Ok, that's something to look forward to. I've been holding on to my 2017 10.5" iPP in hope of a really compelling upgrade down the line.
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12.9-Inch iPad Pro With Mini-LED Display Rumored to Launch in First Quarter of 2021
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Personally I'm thinking the Pro 11" is being ditched to make room in the lineup for the rumoured folding iPad. That explains why OLED is still being talked about even though we're about to see mini LED introduced. A folding iPad would be a high end device, with a focus on compactness for travelling with (which is basically where the iPP 11 is right now). Eventually the Air can pick up the extra features missing from the 11" Pro, maybe even taking on the whole design and passing down the 10.9" chassis to the entry level iPad.
What am I looking for exactly? Like, I see guesses and theories. But nothing based on any factual details or anything beyond just speculation.
Yeah, that too. Of course it isn’t the smoothing that’s the problem, it’s that the LED has a slightly different spectrum at different currents and a PWM ensure that it’s always driven at max current. I’m not sure it’s as much of a problem with the backlight LEDs as it is with OLED though. I think the backlight is white, which is usually a phosphor coat so I think they may be less sensitive to shifts in the diode emission spectrum.
I don’t have a problem with OLED myself, so I’m not sure I’d notice the PWM, but I don’t hear people complain about the LCD models as much. It’s possible Apple does filter the drive to their backlight module... Replicating that a thousand times might get tricky though.
You mean, like Apple dropped the 13MBP because it is so close to the MBA ?
It will be interesting to see how the M1 line is incorporated into future products. I doubt we'll see an M1 iPad near term for several reasons:
1. Apple will probably focus on getting the M1 i to the Mac lineup and transitioning to it
2. The M1 likely is more expensive than an A chip so putting it into an Ipad would raise its costs
3. An M1 based iPad Pro and A chip based other model iPads would either result in the furtehr dividing what software will run on what devices or developers not adding features or developing for the M1 unless it is a huge success
Will tehy go to M chip iPads? My guess is yes at some point but I do not think that is a near term action. Once the M chip is more prevalent is more likely when it will happen, IMHO.
What are the miniLED halos? Is it possible to portray them in pictures? I’m in the market for an iPad Pro, but I’d rather buy a used late generation model if the screen on the new one will be annoying to look at.
I also use my iPad in teaching and for me, I love the 12.9 for drawing and notes. Even that seem cramped at times. Each to their own. I usually have a desk nearly I can rest the iPad on so no issue there.
Yeah, for me, I enjoy moving around the classroom with iPad in hand so I can monitor my students at the same time. For a while, I contemplated going the dual-pad lifestyle (one for work, one for home), but just couldn't justifying owning both devices.
It makes me think it isn’t going to be your typical iPad Pro.
The 12.9” iPad Pro initially launched on its own for the new ‘pro’ line up. I don’t see Apple simply releasing just a 12.9” iPad Pro with the only difference being the screen.
I’m sure the rumours are just ‘wrong’ and there will be both 11” and 12.9”, but I’m always hopeful for the ‘next phase’ of the iPad to start.
Do you have any data on that? miniLED and OLED seem not to be so straight forward to distinguish. If OLED was superior, why would the XDR Pro display not have it? Lots of TV sets come now with miniLED. They are not cheaper than OLEDs (Sony site) so the performance must be at least as good as OLED.
Hopefully the iPad Pro 11 gets some love early next year too. Wasn't going to be in the market for a new iPad as my 2018 iPad Pro 11 worked fantastically. However knocked it off the nightstand the other night when it was in the magnetic folio case instead of the usual TPU case I have it in and it trashed the glass. 
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I really don’t. I think Appoe was very specific from a marketing standpoint that the M1 is the Mac family of chips which includes some items iPads don’t need (extra USB modules, memory modules, etc).
I think the iPad will get the A14X, however I think tear downs and performance tests will show that they are very similar chipsets
The 11 inch was never meant to be better than the 12.9 inch model. It was supposed to offer the same power and features in a smaller form factor. That on its own is a good enough reason to buy it over the less capable mini with old style pencil or the Air, which is worse in pretty much every way with regard to hardware.
It will be interesting to see how Apple justifies the price of the iPad Pro, especially compared to the M1 Macs. I have been waiting for the updated iPad Pro, to replace my 2018 12.9”, but the performance, especially the battery life that the M1‘s offer is swaying the direction I’m leaning now. I figure I can keep my current iPad Pro, get a new MBA, and have the benefits both offer. Assuming I’m going to be traveling again in 2021, the added battery life to the MBA is super appealing, as is the overall performance.
What wrong is with miniLED? I may mess it with MicroLED. I heard only superlatives to them compare to OLED. I an no expert to that tho.