The iPad just got a monster makeover – meet the iPad Pro, the tablet so big it may as well be a laptop.

As you can see from the video above the guy from The Verge certainly gets a kick out of playing with it, that keyboard addition proving invaluable for those who don’t want to carry around a laptop but still want similar functionality. In terms of all the FAQ’s let’s head over to Macworld and run through their ‘all you need to know’ list:

To say the iPad Pro is bigger than other iPads would be an understatement. While the screen on the iPad Air measures 9.7 inches diagonally, the iPad Pro’s screen is more than 3 inches larger, measuring 12.9 inches. That’s 78 percent more display area than that of iPad Air 2…

The iPad Pro fills up its large screen with 5.6 million pixels in a 2732×2048 resolution (versus the 2048×1536 resolution of the iPad Air 2), making it the highest resolution Retina display Apple has ever produced…

iPad Pro is equipped with four speakers, one near each corner to create an immersive “soundstage” experience. These speakers have also been programmed to produce a well-balanced sound, whether you are holding the iPad Pro vertically or horizontally…

The iPad Pro boasts Apple’s new A9X chip, which has twice the memory and is 1.8x faster than the A8X chip in the iPad Air 2. Apple calls this “desktop-class performance,” so you’ll be able to do things on the iPad Pro that you previously reserved for your Mac…

Apple claims that the iPad Pro boasts 10 hours of battery life (9 hours if using cellular), just the same as the iPad Air 2…

There are three ways to view and interact with two apps simultaneously on an iPad Pro in iOS 9. First, we have Slide Over, where you can choose a second app to open up as a pinned sidebar on the right. Second, there’s Split View, where two apps take up half of the screen. Finally, Picture-in-Picture lets you watch a video or chat on FaceTime while having another app running in the background. The video screen becomes a smaller window that you can drag and resize.

Two apps at the same time – I guess to techies that’s kind of like a ménage à trois. If all of the above gets you hot and bothered, and with those specs why shouldn’t it, you’re going to keep an eye on when exactly this hits our shores.

Early estimates say towards the end of the year so keep an eye on the guys over at Digicape, our first choice when it comes to all things Apple-related and the best price going around.

[sources:theverge&macworld]