Specs

The new iPad Pros, as you'd expected after a glance at the prices, are formidably specced.

Processors have seen a double bump from the A10X in 2017 to the A12X Bionic, a souped-up version of the (already super-fast) chip in the iPhone XS. Apple says the A10X is 2.5x faster than the old A8 chip (in the iPad mini 4), whereas the A12X is 3x faster. That's a slightly odd way of looking at it but suggests a significant speed bump. We will test this in our labs, of course.

Storage now goes up to 1TB. The rear-facing camera is still rated at 12Mp, but oddly it's lost the OIS feature on the 10.5in model; in some compensation for this the front-facing camera now offers Portrait Mode.

Bluetooth is now the 5.0 edition, up from 4.2 in the 2017 models, and Apple says wireless is faster too; in the specs this is labelled as "simultaneous dual band" but we've not heard much detail on the benefits this will provide - nor, obviously, had the opportunity to test it out.

iPad Pro 11in specs

• A12X Bionic processor, Neural Engine, M12 coprocessor
• 64GB/256GB/512GB/1TB of storage
• 11in (2388x1668 at 264ppi) LED 'Liquid Retina' screen, True Tone, ProMotion
• 12Mp rear-facing camera, f/1,8, flash, 4K video, slow-mo at 240fps
• 7Mp front-facing camera, 1080p video, 'Retina Flash' feature, Portrait Mode, Animoji
• Four-speaker audio
• Face ID facial recognition
• 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0
• nano-Sim/eSIM
• USB-C connector, no headphone port
• 247.6mm x 178.5mm x 5.9mm; 468g

iPad Pro 12.9in (2018) specs

• A12X Bionic processor, Neural Engine, M12 coprocessor
• 64GB/256GB/512GB/1TB of storage
• 12.9in (2732x2048 at 264ppi) LED 'Liquid Retina' screen, True Tone, ProMotion
• 12Mp rear-facing camera, f/1,8, flash, 4K video, slow-mo at 240fps
• 7Mp front-facing camera, 1080p video, 'Retina Flash' feature, Portrait Mode, Animoji
• Four-speaker audio
• Face ID facial recognition
• 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0
• nano-Sim/eSIM
• USB-C connector, no headphone port
• 280.6mm x 214.9mm x 5.9mm; 631g/633g (Wi-Fi/cellular)