A Russian blogger, Wylsacom, reportedly posted an early unboxing and benchmark video on YouTube of what appears to be the unreleased “M5” version of the Apple iPad Pro on October 1. The timing is more than two weeks ahead of the official launch.
“Completely bricked” — Apple remotely locks the iPad Pro, which the Russian blogger leaked.
According to tech media site Wccftech, Apple has now remotely locked the iPad Pro in question, leaving the device stuck on its activation screen. Apart from charging, nothing functions — essentially rendering the tablet an expensive cutting board.
The leak’s consequences
- The leak’s benchmark results showed that the M5 iPad Pro achieved a roughly 30% GPU performance boost compared to the M4 version, which may have influenced some potential upgraders to skip the current iteration, possibly causing Apple significant potential sales loss.
- On the other hand, despite paying a significant amount to acquire the early model, the blogger likely recouped his expenses through the video’s ad revenue and increased exposure.
- Intriguingly, Apple has not sold products in the Russian market for several years, raising questions about how the blogger obtained the device so early.
- Investigations suggest that the unit may have originated from a warehouse in Europe and was diverted into Russia via grey-market channels.
The above content is compiled by ModeZone, a fashion and entertainment magazine.
