) debuted its latest lineup of iPads during a virtual launch event on Tuesday. The new tablets include more powerful versions of the $999 11-inch and $1,299 13-inch iPad Pro outfitted with Apple's M4 chip and more vibrant OLED displays, and an upgraded iPad Air, which gets a 13-inch screen option to go along with the existing 11-inch version.
The M4 runs on Apple's second-generation 3 nanometer technology and features 4 performance cores for heavy duty processing and 6 efficiency cores less resource intensive applications. The company says the M4 provides up to 50% faster CPU performance than the M2 in the iPad pro. On the graphics side of things, Apple says the M4 has a 10-core GPU and provides 4 times faster graphics performance than the M2.
During Tuesday's event Apple also unveiled its Apple Pencil Pro stylus. The accessory, priced at $129, now includes a haptic feedback feature that produces a slight vibration to let you know when you've successfully selected something on screen. There's also a built-in gyroscope that lets you roll the Apple Pencil Pro to choose specific inputs in drawing and painting apps. Find My compatibility also means you can quickly locate your pencil if you misplace it.
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