Apple’s May 2024 Let Loose Event: By the Numbers

Today’s Let Loose online Apple event was packed with facts, figures, and statistics throughout the presentation and elsewhere. We’ve pulled together the highlights.

iPad Pro

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The new iPad Pro’s GPU is 10x faster than the original model and 4x faster than the M2 iPad Pro

The M4 chip is 50% faster than the M2

The M4’s 16-core Neural Engine is 60x faster than the original Neural Engine

The M4 uses a 2nd generation 3nm process

The M4 features 28 billion transistors

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Apple has improved the thermal performance of the iPad Pro by 20% compared to the previous model

The Neural Engine can handle 38 trillion operations per second

The unified memory bandwidth is 120GB/s

The iPad Pro display supports 1000 nits of brightness for SDR and HDR content and 1600 nits peak brightness for HDR

Storage capacities range from 256GB to 2TB

The Wi-Fi version of the 11” iPad Pro is .98 pound (444 grams), and the 13” model is 1.28 pounds (579 grams). Adding cellular adds 2 grams to the 11” model and 3 grams to the 13” version.

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The 256 and 512GB models have 8GB of RAM, while the 1TB and 2TB models have 16GB of RAM

The new models support Bluetooth 5.3

The 11” iPad Pro is 5.3mm thick, and the 13” model is 5.1mm thick

It’s possible to spend $3,077 on a fully-spec’d 13” iPad Pro with Apple Pencil Pro and Magic Keyboard for iPad

iPad Air

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There’s a new 13” model

The M2 chip in the new Air is 50% faster than the M1 and 3x faster than the iPad Air with the A12 Bionic chip

The iPad Air can be configured with up to 1TB of storage

The front and back cameras both have 12MP sensors

There are 4 colors available, 2 of which are new

The 11” Air is 1.02 pounds, and the 13” model is 1.36 pounds, both of which are heavier than their iPad Pro counterparts

Both models are 6.1mm thick

The 11” iPad Air maxes out at 500 nits of brightness and the 13” model at 600 nits for a 100-nit difference

Accessories and Other

Look at that beautiful row of function keys.

The Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro has a 14-key function row

The price of the existing 10th generation iPad was reduced to $349

Apple paid 0 tributes to Warren Buffet’s Paper Wizard

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