{"id":321322,"date":"2025-10-21T14:10:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/321322\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:10:19","slug":"apple-ipad-pro-2025-review-fast-faster-fastest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/321322\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple iPad Pro (2025) review: fast, faster, fastest"},"content":{"rendered":"

What do you get the tablet that has everything? Last year, Apple debuted a massive overhaul to the iPad Pro, with a thin new design, a gorgeous new screen, a bunch of updated accessories, and a speedy new chip. I called it the best iPad ever<\/a>. I also wondered how it could even get much better.<\/p>\n

The answer, at least this year, is apparently it couldn\u2019t. The new iPad Pro is, in every way that matters, the exact same thing as last year\u2019s Pro. It still comes in 11- and 13-inch models, which start at $999 and $1,299, respectively. It still comes in two colors. It\u2019s still gorgeous. Okay, fine, there is one discernible difference: It doesn\u2019t say \u201ciPad Pro\u201d or have a line of fine print on the back. Apple took one step off the assembly line. Tell your grandkids.<\/p>\n

Inside, there\u2019s more change to similar effect. The latest Pro has a new chip, the M5, and Apple swapped in its own networking chips \u2014 the C1X for cellular connection and the N1 for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and (theoretically) Threads. As you\u2019d expect, everything\u2019s a little faster, and as you\u2019d expect, none of it makes any practical difference in your day-to-day use of the iPad.<\/p>\n

And yet, after spending the better part of a week using a 13-inch iPad Pro, I\u2019m more compelled by it than I expected to be. The biggest reason by far is not the new hardware but iPadOS 26, which finally imbues the iPad with some PC-like powers, from the free-form multitasking to the menu bar to the massively improved Files app. There are still a lot of things that are easy on the Mac and hamfistedly complicated on the iPad, and Liquid Glass remains a mistake, but Apple has clearly decided that iPads should just be more like Macs.<\/p>\n

You can get iPadOS 26 on lots of iPads, including last year\u2019s Pro. The M5 Pro is the best but also the most expensive, as the Pro always is: I don\u2019t know why you\u2019d get this device unless you\u2019re also getting an Apple Pencil or a Magic Keyboard or both, and at that point this is at least a $1,500 expense. If you need a computer, I\u2019d still recommend a Mac to most people. But if you want an iPad, and you want the best iPad, there\u2019s no other choice.<\/p>\n

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