New iPad Pro will be released 'within weeks' Updated iPad Pro with mini-LED and 5G now looks nailed on for appearance at Apple's 23 March spring event. By Mikael Markander | 10 Mar 21 According to sources cited by the Taiwanese site Digitimes (paywalled article), Apple will launch the fifth-generation iPad Pro in a matter of weeks. The iPad Pro will probably be the first Apple product with a screen based on mini-LED, a new kind of backlight that provides better colour reproduction, deeper blacks, higher contrast and greater dynamic range. It's believed, however, that only the 12.9in model will get this feature, and that the 11in model will be left behind for now.