Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch Gen 6 review (2023) most capable tablet

The Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch Gen 6 moves things to a new level. It has a 12.9-inch screen and is unusual not only because of its size, but also because it uses mini-LED technology, which is not often seen. If you buy the optional keyboard and stylus, the tablet turns into a creative machine, while the Apple M2 processor leaves most notebooks in the dust. All of this, though, comes at a cost, which has gone up in the new version.

Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch Gen 6: Description

The construction is top-notch. Aluminum feels good to the touch and doesn’t show fingerprints. There are no big, uneven gaps. When put under torsional stress, the tablet gives a little and creaks a little, but it still looks stable. The iPad Pro 12.9 does not have any dust or water resistance certifications. The sustainability of the 6th generation hasn’t changed, which is a shame.

Apple’s sustainability report shows that the company is using less energy efficiently and that the 2 TB model has a bigger carbon footprint than its predecessor. However, all other storage options have a smaller carbon footprint. The iPad Pro is Apple’s most powerful, fancy, and shiny tablet. When updates to flagship products come out, they usually get a lot of attention.

This time, though, not. Most of the time, it’s because the completely redesigned 10th generation iPad stole the show. But it’s also because the latest iPad Pro, which is now in its 6th generation, has gotten mostly small updates. That’s partly because of how the updates work and partly because the last iPad Pro was already so powerful that many people didn’t even come close to using all of its performance potential.

Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch Gen 6: Pros and Cons

Specification Table

Design and Build

The iPad Pro 12.9 (2022) is an iPad Pro because its design is almost the same as that of the last few generations of Apple’s Pro tablets. It even comes in the same Space Grey or Silver colors as the iPad Air and 10th-generation iPad. The Apple iPad Air and 10th-gen iPad have more vibrant colors to choose from. This is a work device, and Apple’s design philosophy says that it should look professional, which means it should look boring.

That doesn’t mean the iPad Pro doesn’t look good. In fact, it looks great. It has a large 12.9-inch screen and a slim body with angular edges that give it the same industrial look as other iPhones and iPads from the past few years. It feels solid in your hand, but at 682g (plus 2g for the cellular model), it’s not Apple’s lightest tablet.

The iPad Pro has a bigger bezel than an iPhone, but this is good for tablets because it gives you more room to hold it without accidentally touching the screen. It’s also thick enough to hold the Face ID smarts without a notch, so you can see everything clearly. Face ID, for what it’s worth, is just as good as it was before. It lets you quickly unlock your iPad without having to search for the Power/Touch ID button like you have to do with other iPads.

You can also use it to access your Hidden and Recently Deleted photo albums and verify your Apple Pay purchases. The only strange thing is where the selfie camera is. It stays in the same place on the top edge of the iPad Pro when it is held vertically, but the new 10th-generation iPad has a camera in the middle of its right side. It works much better in a horizontal position, especially when paired with a keyboard case, because you can look straight into the camera instead of awkwardly to the right, as you do with an iPad Pro.

Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch Gen 6: Display

The 12.9-inch Liquid Retina XDR (2732 x 2048) display on the Apple iPad Pro is the best tablet screen we have ever seen, and its adaptive 120Hz refresh rate makes it even better. Even in the darkest parts of the dome, WE could see even the smallest set design details because the panel was so bright. Brennan Lee Mulligan’s tight lips were the sharpest thing when a player did something ignorant.

We will talk about the touchpad in a moment, but the touch screen is the most natural way to use the iPad. we expect a product that costs more than $2,000 to have a smooth screen and a responsive display. Even though it doesn’t make me tea in the morning, that’s okay. Using a colorimeter, we found that the iPad Pro hit 82.4% of the DCI-P3 color gamut. This is good, but considering how much it costs, it could be better.

The Galaxy Tab covered 154.9%, compared to the iPad Air’s 79.2% coverage. The sRGB color space was 117.1% used by the iPad Pro. The iPad Pro’s brightness, which reaches a peak of 591 nits and a maximum of 1577 nits with HDR, is where it really excels. This is very important, since the screen is glossy. With these levels of brightness, it shouldn’t be too hard to walk around outside with it. The Galaxy Tab reached 583 nits, while the iPad Air averaged 485 nits.

Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch Gen 6: Software

Stage Manager is the most important new feature in iPadOS 16. It is available on some iPad Pro models and the iPad Air with the M1 chip. It makes the iPad feel more like a Mac than ever before, with apps that work like windows that you can resize and move around on the screen. First, you should probably know that you have to turn on Stage Manager through the Settings app if you want to use it. You can switch between Stage Manager and the normal way Apple handles multitasking whenever you want.

Once it’s turned on, you can change the size of any open app by dragging from the bottom-right corner. However, it only lets you choose from a set of sizes instead of letting you choose the exact shape of the window. Then, you can move that window anywhere on the screen. You can also drag app icons from the bottom of the screen to open them side by side and arrange the windows however you want.

On the left side of the screen, there is a whole new row of apps and app groups that lets you quickly switch between apps you have used recently. The idea is good, but it’s still a little hard to use, and Apple doesn’t do a very good job of explaining how the feature works when you first turn it on. Even on a big screen like the iPad Pro 12.9, it takes a lot of trial and error to figure out how to open apps, what the icons on the right of the screen do, and the best way to arrange multiple apps.

Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch Gen 6: Camera

We don’t think we’ve ever reviewed something with cameras that don’t stink before. The iPad Pro has three cameras: a 12MP camera on the front, a 12MP camera on the back, and a 10MP UltraWide camera on the back. First, we took some selfies. The 12MP front camera did a great job of capturing the sweat on my cheeks during the middle of the workday and the sharp hairs in my patchy beard. Unlike most test shots I’ve done, my freckles didn’t fade away.

Instead, they stood out very clearly. The green in my shirt looked a little lighter than it really is, but the white fuzz around it showed all the little details. The light from outside didn’t wash out any part of my skin, so the contrast was also good.

Now, the 12MP (1x) back camera we took a picture from my upstairs window of a New Jersey suburb. The camera was sensitive enough to pick up all the smudges on my window first. The trees in the field outside were different shades of green, and we could see individual leaves on a few of the trees that were close to me. Even though it was very cloudy outside, the camera was still able to tell the difference between each cloud.

Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch Gen 6: Battery Life

For such a thin powerhouse with a big screen, the iPad Pro’s battery life was surprisingly good. The iPad Pro 12.9-inch lasted 10 hours and 40 minutes on the test. It was faster than both the Galaxy Tab (9:23) and the iPad Air (10:09). But the battery life is shorter than on the iPad Pro Gen 5, which lasted 11 hours and 59 minutes.

Final Words

The iPad Pro 12.9in is the most powerful tablet on the market. Its desktop-level M2 chipset from Apple gives it unparalleled power. With a 120Hz refresh rate and mini-LED backlighting that allows it to compete with OLED displays while being much brighter, it also has one of the best displays on the market. And it looks fantastic.

With the Apple Pencil and Magic Keyboard, the experience is even better. The Magic Keyboard turns the tablet into a full-fledged laptop replacement, but those are expensive additions to an already expensive tablet, especially in the UK, where the starting price goes up by £250.

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