
Camera and batteryĬamera-wise, you're probably not buying a tablet for its photo taking abilities. It's something you'll soon wonder how you lived without, especially combined with the sleek smoothness of iPadOS as standard.
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One consistently useful feature is that both the iPad Pro 12.9 (2021) and iPad Pro 12.9 (2020) have 120Hz refresh rates, which are great for browsing online smoothly or gaming at speed. The iPad Pro 12.9 (2021) has a beautiful Mini LED screen (Image credit: TechRadar)Įlsewhere, both tablets offer resolutions of 2048 x 2732 for around 265 pixels per inch. The new model has a peak brightness of 1,600 nits compared to just 600 on the iPad Pro 2020, but honestly, that's likely something that few users will ever actually need. On the screen front, more things have changed in the space of a year, but perhaps still not quite as much as you might hope.īoth tablets sport 12.9-inch displays with True Tone (which adjusts the color temperature based on your surroundings), but the iPad Pro 12.9 (2021) has a Mini LED display, which improves the brightness and image quality over the 2020 model's LCD display. Silver and Space Grey are your only options if you're keen on expressing yourself with a different color palette.

Other design choices are predictably similar with both tablets offering quad speakers and all the relevant ports at the bottom of the devices. These two slates look very similar to each other (Image credit: TechRadar)Īpple has played it safe with both tablets so expect an aluminum rear and frame for both models too, and both have glass fronts that are crying out for a case to protect it.
