Apple iPad Pro with M2 review (2022): An impressive, expensive stopgap

Apple’s latest iPad Pro is nearly the same as last year’s model, but that’s not a bad thing. The M2 chip is incredibly powerful, the display and design remain top-notch, and there are a few other new features here that should appeal to video editors and Apple Pencil aficionados. The iPad Pro is still quite expensive, and there’s a good chance Apple will give it a full-on redesign in the next year or two, but for now it’s the best tablet money can buy.

Pros:
- M2 chip is incredibly powerful
- Great battery life
- Screen and industrial design are still best-in-class
- Handy Apple Pencil Hover feature

Cons:
- Awkwardly-placed front camera
- Stage Manager isn’t fully baked just yet

Engadget Score: 87

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[dahnleycabreros]

Not sure why people keeps saying 11inch is "portable" and 12.9 is not... come on. Drink some milk the 12.9 wont break your backs

[Redwood_Distributions]

After years of looking at devices that I can’t afford, I got the new iPad Pro 11’

[ssnochevy]

Stage Manager is a useful addition but it’s still pretty flawed. iOS remains the bottleneck - crazy seeing hardware with so much potential left on the table. I’ll wait for the next Pro, and settle for my 2020 iPad Pro until then.

[ericcarabetta]

It really drives me nuts that they can't fit that giant camera wart inside the massive frame of the iPad since the whole thing sits unevenly on a table and rocks around.

[JaxinJonez]

I don’t know why people think we “need” a new design for the iPad Pro. It looks beautiful, and I don’t know what they could even change about it.

[ndennan]

Would assume that the other models can’t have the front camera in landscape mode because that’s where the sensors are to charge the 2nd Gen Apple Pencil. And would also explain why they stuck with the 1st Gen pencil for the 10th Gen iPad even though they switched to a USB-C charging port.

[patrickhopkinson]

I have the new iPad Pro 12.9” (2022 version) to replace my 2017 iPad Pro 11” which has an increasingly unreliable lightning connector. It’s a business purchase and does what I need it to do.

[alexb]

Moral of the story… buy last year’s model at a discounted price and wait for the 2023 model

[darkstepwarrior]

love the focus on stage manager, it looks like a function to look out for

[leehookerstein]

A little misleading
Only the 12.9 has the Liquid Retina XRD screen

[dennvenger]

I ain't buying the pro until they put the Mini LED in the 11 inch model. Ridiculous to pay that much amount of money but they're only giving us an LED display which is unfair because it's also a PRO model.

[GOLFADDICT]

Iam 58 years old and have a Gen 4 ipad air...I want to upgrade to as big as possible / for movies / utube / social media / taking pictures / 256 GB prefered or am not very techy so i need some suggestions on which Apple ipad to get as i am kinda in the Apple Ecosystem...thx in from Canada

[rodneydangerfield]

Thank you, Engadget, for the excellent review video!

[Jferrari]

Good review. I think the awesome hardware is truly limited by the software. I mean, I still find using an actual Mac to be much faster and more efficient for my workflow. Put macOS on the iPad Pro already!!

[elmermazariegos]

Watching this video in 2024 with my iPad M2 Pro. Needless to say but I am not upgrading to M4. 😅

[lawbinson]

Talk to me again when the apps are forced to support full screen, landscape, portrait, and split screen. Until then, it’s still a horrible experience
when trying to use it for work.

It’s sleek and fast, but has way too many drawbacks to be a productivity device.

[TheBasisdude]

Excellent review, Thanks for the insight

[captaintruth]

Bought the 12.9 sold my barbells. 🏋️👈👀

[rasin]

Maaan this iPad stuff is so confusing I don't know what to buuy. I just need something for uni.

[abhisheksavant]

11" needs mini led. It's the portable version in real sense for most people and could do with higher brightness which mini led generate.

12.9 will be sitting on desk for the most part.