My iPad Pro 12.9 1st gen can easily handle iOS 18 bc the A9X runs exactly the same as the A11 CPU
Apple how could u not give the iPad Pro 12.9 1st gen iOS 17 and 18 it can handle the os well if the 7th gen runs iOS 18 then WHY NOT the iPad Pro 12.9 1st gen which it speeds like the A11 CPU so apple can u make the iPad Pro 12.9 1st gen to have iOS 18?
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iPad Pro (1st generation)
The 7th-generation iPad has an A10 chip. The first-generation iPad Pro has an A9. So it's a generation earlier and that's apparently enough of a difference. Even then there are a number of features in iPadOS 16 and later that the 7th-gen iPad won't support, much less support all the features in iPadOS 18.
In any case, that's how it is and it's not going to change. If you need to run iPadOS 18, you'll need a newer iPad.
Regards.
The 7th-generation iPad has an A10 chip. The first-generation iPad Pro has an A9. So it's a generation earlier and that's apparently enough of a difference. Even then there are a number of features in iPadOS 16 and later that the 7th-gen iPad won't support, much less support all the features in iPadOS 18.
In any case, that's how it is and it's not going to change. If you need to run iPadOS 18, you'll need a newer iPad.
Regards.
There's more to the picture than just RAM. The CPU and GPU all factor into the equation, and Apple has determined that the processors in the first-generation iPad Pro cannot handle the demand of iPadOS 18. That's not going to change, particularly since Apple considers that model of iPad to be "obsolete" and hence no longer provides support for it.
Any just so you know, you're not communicating with Apple in these forums. We are all just fellow users here.
Regards.
To quote a previous reply:
”… that's how it is and it's not going to change … “
Plus it IS a 9-year old model after all (2015) …
… so it was a sibling of the iPhone 6s; and THEY are limited to iOS 15.8.
So be happy that you’re at least running iPadOS 17.
I do agree that the iPad 5th gen is too underpowered for iOS 17 and later
But! The iPad Pro 12.9 1st gen has 4gb of RAM so it easily can handle iOS 18
It’s so weird that the iPad Pro 12.9 1st gen doesn’t have iOS 18
when the 7th gen is slower than the iPad Pro 12.9 1st gen but the 7th gen has iOS 18
Really It has A9X not A9 for The iPad Pro 12.9 1st gen why can’t there be a bypass to heck the os to be upgraded to os 18 on that model
Why my iPad Pro 12.9 1st Gen can’t update to iOS 18
