iPad Pro 13-Inch (M4): Built for Apple Intelligence, Ultra Retina XDR Display, 1TB, 12MP Front/Back Camera, LiDAR Scanner, Wi-Fi 6E, Face ID, All-Day Battery Life — Silver

It’s great! Everything as expected.

I’ve been testing out the new 13” iPad Pro 2024 for a few days now, and honestly, I’m impressed. It’s rare for a device to make you feel like you’re holding something from the future, but this iPad really pulls it off. The first thing you notice is how insanely thin and light it is. Seriously, when you’re holding it, it almost feels unreal—like a sheet of glass with superpowers. The Ultra Retina XDR display with tandem OLED is on another level. Everything looks sharper, brighter, and the contrast is so deep that even the darkest colors feel alive. Whether you're watching content, editing photos, or just browsing, it’s a premium experience all around. It’s a powerhouse. Everything runs fast, smooth, and effortlessly. From video editing in LumaFusion to working with large files or even gaming, there’s not a hint of lag. And with Apple Intelligence support on the horizon, it’s clear Apple is going all-in on the iPad as a serious creative and professional tool.

Writing my review on the Ipad after over two months of use. Wow! Excellent value for the money if you want a clear touch screen, amazing app and internet speeds, alond with Apples quality and durability. Very happy I upgraded from my 10 year old Ipad.

Writing a review for this seems silly. It’s an Apple iPad. It’s a very solid product. Battery life is great. Size is fantastic (even after slapping on a case that doubles weight and thickness.) My prior iPad seemed to never develop scratch marks, regardless of the crazy places I’d use it. I had/have a gen 2 version of the 12.9” pro. Over 7 years, the battery has gotten pretty pathetic so I started to eye up a newer version. Then, while doing CAD work, my gen 2 choked a bit on a somewhat simple-seeming operation. After a bit of a conversation with ChatGPT, I found myself buying a new iPad - and not just any version, but the 1TB version so I get maximum power! ChatGPT suggested I’d be getting a 7x performance upgrade! Never ask ChatGPT if you should buy something you want to buy in the back of your mind, but probably don’t need… $1800-$2000 later, you end up with an iPad and a pricey education? I’m not an Apple-ecosystem person. iPad is the one and only Apple product I have. I sure do like it though. Apple seems to last forever. Sadly, I went to go perform the same CAD operation on my new super all-powerful iPad of infinite power and possibilities! … eh’, still had issues. Worked a little better though. In the end, moral of the story? I should have probably just gone to an Apple Store and seen if I could get the battery replaced on my gen2. I had zero performance issues otherwise. Dang Apple products just last forever. I now figure this new iPad - for how I use it - will probably last me until I retire in 20 years… I do like the Face ID though! And usb-c beats the heck out of lightning cables for charging. The old Apple Pencil way of charging was the most insane and poorly thought out design ever - but I never did snap one off, no matter how much I worried about it. I love that my new pencil is a magnetic charge. Vast improvement. Unfortunately, new device means new review of features and hypercritical review of said new features: Found the “scribble” option for pencil! That’s awesome! ……. Except, turn that on and you are now SOL if you want a full-size on-screen keyboard. The hell? Excuse me, but sometimes I want to scribble. Sometimes I want to type with fingers. Not going to happen! Turn on “scribble” and you’re relegated to a micro-keyboard that is passively ok for pencil tapping. Want to turn it off so you can get the keyboard back? Need to power off the device before that will help. I made the mistake of then trying speech-to-text. At first I did so in the ChatGPT app. Mistake. ChatGPT app uses its own means of doing that conversion and it is AWESOME. Sadly, I then tried to use speech-to-text elsewhere with the iPad actually doing the work…. Ugh. It sucks. Badly. Especially compared to the ChatGPT version, which did all of the most perfect punctuation. I guess I was hoping the whole Apple Intelligence M4 chip thing would make speech-to-text work better. Nope… Built for Apple intelligence, it says! I guess my expectations were… high. I feel underwhelmed. Siri remains a mindless assistant. I think it’s supposed to potentially interact with ChatGPT…? Eh’, can’t tell if so. I find ChatGPT to be incredible. I find Siri/Apple intelligence to be… lacking. Maybe user error? My end conclusion in all of this is that Apple products remain relevant for much longer than other brands. The hardware engineers are brilliant/impressive. Backend architecture designers are probably pretty impressive too. More up-front software engineers are… meh. I probably wouldn’t have used scribble much, but the keyboard size issue disenfranchised me pretty badly. I’m not sorry I bought this. If I knew before I bought it, what I know now, I would not have bought it - I’d have looked harder into just getting a battery replacement for my 7 year old iPad.

So glad I bought the bigger screen with large storage. The screen is great. I have no regrets.

Love the ipad. I'm an android person with my phone and tablet but this iPad has a lot to offer and I decided to try it out. Very happy with it

I have one and it’s really great

Product has a beautiful screen but is huge! It’s nearly the same size as a computer. I had to return it because it was just to big!