Apple’s New M4 iPad Pro Lineup Comes In Two Sizes, Features The ‘World’s Most Advanced’ Display And Is The Company’s Thinnest Product Ever

The new iPad Pro range has received incredible design and hardware improvements, with the inclusion of the M4 chipset and Tandem OLED making these premium tablets a cut above the rest, particularly the M2 models. Here, we take an in-depth look at the latest models and see what sets them apart from their own predecessors and the competition.

New M4 iPad Pro models ship with what Apple calls Ultra Retina XDR; the largest tablet is the thinnest product from the technology giant

The two M4 iPad Pro models are available in 11-inch and 13-inch sizes, with both versions getting treated to Tandem OLED technology that not only increases the panel’s maximum brightness but also upgrades color accuracy and overall lifespan. Apple says that both slates can reach a full-screen brightness of 1,000nits, with peak HDR brightness reaching 1,600nits. Called Ultra Retina XDR, Apple’s OLED panel is marketed as the ‘world’s most advanced display,’ with the option of a nano-texture glass that is similar to the one offered with the highly-expensive Pro Display XDR.

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Thanks to the OLED upgrade, which does not require a backlight to illuminate the individual pixels, Apple successfully reduced the thickness of each M4 iPad Pro model. The 11-inch model is incredibly thin at 5.3mm, but the 13-inch version takes it to the next level, measuring just 5.1mm, becoming Apple’s thinnest product yet by putting the iPad nano to shame and weighing a quarter pound less than the M2 iPad Pro. Despite the reduction in thickness, the M4 iPad Pro lineup is expected to deliver better thermal performance thanks to the addition of graphite sheets in the primary housing and copper in the Apple logo.

To deliver unrivaled performance in its weight class, both iPad Pro models are fueled by the M4, which is mass produced on TSMC’s second-generation 3nm