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Apple Announces New 10.5-Inch iPad Pro With Narrower Side Bezels, 120Hz Refresh Rate Display (9to5mac.com)
At WWDC 2017 today, Apple unveiled a brand new iPad Pro with a 10.5-inch display and 40% narrower bezels. The new iPad features a 50% brighter True Tone display and "ProMotion" technology which increase refresh rates up to 120hz. 9to5Mac reports: The new iPad Pro includes dynamic refresh rate adjustments, screens move from 24hz to 48hz to 120hz. This maximizes battery life and performance, when you need it. The A10x Fusion chip improves CPU and GPU by at least 40%. Cameras have also been upgraded with the same sensor as the iPhone 7 on the back and the front. Apple demoed a photo app called "Affinity Photo," to demonstrate the 120hz refresh rates. Apple says new iPad Pro performance compares favorably with a desktop computer. This includes incredibly fast selections and fluid Apple Pencil interactions. Both iPad models start with 64GB of memory and maxes out to 500GB at the high-end. There are also several new software features for iPad, coming this fall with iOS 11: A new customizable Dock that provides quick access to frequently used apps and documents from any screen; Improved multitasking, including a redesigned app switcher that brings Spaces to iOS, making it easier to move between apps or pairs of active apps, used in Split View and now Slide Over; Multi-Touch Drag and Drop, which is available across the system to move text, photos and files from one app to another, anywhere on the screen; A new document scanner in Notes, which lets users easily scan single or multi-page documents, removes shadows and uses powerful image filters to enhance readability; and Deeper integration with Apple Pencil, with support for inline drawing to write along text in Notes and Mail, Instant Markup to easily sign documents, annotate PDFs or draw on screenshots, and a new Instant Notes feature, which opens Notes from the Lock Screen by simply tapping Apple Pencil on the display. New searchable handwriting makes it easy to search for handwritten text or characters.
You may need the 120 Hz refresh rate to monitor changes in Apple's stock price.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell
Surface Pro can run Visual Studio. Android can run AIDE. I guess by now, it takes courage to make a tablet that can't build apps for itself.
If true, the single threaded performance of an iPad Pro will now rival that of the MacBook Pro - and be about twice the speed as the fastest Android device. From Geekbench - 4667 (A10x) vs 4282 (i7-6920HQ) vs 1953 (Exynos 8890).
Slashdot's front page looks like this right now:
Apple Announces New 10.5-Inch iPad Pro With Narrower Side Bezels, 120Hz Refresh Rate Display
Apple's New iOS File Manager Coming This Fall As Part of iOS 11
Apple Announces Native HEVC Support In MacOS High Sierra and iOS 11
Apple Announces Its 'Next Breakthrough' Product: the HomePod
Apple Unveils What's Next For macOS Desktop OS: High Sierra
Apple Announces New iMacs With Better Screens And Modern Processors; Refreshes MacBook Lineup
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Fine, I have an Apple story, too. It's a little outdated but we can all reminisce -- http://www.bbspot.com/News/200...
Palaces, barricades, threats, meet promises
Six separate Apple announcements on slashdot's first page : enough !
Can't you just summarize all announcements in a single post ?
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I want a workstation.
Like the iMac Pro you got in the same set of announcements?
Both iPad models start with 64GB of memory and maxes out to 500GB at the high-end.
No they do not. They start with 64GB of STORAGE, going up to 512GB at the high-end. Not exactly surprising that an Apple user doesn't understand the difference.
None of the released specs state how much MEMORY they have, but the previous iPad Pro had 2GB so maybe they'll be couragous and go all the way to 4GB now.