Hi,
I am nearing my 3rd week usage of my new ipad 4. Last night, I was still on edge still itching to scratch that mini-itch; wanting to return this ipad 4 for a mini all over again. I know this may make some of you want to pull out a knife and stab me in the colon, but it's the truth.
I compared it to another ipad 2 64GB WIFI I still have. Side by side with full brightness up, it seems the ipad 4 is a tad brighter, but at full brigthness turned all the way down, the ipad 2 is still brighter than the ipad 4.
As for colors, the ipad 2 is very slightly different - i mean if you look at the apple.com page with the picture samples, you can clearly see the difference ONLY IF YOU LOOK FOR IT - the ipad 4 screen may be touted to have 100% color gamut and that is true, it does look richer, but on the ipad 2 screen, it looks nearly the same. It has a slight color shift basically not covering the entire color gamut like the ipad 4's do, but it's not drastic! I was very surprised at this because I was expecting very dull colors, but it's actually VERY VERY GOOD. Close enough to really not be a big deal.
The mini's screen is also very close to the ipad 4's in terms of colors. So all this comparison is to make a moot point - other than retina resolution, it's really not bad (the mini/ipad 2). This is starting to make me reach for my ipad 4 receipt for return....
To be continued....
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So I was also able to test again the web browsing speeds. Seriously, it's just a bit faster FOR SOME SITES. Most of the time, it's just nearly the same speeds and negligible if you already own an ipad mini/2/3.
BUT if you use 3rd party browsers which have no nitro javascript performance (only safari browser does), you can see on the ipad 4, using mercury browser pro, it's faster than using safari native on ipad 2/ipad 3!
So is the ipad 4 performance worth it? I don't know for sure, but for pdf rendering (high quality pdf's) it's worth it. It's very fast. For web browsing, it's fast with 3rd party browsers! But I think it may be due to the fact the wifi performance is also better on the ipad 4.
iOS needs to be drastically changed to accomodate the A6X - and the entire UX on the ipad is very very wasteful. I hope there will be new changes with Mr. Jony Ive on board.
I am nearing my 3rd week usage of my new ipad 4. Last night, I was still on edge still itching to scratch that mini-itch; wanting to return this ipad 4 for a mini all over again. I know this may make some of you want to pull out a knife and stab me in the colon, but it's the truth.
I compared it to another ipad 2 64GB WIFI I still have. Side by side with full brightness up, it seems the ipad 4 is a tad brighter, but at full brigthness turned all the way down, the ipad 2 is still brighter than the ipad 4.
As for colors, the ipad 2 is very slightly different - i mean if you look at the apple.com page with the picture samples, you can clearly see the difference ONLY IF YOU LOOK FOR IT - the ipad 4 screen may be touted to have 100% color gamut and that is true, it does look richer, but on the ipad 2 screen, it looks nearly the same. It has a slight color shift basically not covering the entire color gamut like the ipad 4's do, but it's not drastic! I was very surprised at this because I was expecting very dull colors, but it's actually VERY VERY GOOD. Close enough to really not be a big deal.
The mini's screen is also very close to the ipad 4's in terms of colors. So all this comparison is to make a moot point - other than retina resolution, it's really not bad (the mini/ipad 2). This is starting to make me reach for my ipad 4 receipt for return....
To be continued....
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So I was also able to test again the web browsing speeds. Seriously, it's just a bit faster FOR SOME SITES. Most of the time, it's just nearly the same speeds and negligible if you already own an ipad mini/2/3.
BUT if you use 3rd party browsers which have no nitro javascript performance (only safari browser does), you can see on the ipad 4, using mercury browser pro, it's faster than using safari native on ipad 2/ipad 3!
So is the ipad 4 performance worth it? I don't know for sure, but for pdf rendering (high quality pdf's) it's worth it. It's very fast. For web browsing, it's fast with 3rd party browsers! But I think it may be due to the fact the wifi performance is also better on the ipad 4.
iOS needs to be drastically changed to accomodate the A6X - and the entire UX on the ipad is very very wasteful. I hope there will be new changes with Mr. Jony Ive on board.
How about we stay on topic here, please.
