Everything you want to know about the new iPads! (CultCast #646)

This week, you know what’s up — it’s ALL about the new iPads! The surprises, the disappointments, the questions answered. But most importantly… who won the prediction game?

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This week’s stories:

Apple supersizes iPad Air with 13-inch model

• The new iPad Air is available with a gigantic 13-inch display for the first time.
• The new iPad Airs run on the M2 processor, which Apple says is 50% faster than the M1 chip in the 2022 iPad Air and three times faster than the fourth-gen iPad Air with the A14 Bionic chip.

iPad Pro upgraded with beautiful OLED display, M4 chip

• The 2024 iPad Pro is the first with an OLED screen and — shocking! — it runs on the Apple M4 processor. Yes, the iPad Pro beat the Mac to Apple's latest chip!
• First M4 iPad Pro benchmarks show 21% performance increase over M3
• Steve Troughton-Smith on Mastodon
• Apple’s ‘Crush!’ ad touting new iPad Pro draws ire
• Apple Pencil Pro adds ‘squeeze’ gesture, haptic feedback, Find My and more New Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro features a bigger glass trackpad with haptic feedback

iPad 10 gets a much-deserved price cut

• Alongside the M4 iPad Pros and M2 iPad Air, Apple announced a price drop for the 10th-generation iPad. The tablet now costs $349, making it $100 cheaper than before.

Updated Pro apps:

• Final Cut Pro adds live multi-camera recording
• Logic Pro updates bring powerful new tools for music-makers

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