Apple just dropped a handful of products direct to its website without an upshot . The glossy merchandising page for the newM2 iPad Pro,10th - generation iPad , andApple goggle box 4Khighlight all the hot unexampled features , but there are circle of little details that could be important to you if you look more closely . Here are a few of the little things you might have missed in the flurry of proclamation Tuesday .
The 10th-gen iPad has a landscape-oriented camera
The 10th - generation iPad is the first to put the front - facing photographic camera along thelongedge , so it sit down on top when your iPad is in landscape painting preference . Given the preponderance of keyboard docks for iPads , it seems light-headed that the front - facing camera is set along the brusque side , at the top when it ’s in portrait preference . You ’ll find yourself constantly looking over to the side during soar encounter or FaceTime calls .
While the new iPad Pro still has a portrait - point photographic camera , we think that ’s just because the eubstance has n’t been changed at all – the landscape - orient camera is credibly going to come to all iPad role model as soon as each one gets a substantial design update .
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Look, the camera’s in the right place!
There’s no more Space Gray iPad
The regular iPad has come up in flatware and space grey for yr . The fresh 10th - generation model has three vibrant in improver to silver , but the Space Gray option is gone . luckily , you may still get the 9th - gen iPad , iPad Pro , and iPad Air in Space Gray .
Apple Pencil requires (and comes with) a $9 adapter
While the 10th - gen iPad has a standardized design to the iPad Air , with flat side , no Home button , and Touch ID on the side button , it doesnotsupport the second - generation Apple Pencil . Rather , you still have to habituate the first - gen Pencil , which charges by plugging in a Lightning connector underneath a cap at the oddment awkwardly into your iPad ’s charge port .
But hold off , does n’t the new iPad have a USB - carbon charge port wine ? Yes , it does ! So now the first - gen Apple Pencil comes with a USB - century to Lightning adapter , which you may plug into a Lightning overseas telegram , and plug your Pencil intothatto accusation .
In fact , first - gen Apple Pencils get with two transcriber now , because there ’s a Lightning - to - Lightning transcriber that allow charge it with a Lightning cablegram , too . If you have a first - gen Apple Pencil already , you canbuy the USB - coke to Lightning adapter separatelyfor $ 9/£9 .
Look, the camera’s in the right place!
Bluetooth 5.0, 5.2, 5.3…
Malus pumila product have had Bluetooth 5.0 for some time , but they are come out to transition to Bluetooth 5.2 and up , as evidenced in the young iPhone 14 , AirPods Pro , and Apple Watch Series 8 , which all support Bluetooth 5.3 . It ’s a mo of a menagerie with the novel products : The novel Apple TV 4 K still has Bluetooth 5.0 , the 10th - gen iPad has Bluetooth 5.2 , and the M2 iPad Pro has Bluetooth 5.3 .
Why does this matter ? It does n’t at the moment because Apple is n’t doing anything obvious that requires the newer standards . ButLE Audiois the next big thing in Bluetooth audio , and it requires at least Bluetooth 5.2 .
The M2 iPad Pro is Apple’s first Wi-Fi 6E device
speak of newer wireless standard , the new M2 iPad Pros are the first Apple machine to patronise the Wi - Fi 6E standard . There are n’t a lot of Wi - Fi 6E routers in consumption just yet , but it ’s nice to have some future - proofing when you ’re spending so much on a tablet .
The 10th-gen iPad doesn’t support mmWave 5G
If you opt for the cellular model of the new tenth - generation iPad , you ’ll be glad to know it supports 5G. But take down that it only supports the sub-6GHz bands , not mmWave . If you want that topnotch - fast ( and unforesightful - range of mountains ) mmWave 5 GB networking , you ’ll have to get an iPad Pro .
The cheaper Apple TV 4K doesn’t have Ethernet or Thread
We ’re in the unknown position of in reality commend themore expensiveversion of the Apple TV for once . Both models get double the storage of the previous generation , which most people wo n’t even want . But the 64 GB example ( $ 129 ) does not have Ethernet orThread wireless networking . Getting double the storage , Ethernet , and Thread only costs $ 20 more ( $ 149 ) , so you might as well go for it .
The new Apple TV 4K is smaller and fanless
Though it look about the same in pic , the new Apple TV 4 K is little than the previous model . It ’s down to 3.66 inches straight ( from 3.9 ) and 1.2 inch tall ( from 1.4 inches ) . That brings the intensity down to about 16 cubic inches , from 21 cubic inches , or about 23 per centum smaller . It weighs half as much too : 7.5 ounces instead of 15 Panthera uncia . And it ’s now entirely fanless , though at no point would the old Apple TV 4 K ’s fan twist up enough to be audible , even in a soundless room .
The Siri remote is now USB-C
The 10th - gen iPad is n’t the only product to make the saltation to USB - C — the Siri Remote for the Apple TV 4 potassium how has a USB - carbon charging interface , too . Oh , and there ’s no longer any buck overseas telegram in the box , so you ’ll have to practice one of the two twelve USB - C cable length you have lying around the sign to charge the remote every few months .
Apple ’s transition out from Lighting and toward USB - C will likely continue throughout the next year or so . Here ’s a list of all the productsApple will eventually need to shift over or discontinue in ordering to comply with an approaching EU regularisation .
The first-gen Apple Pencil now comes withtwodongles, and you’re still going to lose the cap.
The 10th-gen iPad has 5G support but only the slower sub-6Ghz.
