1. Let Loose iPad event LIVE — New iPad Pro, iPad Air, and more as it happens!
2. OLED iPad Pro — Will it be M3 or M4?
3. iPad Air 6 — Is the M2 chip coming to the iPad Air?
4. Apple Pencil 3 — Or should we say Apple Pencil Pro?
Apple's "Let Loose" event introduced a gorgeous new iPad Pro model, but it actually lacks some features from the M2 version.
While the new model packs the new M4 chip and can use the Apple Pencil Pro, and the latest Magic Keyboard, Apple's product comparison page shows it's lost some tech along the way.
According to the listing, the cellular versions of the iPad Pro in both 11 and 13-inch lack mmWave 5G compatibility, and are therefore limited to sub-6GHz 5G bands. That's not a dealbreaker considering the mmWave 5G connectivity was only ever offered in the US market, but its absence is certainly curious.
Both the iPad Pro and iPad Air models announced today are eSim-only, too, so there's no slot for a physical SIM card.
iPad Pro scraps Ultra-Wide camera
Perhaps the bigger omission is the removal of the Ultra-Wide camera from the iPad Pro. Given the company made a big deal about how slim and light the new iPad Pro is, there's every chance it was removed to help make the camera bump less obvious.
Others will likely point to how few people likely use the camera to take pictures, and Apple tends to talk about the iPad Pro's camera in terms of AR experiences rather than anything to do with photography.
Still, given it's been around for the last few iPad Pro models, it's interesting that Apple would remove it and keep the Wide camera.
We're covering the Apple iPad event as it happens. Follow the Let Loose event LIVE here. Or check out our roundups for all the latest on the new OLED iPad Pro, iPad Air, and the new Apple Pencil.
