independent of each other, rather than turning the entire backlighting on or off this increased control of backlighting leads to benefits of not only higher brightness, but also better contrast, ratios and deeper black levels. Mini LEDs are also more power efficient and could lead to some savings on battery life and, unlike OLED, displays, there's less of a risk of permanent screen burning, so, unlike increasing resolution or making animations appear smoother with a faster refresh rate, mini led will actually lead to better picture quality. Overall speaking for myself, I love how apple tunes their displays and I think panels like the 5k iMac, really look gorgeous, especially when you compare them against other PC monitors. So I'm expecting a big upgrade from this mini led panel, and if it's anything like apple's previous visual updates, it's going to be one of the main reasons you should probably buy or upgrade your existing iPad to this next generation iPad Pro now there is a bit of bad news with this mini led rumor and that it may only be coming to the bigger 12.9-inch iPad Pro model going back and looking at older rumors. It said that apple was only able to get the mini, LED display into the bigger 12.9 version and there's even a recent tweet from cryptic apple leaker love to dream, saying that the bigger version of the iPad Pro is the one to buy this year. So we may only see an a14x upgrade on the smaller 11 inches.

iPad, pro and mini led might actually be exclusive to the bigger model. Now we are expecting other upgrades to the iPad Pro this year, and that would be the addition of 5g in the cellular models, and while this may be great for future proofing, the iPad Pro if you've watched any of my coverage on the iPhone 12, you know that 5g right now really isn't anything to get excited about. The telecom companies still have a lot of work to do not only expanding the 5g network, but also making sure those towers are able to deliver performance that is more stable and speedier than existing LTE networks. I've done a bunch of tests and, while 5g may be faster in some cases, it's not by much and in some of my tests, sometimes the 5g network was actually slower than existing 4g LTE networks and 5g also has a disadvantage in that it currently uses up more energy, thus resulting in poor battery life. So if you buy the cellular version of this iPad Pro, you may actually want to toggle off one of the new features, so you might want to turn off 5g to actually save on battery life and maybe even get better cellular performance.

Now, when can you expect to get your hands on the new 2021 iPad Pro well? According to a recent rumor from john prosper, Apple is going to be hosting a virtual event on tuesday, March 23rd, and if that rumor turns out to be true, that's only two weeks away. So we won't have to wait long to see this long rumored device and to see if it's truly worth your time and your money, but anyway so far. That's all we know about the next generation iPad Pro, and it should be a pretty big upgrade based on these rumors. Please let me know what you think of the iPad Pro in the comments below. If you like this video, don't forget to give me a like, and if you want future coverage on that apple march, 23rd event make sure you're subscribed to the channel.

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