Roger Fingas
Apple's new iPad Pro may have 4 gigabytes of RAM, the most ever for an iOS device, Adobe inadvertently revealed in a press release, which has since been edited to remove the claim.
The release previously stated that the Pro is "great for creative workflows with a high res 12.9" touch screen display at 2732 x 2048 pixels, A9X chip, and 4GB RAM," G for Games noted on Thursday. A later check showed however that Adobe edited the sentence to strip out references to both RAM and the A9X.
The latter is a major marketing point for the tablet, but Apple typically avoids disclosing how much RAM it uses in mobile devices. When that data does come out, it's often in early leaks or post-launch teardowns.
Four gigabytes would be the most RAM in any iOS device to date, double the amount in the iPad Air 2. The quantity is in fact the same as the base configurations of the MacBook Air, which would help Apple's ambitions of making the Pro as fast as many laptops.
Adobe was a prominent player during Apple's iPad Pro announcement on Wednesday. The company took to the stage to show off several Creative Cloud apps on the tablet, including the new Photoshop Fix.
The Pro itself is only due to ship sometime in November, starting at $799 without the Pencil or Smart Keyboard accessories.
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64 Comments
Makes sense, I suspect a tear down will reveal they've gone to LPDDR4 which is more power efficient.
They are really serious about it being a computer replacement.
Oh, good. This means that the iPad Pro might be the first iDevice in which your one open Mobile Safari browser tab won't reload when you switch to another app and back again. Amazing.
I can understand Adobe editing out the 4 GB of ram reference, but why remove the A9X? That's been revealed and confirmed by Apple already and it's not exactly a secret.
As for the iPad Pro, it looks real sweet! I'm glad that it's just a bigger iPad, with some extra, cool features. I'm not an artist, but that Apple Pencil seems to work really nice. Personally, I wouldn't get the extra keyboard, but I don't mind that it's available for those who might want or need it. I also like how the quad speakers work.
I was really hoping for the guts of the iPad Pro in the smaller screen size of the iPad Air2. Oh well. Maybe next time.