The brand new iPad Professional has dethroned the iPod nano as Apple’s thinnest system ever, and the corporate has promoted this feat in a nostalgic advert.
In a video shared on TikTok and different social media platforms, Apple highlights the brand new 13-inch iPad Professional measuring solely 5.1mm thick, in comparison with 5.4mm for the iPod nano. The mannequin proven is a seventh-generation iPod nano, which was launched in 2012.
Apple discontinued the iPod nano in 2017, and that is the primary time now we have seen the system seem in an advert in fairly a while.
Even the 11-inch iPad Professional is now thinner than the iPod nano, as Apple explains:
The brand new iPad Professional — the thinnest Apple product ever — includes a stunningly skinny and lightweight design, taking portability to a complete new degree. The 11-inch mannequin is simply 5.3 mm skinny, and the 13-inch mannequin is even thinner at a putting 5.1 mm, whereas each fashions are simply as sturdy because the earlier design. The 11-inch mannequin weighs lower than a pound, and the 13-inch mannequin is sort of 1 / 4 pound lighter than its predecessor — permitting professional customers to increase their workflows in new methods and in additional locations.
The brand new iPad Professional fashions can be found to order now and launch Could 15.
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