Apple October launch recap — iPad Pro M2, new iPad 2022, Apple TV 4K and more - Tom's Guide

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After respective months of speculation, Apple has revealed the iPad Pro M2, the iPad 2022 10.9-inch with a wholly caller plan and added an updated Apple TV 4K into the mix. 

Eschewing the large unrecorded stream-style showcase we got with the September Apple event, Apple simply revealed these caller devices via property releases and updates to the Apple Store. 

All 3 devices are disposable to bid today, with them acceptable to spell connected merchantability successful the coming weeks. So work connected for everything you request to cognize astir the caller Apple products. 

Apple October merchandise announcements

  • iPad Pro M2: The caller iPad Pros for 2022 travel with the Apple M2 chip, truthful expect a coagulated boost successful performance. A caller Apple Pencil "experience" has been added with the Pencil "now detected up to 12 mm supra the display, allowing users to spot a preview of their people earlier they marque it." Apple claims this volition marque for much precise sketching and illustrating.  
  • iPad 2022 10.9-inch: Finally Apple has revealed a caller 'standard' iPad with a plan that's suitable for 2022. The chunky bezels are gone, arsenic is the location button, and you get USB-support. And the front-facing camera is present connected the longer scenery bezel with 122-degree tract of view. The A14 Bionic spot powers this tablet, and there's enactment for a caller Magic Keyboard Folio cover, which has a trackpad. 
  • Apple TV 4K: Not a instrumentality we were expecting, but Apple besides announced a caller mentation of the Apple TV 4K. It present has the A15 Bionic spot astatine its halfway and has enactment for HDR10+ to adhd successful alongside Dolby Vision support. And arsenic ever, there's a large scope of integrations with different Apple services, specified arsenic Apple Fitness Plus, Apple Arcade, and more. 

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2022-10-18T20:00:50.912Z

iPad Pro 2022 vs iPad Pro 2021 face-to-face

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The accomplishment of the M2 spot successful the caller iPad Pro (2022) models are the biggest alteration from past year's Pro tablets. But it's not the lone quality arsenic you'll spot successful this iPad Pro (2022) vs. iPad Pro (2021) comparison.

2022-10-18T19:25:55.122Z

The Apple TV 4K (2022) connected  near  vs the Apple TV 4K (2021) connected  right.

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Apple's likewise sized streaming boxes person immoderate similarities, arsenic we explicate successful our Apple TV 4K (2022) vs Apple TV 4K (2021) face-off. While you mightiness beryllium excited for HDR10+ oregon the A15 Bionic chip, we're much inclined to woop for its notably little terms compared to its predecessor.

2022-10-18T18:46:52.047Z

A photograph  of the Apple TV HD connected  a table

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Well, there's 1 casualty successful today's announcements, and it's not the iPad 9th gen. That older tablet is really sticking around. But Apple conscionable killed the Apple TV HD (opens successful caller tab), a streaming instrumentality that's been replaced by the caller Apple TV 4K 2022. 

The caller Apple TV 4K starts astatine $129/£149/AU$219, which is the aforesaid terms arsenic the aged model. So you're not giving thing up. 

2022-10-18T17:42:22.535Z

The iPad 10.9-inch exemplary  (2022)

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If you privation a afloat breakdown of what's been announced today, cheque retired our iPad Pro M2, iPad 2022 10.9-inch and Apple TV 4K hubs to get each the details connected specs, pricing and merchandise dates for each the caller Apple goodies. 

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2022-10-18T16:10:40.406Z

The iPad 10.9-inch exemplary  (2022)

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So chewing implicit today's semi-surprise launch; everything we expected for the iPad Pro models came to fruition. It's wide that Apple has got the plan of its pro-grade tablets locked in, present it's a lawsuit of expanding show and bundle capabilities. 

The caller 10.9-inch iPad is an absorbing proposition. It's plan looks bully and it has a coagulated chipset, but arguably 1 that's inactive good down the latest iPhones. And sticking with first-generation Apple Pencil enactment seems a spot odd. It's besides $100 much costly than its predecessor, which could sting erstwhile the outgo of surviving is already ramping up. 

I can't reason with a caller Apple TV 4K; that conscionable makes sense. 

2022-10-18T15:48:43.352Z

an representation  of the 2022 Apple 4K TV

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Now for the Apple TV 4K. It was not a instrumentality we were expecting, but Apple besides announced a caller mentation of the Apple TV 4K. 

It present has the A15 Bionic spot (the aforesaid you'll find successful the likes of the iPhone 14) astatine its halfway and has enactment for HDR10+ to adhd successful alongside Dolby Vision support. And arsenic ever, there's a large scope of integrations with Apple Fitness Plus, Apple Arcade, Apple TV Plus and Apple Music. Pair it with 1 of our best 4K TVs and ticker Severance to your heart's content. 

You tin pre-order the Apple TV 4K close now, with prices for the 64GB mentation being $129/£149/AU$219 and the 128GB mentation coming successful astatine $149/£169/AU$249. The Apple TV 4K volition spell connected merchantability November 4. 

2022-10-18T15:35:07.616Z

The iPad 2022 range, positive  Magic Keyboard

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On to the caller 10.9-inch iPad 2022. Finally Apple has revealed a caller 'standard' iPad with a plan that's suitable for 2022. The chunky bezels are gone, arsenic is the location button. And the front-facing camera is present connected the longer scenery bezel with 122-degree tract of presumption besides enactment for Center Stage truthful users tin beryllium definite they are looking astatine the camera. 

Under the chassis, an A14 Bionic spot takes attraction of show duties; it's not Apple's fastest mobile chipset but is inactive plentifulness for astir tablet-grade tasks. It besides has enactment for a caller Magic Keyboard Folio cover, which has a trackpad. 

Sadly, there's nary Apple Pencil 2 support, alternatively the iPad 2022 sticks with the Apple Pencil 1 via a USB-C adapter, which seems oddly clunky for an Apple device. Speaking of which, USB-C connectivity is present modular — nary much Lightning larboard — which volition beryllium a spot of a alleviation for radical bushed of carrying astir aggregate cables and chargers. 

A quartet of colors are available: Blue, Pink, Silver, and Yellow. And you tin bid the iPad 2022 close present with prices starting from $499/£499/AU$749, with the iPad going connected merchantability October 26. 

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an representation  of a idiosyncratic   utilizing an Apple iPad Pro 2022

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Let's commencement with the caller iPad Pros. They travel with the Apple M2 chip, arsenic seen successful the fantabulous MacBook Air M2, truthful expect a coagulated boost successful performance. 

Don't spell successful expecting a caller plan though arsenic some the 12.9-inch and 11-inch iPad Pro 2022 models look overmuch similar their predecessors, with lone the larger tablet getting the mini-LED Liquid Retina XDR display. 

A caller Apple Pencil "experience" has been touted with the Pencil "now detected up to 12mm supra the display, allowing users to spot a preview of their people earlier they marque it." Apple claims this volition marque for much precise sketching and illustrating.

Other specs and features highlighted, see Wi-Fi 6E support, "with downloads of up to 2.4 Gbps," and afloat integrated Stage Manager support, arsenic good arsenic improved desktop-class apps and interactions, specified arsenic a accordant undo and redo function. 

You tin bid the caller iPad Pro models successful Space Grey oregon Silver starting astatine $799/£899/AU$1,399, with the tablets going connected merchantability October 26, 

2022-10-18T15:02:45.388Z

an representation  of the caller   iPad Pro 2022

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Apple has conscionable announced the caller iPad Pro with M2, a caller modular 10.9-inch iPad and a refreshed Apple TV 4K.

Probably the standout merchandise from the off, is the modular iPad that comes with a full caller design, which is present person to the iPad Air and iPad mini. 

2022-10-18T14:47:40.444Z

iPad Pro 2021 (12.9-inch) review

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One of the enduring questions astir the iPad Pro, is can it regenerate your laptop? Well the answers we've travel to truthful acold is not quite. 

So I'm hoping Apple does thing a small peculiar with the next-gen iPad Pro to make it much affable for desktop use. Ideally, that would mean adding much rodent and due cursor support, arsenic good arsenic apps that get adjacent to offering desktop-like experiences, adjacent though Apple seems dormant against bringing macOS and iPadOS person together. 

2022-10-18T14:25:40.940Z

The Apple Store is down! The mean Store downtime is astir 3 hours and 40 minutes – https://t.co/hnhhIQolbfOctober 18, 2022

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As for however agelong 1 should expect the Apple Store to beryllium down for, good the Twitter relationship IsTheAppleStoreDown (opens successful caller tab) offers immoderate useful insight. 

It claims "the mean Store downtime is astir 3 hours and 40 minutes." So we've yet to scope that point, but this is looking similar 1 of the longer times the Apple Store has remained offline. 

2022-10-18T14:20:55.641Z

Apple Watch Ultra

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So we're present immoderate 2 hours into the Apple Store being down and nary motion of it coming backmost up. And Apple being Apple, is tight-lipped astir the full thing. 

As such, immoderate of the Tom's Guide squad has been speculating erstwhile Apple mightiness so motorboat its much-rumored tablets. The irrepressible Henry T. Casey reckons 1 p.m. ET could beryllium connected the cards, arsenic that would construe to 10 a.m. PT, which is what I'd telephone tenable clip for radical connected the West Coast of the U.S. to person had a coffee, sorted immoderate emails and beryllium acceptable to perceive astir caller iPads. Mayne they could acceptable countdown timers connected their caller Apple Watch Ultra models. 

2022-10-18T14:02:02.724Z

The caller 10.5-inch iPad's 10 protective surface suggests that the camera volition beryllium moved horizontally. It is not the archetypal clip that I person seen a surface similar this. pic.twitter.com/Ow6QYuX3LpOctober 18, 2022

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A caller tidbit of accusation has popped up astir the 10.5-inch modular iPad: it could determination the front-facing camera distant from the halfway of the apical bezel to a horizontal orientation. That's according to a tweet by regular leaker Majin Bu (opens successful caller tab) who appears to person seen next-gen iPad surface protectors. 

So that would mean the camera would beryllium connected 1 of the iPad's longer edges, which mightiness look strange. But with tech similar Center Stage, which allows for the camera to way users successful much precocious iPads, camera placement request not beryllium an contented for getting bully FaceTime calls. 

2022-10-18T13:48:06.853Z

iPadOS 16 - Stage Manager

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The slayer caller diagnostic slated for the iPad Pro 2022 is Stage Manager, which takes multitasking to the adjacent level successful iPadOS 16.

It makes switching betwixt unfastened apps easier and helps the iPad go a amended laptop replacement. But Apple has reportedly moving retired the kinks down the scenes, arsenic determination were immoderate complaints during the beta.

2022-10-18T13:41:41.676Z

M2 spot   astatine  WWDC

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So backmost to immoderate speculation. If Apple does so enactment the M2 spot successful the next-gen iPad Pros, I truly privation to spot it adhd immoderate awesome games to Apple Arcade

On my MacBook Air M2 the fantabulous Divinity Original Sin 2 runs similar a imagination (not excessively astonishing arsenic it tin tally connected the Nintendo Switch). So it would beryllium bully to spot much precocious takes of that crippled moving connected M2 hardware, with the GPU powerfulness of the caller silicon capable to amended pat into 120Hz refresh rates that the ProMotion show offers.  

2022-10-18T13:30:42.956Z

iPad 9 vs iPad mini 6

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Okay, truthful Apple Store update clip and... it's inactive down. That's a agelong clip for Apple to support its main online storefront offline, truthful either a heck of a batch of products are coming oregon it's drafting retired the tease. 

May it's a hint determination there a conscionable a batch of antithetic versions of the next-gen iPads available, arsenic good arsenic a scope of colors, making adding each those to the tract a lengthy process. Right present we tin but play the guessing game. 

2022-10-18T13:23:08.039Z

iPad Pro 2021 (11-inch) review

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When it comes to the iPad Pro 2022 models, each we're expecting successful caller chips. There's nary hint of a redesign. Though fixed the iPad Pros enactment alternatively well, that's nary atrocious thing. 

One perchance disappointing facet is lone the 12.9-inch iPad Pro has been tipped to get the mini-LED show of its predecessor, which would permission the 11-inch mentation connected LCD sheet tech. This is simply a pity, arsenic usually we'd expect specified tech to filter down to the little costly iPads implicit time. 

2022-10-18T13:07:16.821Z

iPad deal

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One crushed we're expecting a caller modular iPad is simply a suite of Apple tablets are presently disposable for discounted prices, which would hint that retailers could beryllium clearing their shelves to marque mode for caller models. 

Right present you tin get the 10.2-inch iPad connected merchantability for $269 astatine Amazon (opens successful caller tab). The 10.2-inch iPad is the tablet we urge for those buying connected a fund and is astatine its lowest terms ever. If you request much power, the 10.9-inch iPad Air is besides connected merchantability for $519 astatine Amazon (opens successful caller tab); don't expect to spot a caller iPad Air contiguous though. 

2022-10-18T12:56:22.058Z

The iPad mini 2021

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So what bash we privation to spot from the caller iPads today? Well from my constituent of presumption (that of managing exertion Roland Moore-Colyer), I'd truly similar to spot a caller modular iPad brought up to day successful presumption of the latest Apple tablet aesthetics. 

The existent iPad has a plan that's years aged with chunky bezels and the old-style Touch ID location button. So I'm keen to spot it clasp immoderate of the iPad Air and iPad mini design, with side-mounted Touch ID and overmuch narrower bezels with nary location fastener taking up space. 

2022-10-18T12:47:24.296Z

Product shots from extremity  of Apple Event

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So let's instrumentality a enactment portion the Apple Store remains down. We had been expecting an Apple October event to showcase a full scope of updated products, from caller iPads to caller 16-inch and 14-inch MacBook Pro models sporting 'Pro' and 'Max' versions of the M2 chip, arsenic good arsenic a Mac mini 2022 with M2. 

Now those could each inactive motorboat this fall, but apt lone via property releases and Apple Store updates. We're not expecting immoderate snazzy iPhone 14 benignant showcase. And truthful acold it looks similar it'll beryllium the iPads that volition beryllium the archetypal products to marque it retired of Cupertino's gates this month, and the updated Mac machines are tipped to travel successful November

2022-10-18T12:40:21.304Z

The possibilities are endless. #TakeNote pic.twitter.com/msmJg865trOctober 18, 2022

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Apple CEO Tim Cook has conscionable tweeted "the possibilities are endless" with an animation of idiosyncratic pinching to zoom implicit a a multitude of colorful sketches. 

This could beryllium a motion to the Apple M2 chip the iPad Pro 2022 is expected to sport, with each the powerfulness that brings to the table. Or it could beryllium an denotation of a caller commencement for the modular iPad that's successful request of a redesign, apt with much creator-focused features, specified arsenic Apple Pencil 2 support. 

2022-10-18T12:33:23.198Z

Apple Store down

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The Apple Store is down with a emblematic 'back soon' benignant of message. And that means we tin expect caller products to beryllium dropped precise soon. 

Expect determination to beryllium a caller iPad Pro possibly much erstwhile the store is backmost up. As for timeframe, good we could beryllium looking astatine specified minutes to an hr oregon so. 

2022-10-18T12:24:07.639Z

A conception  render of the iPad Pro 2022

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So the latest last-minute rumor from Apple tipster and Bloomberg newsman Mark Gurman has the iPad Pro 2022 down to motorboat immoderate constituent today

Will it motorboat alone? We don't know. But truthful acold that's the lone Apple tablet Gurman has earmarked for today. 

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