The iPad Pro wants to replace your laptop. With a giant screen, optional keyboard attachment and a powerful processor, it should be able to do everything a computer can do. But it's still an iPad at its core.
The biggest screen yet
It has a 12.9-inch screen with a 2,732x2,048-pixel resolution display.
Perfect work station
With the keyboard and a large touchscreen, the Pro is a portable workstation.
Larger than life
In the real world, the tablet looks large, but still manages to be portable.
Not for selfies
The front-facing 1.2-megapixel camera can take photos and handle FaceTime calls, but you'll look silly taking selfies on it.
iSight Camera
On the back, there's an 8-megapixel iSight camera with all the trimmings.
Pretty picture
That camera takes great photos, but you won't want to tote around the iPad Pro on your next vacation as your main camera.
Three colors
The iPad Pro comes in silver, gold and space gray.
Slip into a bag
At 12 inches long, the Pro will fit into most laptop bags, but it takes up a lot of space.
Smart Keyboard
Sold separately, the Smart Keyboard lets you type easily on the iPad Pro.
Propped up
The Smart Keyboard also acts as a stand, similar to Apple's Smart Covers.
Type away
With the keyboard connected, you can write lengthy reports or emails.
Keys
Though compact, the keyboard offers a full set of keys.
Soft touch
The back of the Smart Keyboard has a soft finish.
Connector
Those three dots are where the Smart Keyboard attaches, and how it draws power from the iPad.
Apple Pencil
Also sold separately is Apple's signature stylus, the Pencil.
Unique tip
Pencil has a special tip that looks like a real pen. It's not squishy like other styluses.
Shading and effects
You can tilt the Pencil to shade and alter the stroke, just like a real pencil or marker.
Perfect for drawing
The iPad Pro and Pencil were made for drawing. The tablet's screen is specially designed to respond to the Pencil's input.
Making art
CNET Creative Director and artist Marc Mendell sketches on the Pro.
Amateurs and pros
The iPad Pro is the perfect canvas for professional artists, amateur doodlers and kids alike.
Pencil vs Pencil
The Pencil's tip is different from other styluses, like the Pencil from brand 53 on the right.
Pencil parts
The Pencil's top pops off to reveal the Lightning connector.
Plug in
It plugs into the Pro's Lightning port to charge and connects via Bluetooth to the tablet.
Editing suite
CNET video editor Ariel Nunez demonstrates that you can use the iPad Pro as a portable editing suite.
Pencil help
The Pencil can also be used to control what's on the screen.
iOS 9
The iPad Pro ships with the latest version of Apple's mobile software, iOS.
Split screen
With iOS 9, you get split screen to view two apps side by side.
Big enough for picture books
While likely too big for reading a novel in bed, the iPad Pro will do nicely for picture books and cookbooks.
The apps you expect
A giant screen gives you plenty of room for apps.
Giant, yet thin
The iPad Pro is just 0.27 inches (6.87mm) thick.
Paper sized
At just over 8 inches wide, carrying the Pro around is no harder than toting a laptop.
Quad speakers
The Pro's four stereo speakers automatically adjust treble and bass based on orientation and won't muffle sound when you cover one up by accident.
Volume rocker
For volume adjustments, there are small controls on the edge.
A modern slate
You can use it one handed, but it really demands two hands.
The iPad family
You can see the significant size differences between the iPad Mini (left), iPad Air (middle) and iPad Pro (right).
Air and Pro
Side by side with keyboards, the Air is dwarfed by the Pro.
iPad and Macs
Looking at size, the Pro is between a 13-inch MacBook Air and the 2015 12-inch MacBook.
MacBook and Pro
You can see that the 2015 MacBook is smaller than the iPad Pro.
Bigger screen than the MacBook
You get more screen space with the iPad Pro over the 2015 MacBook.
Surface Pro 4 and iPad Pro
The Surface Pro 4 looks much more like a real laptop, where the iPad Pro looks like a tablet with a keyboard attached.
iPad Pro and the Surface Pro 4
You can see that Apple's logo is still vertical, where the Surface Pro 4 is designed to be used in landscape mode.
MacBook Air, iPad Pro and Surface Book
Though the iPad Pro is giant, by laptop standards, it's still compact. Here you can see it between a 13-inch MacBook Air and the Surface Book.
Surface Book
Microsoft's Surface Book, which also functions as a tablet, works like a true laptop, while the iPad Pro is still an iPad with a limited mobile operating system.
More on the iPad Pro
The tablet goes on sale in November for $799, £679 or AU$1,249 for the starter 32GB model; $949, £799 or AU$1,499 for the 128GB model; and $1,079, £899 or AU$1,699 for the version with 128GB and 4G LTE data. That includes neither Pencil or keyboard.