Apple has announced on Monday that the new 12.9-inch iPad Pro is officially on sale on Wednesday, November 11, on Apple's website and shall deliver later this week. iPad fans can now get their hands on the new item on the iPad series.
The company's retail stores, Apple Authorized Resellers and some select carriers will be beginning to sell the new device later this week. In fact, some resellers has already announced last week that on November 13, the iPad Pro will be available.
Moreover, as to the iPad accessory, Apple Pencil and the Smart Keyboard, orders will also commence on Wednesday.
iPad Pro starts selling at $799 for the 32gb model, $949 for the 128gb wifi-only model and $1079 for 128gb LTE-capable model. The iPad Pro will be available in silver, gold and space gray.
The Apple Pencil sells for $99, while the Apple Smart Keyboard is available in charcoal gray for only $169.
"The early response to iPad Pro from app developers and our customers has been incredible, and we're excited to get iPad Pro into the hands of customers around the world this week. iPad Pro is the most powerful iPad we've ever made, giving users the ability to be even more creative and more productive with the epic 12.9-inch Retina display, powerful 64-bit A9X chip and groundbreaking Apple Pencil and new Smart Keyboard. We can't wait to see what they do with iPad Pro," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing as posted on Apple Insider.
The latest iPad Pro is larger than its predecessors with 12.9 Retina display with 5.6 million pixels. It will also feature an all new A9X processor and has a battery life of 10 hours.
In addition, the Apple Pencil is a flexible drawing paraphernalia for illustrations and 3D design. It also has a built-in Lightning connector for pairing and charging. On the other hand, the Smart Keyboard is a thin, durable keyboard which attaches to iPad's Smart Connector port.
"iPad Pro enables new forms of mobile creativity that will help transform how creatives work," said Scott Belsky, vice president of Products at Adobe. "With the larger iPad Pro screen and lightning-fast performance, creatives will be able to take full advantage of Adobe's family of Creative Cloud mobile apps. For example, the ability to manipulate a 50-megapixel image right on iPad Pro in Photoshop Fix and then send that image to Photoshop CC on a desktop, for further refinement, is the kind of industry-advancing collaboration that millions of Adobe and Apple customers will benefit from."
According to Apple Insider, iPad Pro will be available in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cayman Islands, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greenland, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, UAE, US, UK, Uruguay and US Virgin Islands.
What are your thoughts about the new iPad Pro from Apple? Will you be getting one?