Opinion: Apple's latest iPad update means even fewer reasons to buy a laptop


In the wake of falling iPad sales, Apple is now updating its range of tablets, and the upgraded iPad Pro in particular can more than keep up with notebooks. — Photo: Christoph Dernbach/dpa

SAN JOSE: Apple has unveiled a new range of iPads including a more powerful – and more expensive – Pro series that appears to be setting the increasingly feature-rich tablets up to rival Apple's own Mac computers.

The next iPad Pro is the first Apple device with the M4 chip, which is more focused on apps using AI. The new models also come with an OLED screens for inkier blacks, and the version with a 13-inch display is the thinnest Apple device to date with a thickness of 5.1 millimetres, the company said at the unveiling on Tuesday.

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