Apple iPad Pro 11 (2025)

The iPad Pro 11-inch (M5), released in late 2025, represents the pinnacle of tablet technology. Built for professionals, creatives, and tech enthusiasts, it introduces the revolutionary M5 chip, which sets a new benchmark for on-device AI and desktop-class performance in an ultra-portable frame.

How much is the Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) in Kenya?

The iPad Pro 11” is available in 1 Variant; 256GB 12GB RAM

The iPad Pro 11-inch M5 is a victory lap for Apple. If you are coming from an M1 or M2 iPad Pro, the jump in performance, the switch to the OLED display, and the massive AI capabilities make this a transformative upgrade. 

The Apple iPad Pro 11 (2025) features and specifications

Apple iPad Pro 11 (2025) Design and Build

The iPad Pro 11-inch (M5, 2025) represents the pinnacle of Apple’s thinmorphism, refining the record-breaking industrial design introduced in the previous generation. While the internal M5 chip brings a massive leap in AI performance, the exterior remains a masterclass in ultra-portable engineering.

1. Ultra-Slim Form Factor
   The M5 iPad Pro 11-inch continues Apple's mission to create the world’s thinnest device. Despite housing desktop-class power, it maintains a profile that feels more like a sheet of glass than a computer.
   • Depth: A remarkable 5.3mm, making it thinner than nearly every flagship smartphone.
   • Weight: It weighs in at just 444 grams (Wi-Fi) and 446 grams (Wi-Fi + Cellular), ensuring it remains comfortable for one-handed use and long drawing sessions.
   • Dimensions: It measures 249.7 mm x 177.5 mm, offering a perfectly balanced aspect ratio for both portrait reading and landscape productivity.
2. Premium Materials & Chassis
   The build quality is characterized by Apple’s signature aluminum unibody construction, providing structural rigidity despite its thinness.
   • Recycled Aluminum: The enclosure is crafted from 100% recycled aluminum, available in two professional finishes: Silver and Space Black.
   • Thermal Management: The M5 model utilizes a specialized graphite sheet in the housing and copper in the Apple logo to dissipate heat efficiently without the need for fans.
   • Flat-Edge Design: The side rails remain flat, facilitating the magnetic attachment and charging of the Apple Pencil Pro.
3. Ultra Retina XDR Display Design
   The display is not just a screen; it is a structural component of the design. The Tandem OLED technology allows for a brighter, more vibrant panel without increasing the device's thickness.
   • Bezel Uniformity: The slim, symmetrical black bezels provide an immersive viewing experience while housing the Face ID sensors and the landscape-oriented 12MP front camera.
   • Glass Options:
     1. Standard Glass: Features an industry-leading anti-reflective coating.
     2. Nano-Texture Glass: Available on 1TB and 2TB models, this etched glass option scatters light to minimize glare in harsh lighting environments—perfect for outdoor pros.
4. Layout & Connectivity
   The M5 iPad Pro is designed for high-speed workflows, featuring the most advanced port ever on a tablet.
   • Thunderbolt / USB 4: A single port at the bottom supports charging and data transfer speeds up to 40Gb/s, allowing you to connect high-resolution external displays (up to 6K) and fast SSDs.
   • Speaker & Mic Array: Four studio-quality speakers are precision-milled into the top and bottom edges (in landscape), providing immersive spatial audio.
   • Smart Connector: Three magnetic pogo pins on the rear allow for a seamless, cable-free connection to the Magic Keyboard.

Apple iPad Pro 11 (2025) Display

The iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) represents the pinnacle of tablet engineering. While its exterior remains familiar, its display technology, powered by the revolutionary Ultra Retina XDR system, sets a new benchmark for mobile professionals and digital artists.

1. Ultra Retina XDR: 
   The core of the M5 iPad Pro’s visual experience is the Tandem OLED display. Unlike traditional screens, this state-of-the-art panel stacks two OLED layers to achieve unparalleled brightness and color precision without the typical risks of burn-in or color degradation.
   • Peak HDR Brightness: Reaches a staggering 1600 nits for HDR content, making highlights pop and providing an incredibly lifelike dynamic range.
   • Full-Screen Brightness: Maintains a consistent 1000 nits for SDR and XDR content, ensuring clarity even in high-ambient light or outdoor settings.
   • Infinite Contrast: With a 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio, the display achieves "true blacks," perfect for cinematic editing and high-end media consumption.
   • New 1-Nit Minimum: For the first time, the display can dim down to 1 nit, offering a comfortable viewing experience in pitch-black environments without eye strain.
2. Pro-Grade Performance & Fluidity
   The display is not just about brightness; it’s about response and accuracy.
   • Adaptive ProMotion: The refresh rate dynamically adjusts from 10Hz to 120Hz, providing buttery smooth scrolling and low-latency response for gaming or sketching.
   • External 120Hz Support: Thanks to the M5 chip, the iPad Pro can now power external displays at up to 120Hz with Adaptive Sync, a massive upgrade from the 60Hz limit of the M4 generation.
   • Nano-Texture Glass Option: Available on the 1TB and 2TB models, this specialized glass uses etched nanometers to scatter light, virtually eliminating glare while maintaining color contrast.
   • P3 Wide Color & True Tone: Supports the full cinema-standard P3 color gamut, ensuring color accuracy for photographers and designers.

The combination of the M5 chip’s 3.5x faster AI performance and the Ultra Retina XDR display makes this device a monster for creative workflows. Features like Apple Intelligence leverage the screen's precision for real-time image generation (Image Playground) and advanced video upscaling in DaVinci Resolve. Whether you are a professional colorist or a high-end gamer, this display provides the most accurate and immersive visual canvas available in 2026.

Camera Specs

The iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) continues Apple’s tradition of blending high-end photography with professional-grade utility. While the M5 chip brings massive leaps in AI processing via its upgraded Neural Engine, the camera hardware remains a refined, single-lens powerhouse optimized for creators, students, and AR professionals.

1. Rear Camera: 
   The back of the iPad Pro 11-inch M5 features a streamlined camera bump housing a high-performance sensor and advanced depth-sensing technology.
   • 12MP Wide Camera: With an f/1.8 aperture and a five-element lens, this camera captures stunningly detailed photos and vibrant 4K video. It features Focus Pixels for lightning-fast autofocus, even in challenging lighting.
   • LiDAR Scanner: This is the iPad’s secret weapon. It measures light distance to create a pixel-depth map of your surroundings. This enables:
     1. Instant AR: Experience augmented reality with near-perfect object placement.
     2. Low-Light Focus: Up to 6x faster autofocus in dark environments.
     3. 3D Scanning: Perfect for architects and designers using apps like Polycam or Shapr3D.
   • Adaptive True Tone Flash: The flash adjusts its intensity based on the ambient light, ensuring that scanned documents and close-up photos look natural without harsh glares.
2. Front Camera: 
   Apple has permanently moved the TrueDepth camera system to the landscape edge, making it the perfect tool for video conferencing and professional calls.
   • 12MP Ultra Wide Landscape Camera: Features a 122° field of view, specifically designed for Center Stage.
   • Center Stage: Using the M5’s AI capabilities, the camera automatically pans and zooms to keep you in the center of the frame as you move around. If someone else joins the call, the view smoothly expands to include them.
   • Face ID: The TrueDepth system remains the gold standard for secure facial authentication, allowing you to unlock your device, sign into apps, and use Apple Pay with a glance.
3. Professional Video Production
   The M5 chip turns the 11-inch iPad Pro into a mobile film studio with its advanced media engine.
   • ProRes Video Recording: You can record, edit, and share video in ProRes at 4K up to 30 fps (Note: 256GB models and above support 4K; 128GB models are limited to 1080p).
   • Smart HDR 4: High Dynamic Range processing ensures that colors are true-to-life, with deep blacks and bright highlights that don't blow out.
   • Audio Zoom: The four studio-quality microphones work in tandem with the camera to focus on the audio coming from the person you are filming, filtering out background noise.

Apple iPad Pro 11 (2025) Performance

The iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) represents the pinnacle of tablet computing. While it retains the ultra-thin design of its predecessor, the internal upgrades, specifically the M5 chip and AI-focused architecture, transform it into a professional workstation capable of rivaling many desktop laptops.

1. M5 Chip: 
   At the heart of the iPad Pro is the Apple M5 chip, built on a cutting-edge 3nm process.
   • CPU Performance: The 11-inch model features a 9-core CPU (on 256GB/512GB models) or a 10-core CPU (on 1TB/2TB models). It delivers up to 15% faster multithreaded performance than the M4, making it effortless to run pro apps like Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro simultaneously.
   • GPU & Graphics: The new 10-core GPU introduces hardware-accelerated ray tracing and Neural Accelerators in every core. This results in a 30% boost in overall graphics performance and up to 4.5x faster 3D rendering in heavy workloads like Octane X.
   • Enhanced Memory Bandwidth: With a leap to 153GB/s of unified memory bandwidth (a 30% increase over M4), the chip feeds data to the CPU and GPU faster than ever, virtually eliminating lag during high-resolution video editing or complex 3D modeling.
2. The AI Powerhouse
   The iPad Pro (M5) is built for the Apple Intelligence era.
   • Neural Engine: The 16-core Neural Engine is optimized for local AI tasks, delivering up to 3.5x the AI performance of the M4.
   • AI Real-World Gains: Expect 2x faster AI image generation in apps like Draw Things and 2.3x faster AI video upscaling in DaVinci Resolve. Whether it’s live translation, background removal in videos, or generative art, the M5 handles it in real-time.
3. Storage & RAM Upgrades
   Apple has significantly improved the "baseline" specs to ensure every user gets a pro experience:
   • Increased RAM: The base 256GB and 512GB models now come with 12GB of RAM (up from 8GB), while the 1TB and 2TB models feature 16GB of RAM.
   • Blazing Fast Storage: The storage controller has been upgraded to support 2x faster read and write speeds, meaning file transfers and app launches feel instantaneous.
4. Display & Connectivity
   • Ultra Retina XDR: The 11-inch Tandem OLED display remains the best in its class, featuring 1000 nits of full-screen brightness and a 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio. New for the M5: the screen can now dim to a minimum of 1 nit for comfortable viewing in pitch-black environments.
   • Pro External Display Support: For the first time, the iPad Pro can drive external displays at up to 120Hz refresh rates with Adaptive Sync, providing a desktop-like experience for designers and gamers.
   • Next-Gen Wireless: Powered by the new N1 chip, it supports Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, and Thread networking, ensuring your connection is as fast as the processor.

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