The Morning After: Is the iPad Pro M2 any good? | Engadget

What’s stopping me (or you) from getting an iPad Pro? The cost, for one. And the belief that anything I want to use an iPad for, I can already do with my vanilla eighth-generation model. That said, Nathan Ingraham’s iPad Pro M2 review made me check if my bank balance could support the purchase. It is not possible.

Apple’s top-end iPad hasn’t changed much since last year, with the same compromises around displays evident if you get the smaller model. In fact, aside from the M2, it’s pretty much the same as before, for better and, sometimes, for worse. The major changes are all made possible by the even more powerful silicon inside this chassis.

This includes Stage Manager, the multitasking setup that Apple hopes to unlock the iPad’s clearly hidden potential. Admittedly, the system wasn’t warmly received by all iPad users, and Nathan found it lacked the usual level of elegance. Oh, and you can now record video in 4K ProRes at 30fps. Useful? Not for many. Cool? Undoubtedly.

Unfortunately, such an iterative upgrade gave Nathan plenty of time to research things that really should be fixed on a tablet that can cost well north of $2,000. That includes the awkward placement of the front camera – it’s clear to all that it will be moved to the ‘top’ side, like the new iPad, at some point.

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