5G has taken the smartphone world like a storm thanks to Apple including in its entire 2020 lineup. Android users will complain that they had it first. But the carriers got serious and the world started to care about it when they could sell it in an iPhone. Those are just the facts. Even so, 5G is still a joke. The major carriers are telling people to turn it off to save battery. In many places, LTE is actually faster. But 5G will get better over time as every new standard does.

Since Apple has embraced the tech so dramatically, it is a good bet that the next round of iPads Pro will include the tech. That is going to make a big difference in the usefulness of an iPad Pro and increase differentiation between the iPad Pro and Apple laptops. Here are 4 reasons why it will be a big deal for iPad Pro:

Faster Information Gathering

Executives and stock traders need a heavy dose of speed served with their information. They need new information fast, and the ability to act on it faster. So the faster sites can open like WallStNow (where you can find out more about penny stocks and other aspects of the financial markets), the better. If you are stuck with a laptop, you have to take the time to connect to wifi or tether from your iPhone. You lose valuable time every time you use a laptop out and about. An iPad with a 5G connection will shave off enough time to make it a competitive advantage.

Information is not just about the stock market. Your mobile sales force will be better armed with an instant-on device that has a ubiquitous connection to the fastest connection in the world. A sale can be lost in the time it takes to get connected to the private network back at the office. If life moves at the speed of business for you, the 5G iPad Pro will make a difference.

More Speed for Connected Productivity

Whether you collaborate in Office or Drive, you likely do it from remote settings where internet connection speeds make a meaningful difference for the experience. The new reality is that more people are working in teams from remote locations. They are not sitting around in the same office or huddling in the same conference room. A 5G iPad Pro will make those professional collaborations feel more like they are happening in realtime in the same place. 5G might not be the difference-maker today. But it will be in short order.

Stutter-Free Meetings and Podcasts

You are not a cat. Hopefully, you will never have to explain that to coworkers in one of those awkward Zoom fails for all the world to see. As funny as those moments are, the real awkwardness comes when you are the one on the call who has a bad connection. A meeting can come to a screeching halt when that happens. Worse yet, the meeting will keep right on going, but without you in it. A 5G iPad Pro will mostly ensure that you are not the one who is left behind, even if you are a cat.

Lag-Free Gaming

When it's time to put on your game face, you are going to be using one of those online game services from Microsoft, Google, or one of the other major players. On the iPad, those games will be played through the browser. It is more important than ever that the iPad have access to the fastest possible connection. iPad Pro already has the horsepower. With a 5G model, you will no longer lose because of a laggy connection. You will have to come up with other excuses.

It is only fair to note that all of these things are possible right now with a 4G LTE connected iPad Pro. You can access business information, use collaborative productivity apps, do podcasts and Zoom meetings, and play connected games right now. But more speed makes an experiential difference. Speed thrills. And if you happen to be in one of those places where the 5G really is noticeably better, you are going to want it on every device you have. There will be a handful of reasons to upgrade to the next iPad Pro. But 5G connectivity could be the most important reason of all.