Apple’s next big iPad Pro upgrade may have been spoiled not by a supply-chain slip or an FCC filing, but by a couple of Russian YouTubers. On September 30, 2025, the channel Wylsacom uploaded an unboxing that appears to show an unannounced iPad Pro running Apple’s yet-to-be-announced M5 silicon — and other Russian accounts posted clips that line up with what Wylsacom showed. If genuine, these videos are the first chance most of us have had to see a working M5 iPad Pro outside Apple’s labs.

The videos don’t depict a radical redesign. From the outside, the tablet looks like the M4 iPad Pro introduced in May 2024: a big, thin slab with relatively small bezels, a single rear camera pod and that familiar centered Apple logo. The only immediately noticeable cosmetic oddity is the absence of the little “iPad Pro” text on the back — the new units in the footage show only the antenna line, camera system and Apple logo.

But it’s the front-facing sensors that have people leaning in. Rumors have suggested Apple may finally add a dedicated portrait-oriented front camera to complement the current landscape-oriented camera on the M4 model, and one of the videos (from a channel called Romancev768) shows what looks like a second sensor on the top edge when the iPad is held in portrait. Wylsacom’s video — notable because that channel previously surfaced a pre-launch M4 MacBook Pro leak — is less decisive on the extra camera; it’s hard to tell whether there are two usable front cameras or one sensor is simply a flash/array or another sensor. No one in the footage actually demonstrates a second-camera capture, so its function remains unclear.

The most concrete pieces of evidence in Wylsacom’s clip are benchmark runs. The channel posted Geekbench 6 results for the device, which it claims contains an M5 chip and compared them to an M4 iPad Pro. The M5 device reportedly posted a single-core CPU score of 4,133 and a multi-core score of 15,437; the M4 test in the same run scored 3,718 and 13,324, respectively. On the GPU/Metal side, Wylsacom’s M5 sample scored 74,568 versus the M4’s 55,702 — numbers that, if representative, would be a notable GPU uplift. Multiple outlets have reported and summarized those numbers after watching the video.

How much those numbers matter depends on context. Benchmarks from single units in the wild can be skewed by everything from pre-release firmware tuning to thermal differences; they’re helpful as an early signal, but not the same as Apple’s final shipping performance. Still, if the results reflect the final M5 silicon, we’re probably looking at meaningful GPU headroom for creative workflows and more demanding apps — which is exactly the territory iPad Pro is increasingly targeting.

Wylsacom isn’t an unknown here: the channel previously surfaced the M4 MacBook Pro before Apple’s official announcement, which gives its current video extra credibility in the eyes of many observers. That history doesn’t prove today’s clip is authentic, but it’s a big part of why the leak has been taken seriously by outlets covering Apple.

Industry whispers have been building toward an M5 iPad Pro for months. Back in June, supply-chain chatter and reporting suggested OLED iPad Pro panels and M5 production could align for a fall launch window; Bloomberg’s reporting (and others who follow Apple’s cadence) have pointed to an October event as a logical time for a new iPad Pro reveal. If Apple’s timetable holds, we may not have long to wait to see whether the devices in these videos are the real thing.

If the M5 iPad Pro is essentially a performance bump, Apple’s playbook is familiar: give pro customers more power while leaving the basic design largely intact. That’s not necessarily a bad thing — the M4 iPad Pro’s industrial design and screen are still among the best in tablets — but it does mean the most visible changes might be internal: a more powerful GPU for creative apps, possibly new camera capabilities for video calls and content creators, and battery/charging tweaks hinted at in some coverage. The missing “iPad Pro” branding on the chassis could be a cosmetic quirk of pre-production units, a deliberate change, or nothing at all; Apple has tweaked product markings before.

Leaks like this are a double-edged sword. For enthusiasts and pros who try to plan purchases or workflows around Apple’s roadmap, early looks are exciting and sometimes helpful. For Apple, they’re a nuisance — and for whoever supplied the device, leaking pre-release hardware can have legal and contractual consequences. Journalistically, we treat a single unboxing and benchmark as an interesting piece of data, not definitive proof — especially where firmware, final thermal profiles, and production tweaks can shift the final product’s behavior.

If you want to follow this story: watch for an official Apple event invitation or a firmware leak that corroborates hardware details; check for follow-up videos that demonstrate the second front camera in action; and look for multiple independent benchmark runs that reproduce the performance gains. Until then, treat these clips as the most persuasive rumor we’ve had so far — intriguing, potentially meaningful, but not the last word.

Two Russian YouTube videos have given us a first, imperfect look at what may be Apple’s M5 iPad Pro. The device in the footage looks familiar on the outside but promising on the inside, with benchmark numbers that suggest a healthy uplift in GPU and CPU performance. Whether Apple’s next Pro tablet ships with the exact specs shown — or whether the company surprises us with a different set of priorities — will probably be settled in the coming weeks if the October launch rumors hold. Until then, this leak is a tease: a close, shaky peek through a slightly foggy window at what may be Apple’s next pro tablet.