12.9-Inch 'iPad Pro' Again Rumored to Have Oxide LCD Display
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maflynn
macrumors Haswell
lewismayell
macrumors 6502a
Stop pretending this is a real thing
Digital Skunk
macrumors G3
Can we get some real Surface Pro 3 competition from Apple? Not that I don't love the iPad, I just find that MS hit be nail on the head with the SP3 and giving users the best (and some times worst) of both worlds.
Not saying we need tablet optimized OSX or desktop optimized iOS, just a tablet that can really, REALLY replace my MBP.
Not saying we need tablet optimized OSX or desktop optimized iOS, just a tablet that can really, REALLY replace my MBP.
Tycho24
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Yuck!
No. Never. Never, ever.
Please.... Apple, keep giving us 4:3 tablets.
I am ridiculously excited for an iPad Pro.
The only thing that could dissuade me would be 16:9.
Charliebird
macrumors 6502a
I thought it was confirmed that the iPad Air does not use a IGZO screen.
We get you. MS paid you to keep plugging their stuff. Go away troll.
A more energy efficient screen seems a given if they are going with a ultra-high resolution display. What I'm more interested in is the possibility of USB type-C ports.
- A stylus.
- An Apple designed physical keyboard.
- USB ports for more than charging.
Charliebird
macrumors 6502a
Whoa, easy now. That guess is as good as any one else guess.
All I'm looking for is a precise Wacom-style stylus (not one of those stubby capacitive pens). I want to replace an engineering notepad and pen so I can draw technical diagrams and write formulas on the fly. You just can't do that right any other way. Hopefully Tim Cook is reading the Mac Rumors forums right now and I've suitably inspired him :-/...
One of my hobbies is artwork for some other forums that I use. I've often thought the iPad could be the ideal device given a precise stylus. If it wasn't for the iPad Pro rumors I would have already brought myself an Air 2 and a Wacom Intuos Creative Stylus 2.
topmounter
macrumors 68030
It doesn't make much sense unless the "12.9" iPad Pro" is the display portion of the 12" MacBook Air in Apple's interpretation of a Yoga / Transformer style device.
I was longing for a 7" tablet not long after I bought my regular sized iPad and have very little use or interest in anything bigger now short of my MBA. A "bigger" iPad is the last thing I need (or want), but that seems to be Apple's MO nowadays in their quest to relive the good ol' days and prove that they inherited the SJ Magic.
Agent-P
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Actually they have a point. Look at the post I quoted below. All the rumours we've seen for both the 12" MBA and iPad Pro seem like they're hitting at very similar points. I wouldn't be surprised at all if it turned out they were one product and everyone was assuming it would be two different ones.
the8thark
macrumors 601
People believe an iPad Pro will be a thing? All those iSheep analysts.
Where's the hard evidence for this?
And there's zero need for an even larger iPad. It just creates superfluous SKUs and makes choosing an iPad even harder. And more screen sizes for developers to deal with.
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https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1852342/
Where's the hard evidence for this?
And there's zero need for an even larger iPad. It just creates superfluous SKUs and makes choosing an iPad even harder. And more screen sizes for developers to deal with.
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In that case MS paid MR too.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1852342/
melendezest
Suspended
Exactly.
What will make the iPad Pro, well, "pro", as opposed to the regular old iPad (which is already used in some "pro" settings?
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Well, Steve's no longer there, so anything can happen.
This is a new Apple, and as such, I take assumptions based on historical data with a grain of salt.
As always, we'll see, but so far "Post-Steve Apple" has left me both unimpressed and fearful (I won't like what they do).
NT1440
macrumors P6
What's the problem?
Apple has clearly been pouring R&D into getting OLED up to snuff for their own requirements, but obviously they still don't have something that outweighs their decision to use Oxide.
I don't get how you can claim OLED vs Oxide is better when these aren't two solid categories.
There are many variants of OLED screens just as there are LCD variants (TN, IPS, IGZO, etc).
kalsta
macrumors 68000
The number of times I've been using my iPad and wished I could have two apps on screen at once? Zero. I don't see the need for additional ports either.
A great stylus experience (with Apple's full support) would be a selling point for me though.
larrylaffer
macrumors 6502a
MR, you should really start calling it the iPad Plus. If this product does indeed exist, I can't imagine it'd be called anything else.
I guarantee that you're missing something. It's probably not OS X though. My guess would be pressure sensitivity, side by side apps (but still just iOS), and the ability to act as a second monitor and touch input for a Mac. All iPads would get the last feature, but I think it's no coincidence that the rumored iPad Pro and Macbook Air have identically sized screens.
Apple is the last of the line to get split screen ... as in proper side by side.
This could be maybe, THEY think screen relate may have not been big enough on the smaller iPad, but it's perfect for the 12.9 inch.
Even though,, this will come to previous iPad's too.... Everything else did.
At the moment, we kind of have a middle ground way of split screen, but u know Apple...
Once, its done to one, they'll expand it to all...
This could be maybe, THEY think screen relate may have not been big enough on the smaller iPad, but it's perfect for the 12.9 inch.
Even though,, this will come to previous iPad's too.... Everything else did.
At the moment, we kind of have a middle ground way of split screen, but u know Apple...
Once, its done to one, they'll expand it to all...
