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Apple iPad Pro 1st Gen 12.9 (2015) Wi-Fi Specifications

Apple iPad Pro 1st Gen 12.9 (2015) WiFi

Product Brand: Apple
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Pros
- Large 12.9-inch Retina display with high resolution
- Slim and lightweight design with thin bezels and a sleek profile
- Runs iOS 9 (upgradeable to iOS 12)
- Powerful A9X chip with M9 motion coprocessor
- Long battery life for all-day use
- Improved 8-megapixel rear camera and 1.2-megapixel front camera
- Support for Siri and Touch ID
- Available in multiple storage options (32GB, 128GB, 256GB)
- Compatible with the first-generation Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard
- Four-speaker audio for a better sound experience
Cons
- No Face ID for secure authentication
- No water resistance or dust protection rating
- No headphone jack (requires a dongle to use wired headphones)
- No support for wireless charging
- Expensive compared to other iPads
- Larger size may be difficult to handle for some users
- Runs on an older operating system (iOS 9)
Apple iPad Pro 1st Gen 12.9 (2015) Wi-Fi Specs, and Features
The Apple iPad Pro 1st Gen 12.9 (2015) WiFi was released in November 2015 as Apple’s first large-sized tablet device. It comes with a large 12.9-inch Retina display and runs on Apple’s A9X chip.
Specifications:
The following are the key technical specifications for the Apple iPad Pro 1st Gen 12.9 (2015) WiFi:
- Display: 12.9-inch LED-backlit Multi-Touch display with IPS technology; 2732×2048 resolution at 264 pixels per inch (ppi)
- Chipset: A9X chip with 64-bit architecture and M9 motion coprocessor
- Storage: 32GB or 128GB storage options
- Cameras: 8-megapixel rear camera with autofocus, f/2.4 aperture, and 1080p HD video recording; 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture and 720p HD video recording
- Battery Life: Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music
- Operating System: iOS 9 (upgradable to iOS 12.5.3)
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band; Bluetooth 4.2; Lightning connector
- Dimensions: 305.7 x 220.6 x 6.9 mm (12.04 x 8.69 x 0.27 in)
- Weight: 713 g (1.57 lb)
Features:
The Apple iPad Pro 1st Gen 12.9 (2015) WiFi includes the following notable features:
- Apple Pencil Support: The iPad Pro 1st Gen was the first iPad to support the Apple Pencil, a stylus designed for drawing and handwriting on the iPad’s display.
- Smart Connector: The Smart Connector is a magnetic port located on the edge of the iPad Pro that allows for easy connection and disconnection of accessories, such as the Smart Keyboard.
- Four-speaker Audio System: The iPad Pro 1st Gen features a four-speaker audio system that delivers high-quality sound, no matter how the device is held.
- Touch ID: The iPad Pro 1st Gen includes a Touch ID fingerprint sensor located on the home button, allowing for quick and secure access to the device.
Here’s a summary of the technical specifications for the Apple iPad Pro 1st Generation WiFi tablet:
- Processor/CPU: 2.26 GHz dual-core 64-bit ARMv8-A Apple A9X
- RAM: 4 GB
- Internal Storage: 32 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
- Display/Resolution: 12.9″ 2048×2732 pixels
- GPU/Graphics: PowerVR Series 7
- Camera: 8MP 1080p
- Battery: 10307mAh Li-Ion
- Colours: Space Gray, Gold, Silver
I hope this information on the Apple iPad Pro 1st Gen 12.9 (2015) WiFi specs was helpful!
Full Technical Specifications
General
Device Type | Tablet Computer |
Models | A1584, A1652, iPad6,7, iPad6,8 |
Announced | 09 September, 2015 |
Released | 11 September, 2015 |
Status | Discontinued |
Successor | iPad Pro (2nd generation) |
Generation | 1st |
Design
Type <strong>Design Type</strong> called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones. | Bar |
Width |
305.7 mm (millimeters) 30.57 cm (centimeters) 1.003 ft (feet) 12.035 in (inches) |
Height |
220.6 mm (millimeters) 22.06 cm (centimeters) 0.724 ft (feet) 8.685 in (inches) |
Thickness |
6.9 mm (millimeters) 0.69 cm (centimeters) 0.023 ft (feet) 0.272 in (inches) |
Volume |
465.32 cm³ (cubic centimeters) 28.26 in³ (cubic inches) |
Weight |
713 g (grams) 1.57 lbs (pounds) 25.15 oz (ounces) |
Protection |
Scratch-resistant glass Oleophobic coating |
Colors |
Silver Gold Space gray |
Network
SIM <strong>SIM</strong> (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages. | No SIM |
Display
Display Type <strong>Display Technology => </strong> A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor) | IPS LCD |
Size | 12.9 inch |
Resolution | 2048 x 2732 pixels |
Display Colors <strong>Display Colors</strong> is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others. | 24 bit, 16777216 colors |
Aspect Ratio | 4:3 ratio |
Display area | (~77.0% screen-to-body ratio) |
Pixel Density <strong>Pixel Density (PPI)</strong> is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality. | 264 PPI density |
Display Protection <strong>Display Protection => </strong> Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind. |
Scratch-resistant glass Oleophobic coating |
Features |
Capacitive Multi-touch Retina display Full Lamination Technology Antireflective coating Oleophobic (lipophobic) coating LED-backlit |
Media
Audio File Formats |
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) AAC+ / aacPlus / HE-AAC v1 eAAC+ / aacPlus v2 / HE-AAC v2 M4A (MPEG-4 Audio, .m4a) MIDI MP3 (MPEG-2 Audio Layer II, .mp3) WMA (Windows Media Audio, .wma) WAV (Waveform Audio File Format, .wav, .wave) |
Video File Formats |
3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project, .3gp) AVI (Audio Video Interleaved, .avi) QuickTime (.mov, .qt) MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v) WebM WMV (Windows Media Video, .wmv) Xvid |
FM Radio | No |
Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers |
3.5mm Audio jack | Yes |
Audio Features |
Loudspeaker Stereo speakers Cirrus Logic 338S1213 4 speakers |
Rear Camera
Number of cameras | 1 |
Sensor type | CMOS BSI (backside illumination) |
Main cameras |
8 MP, f/2.4, 31mm (standard), 1.12µm, AF |
Aperture | f/2.4 |
Number of lenses | 5 |
Image Resolution |
3264 x 2448 pixels 7.99 MP (megapixels) |
Video Resolution |
1920 x 1080 pixels 2.07 MP (megapixels) |
Video FPS | 30 fps (frames per second) |
Other features |
Autofocus Continuous shooting Digital zoom Digital image stabilization Geotagging Panorama Touch focus Face detection Exposure compensation Self-timer Hybrid IR filter |
Front/Selfie Camera
Number of cameras | 1 |
Main cameras |
1.2 MP |
Sensor type | CMOS BSI (backside illumination) |
Aperture | f/2.2 |
Video Resolution |
1280 x 720 pixels 0.92 MP (megapixels) |
Video FPS | 30 fps (frames per second) |
Other features |
1.2 MP HDR Exposure compensation Self-timer |
Software
Operating System <strong>OS => </strong> Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device. | iOS 9, upgradable to iPadOS 15.5 |
User Interface <strong>UI</strong> or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface. | Apple iPad OS |
Hardware
Chipset <strong>Chipset</strong> is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming. | Apple A9X APL1021 |
SoC Process Technology | 14 nm (nanometers) |
CPU <strong>CPU</strong> (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone. | Dual-core 2.26 GHz (Twister) |
CPU bits | 64 bit |
CPU cores | 2 |
CPU frequency | 2260 MHz (megahertz) |
Level 1 cache memory (L1) |
64 KB + 64 KB (kilobytes) |
Level 2 cache memory (L2) |
3072 KB (kilobytes) 3 MB (megabytes) |
GPU <strong>GPU</strong> (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. | PowerVR Series 7 (12-core graphics) |
RAM (Memory) <strong>RAM</strong> (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices. | 4 GB |
RAM Type | LPDDR4 SDRAM |
RAM frequency | 1600 MHz (megahertz) |
Internal Storage <strong>Internal Storage</strong> is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored. | 32/128/256 GB |
Card Slot <strong>Memory Card Slot</strong> is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras. | No |
Sensors <strong>Sensors</strong> are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device. |
Light Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope Barometer Fingerprint |
Connectivity
Bluetooth Version | 4.0 |
Bluetooth Features <strong>Bluetooth</strong> is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. |
A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) LE (Low Energy) |
Infrared <strong>Infrared</strong> connectivity is an old wireless technology used to connect two electronic devices. It uses a beam of infrared light to transmit information and so requires direct line of sight and operates only at close range. | No |
Wi-Fi <strong>Wi-Fi</strong> is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world. |
802.11a (IEEE 802.11a-1999) 802.11b (IEEE 802.11b-1999) 802.11g (IEEE 802.11g-2003) 802.11n (IEEE 802.11n-2009) 802.11n 5GHz 802.11ac (IEEE 802.11ac) Dual band Wi-Fi Hotspot MiMO |
USB | Lightning, USB 3.0; magnetic connector |
GPS <strong>GPS</strong> The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky. |
A-GPS GLONASS |
NFC <strong>NFC</strong> (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inch. | |
HDMI <strong>HDMI</strong> (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from a HDMI-compliant source device to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device. | No |
Battery or Power
Battery Type <strong>Battery Type => </strong> Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. | Li-Ion (Lithium Ion) |
Capacity <strong>Battery Capacity</strong> is a measure (typically in Amp-hr) of the charge stored by the battery, and is determined by the mass of active material contained in the battery. The battery capacity represents the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from the battery under certain conditions. | 10,307 mAh, (38.8 Wh) |
Placement | Non-removable |