{"id":174484,"date":"2016-08-02T12:51:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T10:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=174484"},"modified":"2016-08-02T12:53:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T10:53:25","slug":"the-ipad-pro-is-what-a-computer-should-be-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/174484-the-ipad-pro-is-what-a-computer-should-be-apple.html","title":{"rendered":"The iPad Pro is what a computer should be: Apple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has released a new advertisement for its iPad Pro, punting the tablet as a modern replacement for a computer.<\/p>\n<p>The top-of-the-line iPad Pro features a 12.9-inch\u00a0touch\u00a0display and is powered by Apple\u2019s A9X processor\u00a0with 64-bit &#8220;desktop-class architecture&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard are also compatible with the device, allowing users to perform an array of tasks on the iPad Pro.<\/p>\n<p>The 128GB model sells for R20,899 in South Africa, and for that price, many users will expect a laptop replacement.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/8\/1\/12346576\/apple-ipad-pro-ad-tablet-full-computer-keyboard-stylus\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Verge<\/strong><\/a>, Apple&#8217;s latest advert positions the iPad Pro as a computer &#8211; which has stirred the discussion around whether an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/3046678\/hardware\/5-reasons-why-the-97-inch-ipad-pro-cant-be-a-pc-replacement.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>iPad can replace a PC<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1zPYW6Ipgok\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on the Apple iPad Pro<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/161972-the-ipad-pro-which-will-cost-you-over-r200000.html\">The iPad Pro which will cost you over R200,000<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/161116-ipad-pro-9-7-inch-south-african-prices-may-shock-you.html\">iPad Pro 9.7-inch South African prices may shock you<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has released a new advertisement for its iPad Pro, punting the tablet as a modern replacement for a computer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":159243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,15],"tags":[36,605,32768],"class_list":["post-174484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","category-hardware","tag-active","tag-apple","tag-apple-ipad-pro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174490,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174484\/revisions\/174490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}