Apple announces updated iPad Pro with narrow bezels, FaceID camera and Xbox One S-class GPU

Apple today announced the all-new iPad Pro. The new iPad Pro comes with even narrower bezels featuring 11-inch and 12.9-inch Liquid Retina displays. Apple has also included FaceID camera to offer Facial authentication system. The iPad Pro is powered by A12X Bionic chipset built on 7nm manufacturing process. The A12X comes with 8-core CPU and 7-core GPU resulting in 35% faster single core performance and 90% faster multi-core workloads. Apple announced that this new iPro Pro offers Xbox One S-class GPU.

Customers can now choose iPad Pro with up to 1TB storage. Apple has finally ditched the lighting port for USB-C port using which you can connect the iPad to a 5K external display. And you can even use this USB-C port to charge your iPhone just like on MacBooks. Apple today also announced the updated Apple Pencil which can magnetically attach to the iPad Pro and can also wireless charge itself when attached. Apple Pencil also supports gestures enabling you to express yourself in new ways.

For great audio experience, Apple has included 4 speaker audio (with woofer and tweeter pairs) for wider stereo sound. The new iPad Pro will also support Gigabit-class LTE through built-in eSIM for seamless mobile connectivity.

The 11-inch iPad Pro starts at $799 and the 12.9-inch iPad Pro starts at $999.