Apple Let Loose Event: iPad Air, iPad Pro with New Apple Pencil Pro and Apple Magic Keyboard Launched; Check Prices, Specifications and Features

Cupertino, May 7: Apple has launched its new products with AI capabilities, powerful processors and improved features during the Apple Let Loose event. The Apple Let Loose event live streaming began in India at 7:30 PM during when the tech giant showcased the capabilities and design of the new devices, including iPad Air, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro and Apple Magic Keyboard. The Let Loose was a 35 minutes long event that also introduced the powerful M4 chip in the iPad Pro model.

During the Apple event, CEO Tim Cook and the Apple's team introduced the new iPad lineup and unveiled their next-generation AI capabilities. Not only the new products but Apple also shared its improved applications within the iPadOS for the iPad Air and iPad Pro models. Apple claimed that the new devices would be faster than the previous generations. Apple Thinking To Partner With US EV Company Rivian After Cancelling Its Car Project; Here’s What To Expect From Collaboration.

Apple iPad Air 2024 Display and Operating System

Apple introduced its iPad Air first in two sizes—11-inch and 13-inch. The 11-inch new iPad Air has been launched with a Liquid Retina Display capable of producing attractive colours, contrast, and brightness. The 13-inch iPad offers additional features like a split view on the iPadOS. The new iPad Air can perform up to three times faster than the previous models. 

Apple iPad Air 2024 Price, Processor, and Other Features

As expected, the iPad Air is powered by the M2 chipset, making it 50% faster than the iPad Air with the M1 chipset. It supports Apple Pencil hover, which shows the functions on display precisely. The Apple tablet offers a 12MP landscape camera, 5G capability, WiFi-6 support and a "Liquid Retina Display". Additionally, it comes with Landscape stereo audio. The tablet is available in four colours and also has a 12MP front-facing camera. It has the support of Apple Magic Keyboard. iPad Air price for 11-inch model starts at Rs 59,900 and at Rs 79,900 for 13-inch model and is available in the following storage options - 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB.

Apple iPad Pro 2024 Display and Slim Design

The iPad Pro has similar 11-inch and 13-inch size options; however, it boasts a 5.1mm and 5.3mm thin design, respectively. The Apple iPad Pro display has a Tandem OLED display engine that offers a better viewing experience while maintaining brightness, contrast, and other details. The Ultra Retina Display in this model has "Nano-texture glass" that maintains image quality with less glare.

Apple iPad Pro 2024 Processor and Camera

As per the expectations, the company has launched its iPad Pro 2024 model with an M4 chipset. The M4 chip features four performance cores and 6 efficiency cores. Additionally, the new iPad Pro model offers a 10-core GPU. According to Apple, the new M4 chip could offer the "same performance using half the power of the M2 chipset". The chip also comes with NPU, a neural engine that can handle AI-related work and can handle 38 trillion operations in a second. It performs 50% better and is 4 times faster than the M2 chip.

The M4-powered iPad Pro 2024 model features like hardware-accelerated ray tracing and dynamic caching. The iPad Pro comes with a 12MP camera with the capability to record 4K videos and offers LiDAR scanning. It also comes with a 12MP front-facing camera. The Apple iPad Pro price starts at Rs 99,900 for 256GB variant, Rs 1,19,900 for 512GB variant, Rs 1,59,900 for 1TB variant and Rs 1,99,900 for 2TB variant. 

Apple iPad Pro 2024 iPadOS, Applications and Other Features

The device features iPadOS with Core ML, offering more ways to handle 3D modelling and other heavy-duty tasks efficiently. Apple also launched its new Final Cut Pro video editing app, Logic Pro 2 song-making and editing apps, with new features.

Apple Pencil Pro Price and Capabilities

During the Apple Let Loose event, the company introduced an entirely new Apple Pencil Pro for the iPad Pro. It comes with a new sensor that allows users to squeeze the pencil, haptic feedback that opens a new menu, and more ways to control different functions. The Apple Pencil Pro Price starts at Rs 11,900, and it can also work with the iPad Air 2024 model. Apple ‘Project ACDC’: Tech Giant Working on Own AI Chips for Data Centres, Says Report.

Apple also reduced the price of the 10th-generation iPad to $349, which is currently available on the Apple.com at Rs 34,900 for 64GB variant and Rs 49,900 for 256GB variant. The Apple Magic Keyboard price for an 11-inch iPad Pro starts at 29,900, and for a 13-inch, it starts at Rs 33,900. In the end, CEO Tim Cook also announced that they will have more to reveal during the upcoming Apple WWDC 2024 event. The orders for the productions start from today, on May 7, 2024 and they will be available from next week, on May 15, 2024. 

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