Apple iPad Pro prices starting from Rs 67,900 in India. Is it worth its astronomical price?

The Apple iPad Pro, the company’s first attempt to cater the laptop-tablet hybrid market, has been launched in India. Three variants of this huge tablet – the Apple iPad Pro 32GB (Wi-Fi only), the Apple iPad Pro 128GB (Wi-Fi only),  and the Apple iPad Pro 128GB (Wi-Fi + Cellular) – have been launched in the country with a starting price of Rs 67,900.

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Apple iPad Pro pricing in India

  1. Apple iPad Pro 32GB (Wi-Fi only) – Rs 67,900
  2. Apple iPad Pro 128GB (Wi-Fi only) – Rs 79,900
  3. Apple iPad Pro 128GB (Wi-Fi + Cellular) – Rs 91,900

The Apple iPad Pro features a fully laminated 12.9-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 2,732 x 2,048 pixels, anti-reflective coating, and fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating. It runs iOS 9.2 (currently) using a desktop-class Apple A9X processor (with a 64-bit dual-core Twister CPU and a 12-core PowerVR 7XT series GPU), and 4GB of LP-DDR4 RAM. Sure, it comes with a very powerful processor, but does it mean that it can replace your laptop?

Desktop-class hardware needs desktop-class operating system

Almost all benchmarks as well as real-world tests reveal that the Apple A9X is as powerful as some desktop-class CPUs in the Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i7 range. Even though DDR4 RAM isn’t as widespread even in desktops and laptops, the iPad Pro has 4GB of LP-DDR4 RAM, giving the tablet a way to load apps swiftly. The PowerVR 7XT GPU, which can clock 55 frames per second in the GFXBench 3.1 (1080p Manhattan 3.1 Offscreen) test, is as fast as Intel HD5200 GPU in the Intel Core i7 processors.

Even with all this raw power, it has been widely understood that the iPad Pro isn’t capable of replacing a laptop just yet. All the highly regarded reviewers and technology blogs mentioned that it was this giant tablet’s operating system that was holding it back from the prospect of replacing a laptop for real work. Apple added support for running apps side by side in the iOS 9, but that doesn’t make it a desktop-class operating system.