Apple just announced its largest iPad ever, the iPad Pro. Like Microsoft's Surface Pro, the 12.9-inch iPad Pro is designed to straddle the gap between laptop and tablet, and allow users to create content rather than merely consuming it. It brings a massive screen, "desktop-level" power, and accessories like a keyboard and stylus that allow new ways of interaction. The iPad Pro's resolution of 2,732 x 2,048 pixels gives it higher resolution than the 15-inch MacBook Pro and more pixels than any other iOS device. Even with the gargantuan size of the iPad Pro, it is still 6.9mm thin and only weighs 1.57 lb, around the same weight as the original iPad. The display has a unique aspect ratio that allows two full-sized iPad Air apps to run side-by-side in portrait mode on the iPad Pro. Like the 5K iMac, it has a variable refresh rate to conserve energy. Apple’s Phil Schiller claims the Split View on iOS 9 was built with the iPad Pro in mind. Internally, the iPad Pro runs on the new A9X chip, Apple’s second 64-bit chip with double the memory and double the storage performance. It is a huge step up from the iPad Air 2, which ran on the A8X chip. Apple claims this is “desktop-level performance” and should be faster than 90 percent of portable PCs when it comes to graphically intensive tasks. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE LATEST VIDEOS www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=DigitalTrends VISIT DIGITAL TRENDS www.digitaltrends.com/ CHECK OUT OUR LATEST PODCAST www.digitaltrends.com/podcasts/ www.facebook.com/digitaltrendsftw twitter.com/digitaltrends plus.google.com/+digitaltrends/posts

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