That’s fair— the rumors could be wrong.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.
Purely anecdotal. The 11” Pro always seems to sell out first from stores such as B&H, Tiger Direct. I had to wait two weeks for mine this December which is unusual for an Apple product that is 10 months old.Not sure we can conclude which iPad models are more or less popular outside of our own likings - the sales numbers are not really published anywhere.
If you look at the M1 and what an A14x would be, there isn’t going to be a huge difference. Each is based on the same architecture. There will be some differences around what support chips are used and how the CPU and GPU cores are balanced, but the bones will be very similar.Why not a M1? I think that’s more likely than an A14x.
Looking beyond the next-generation iPad Pro, there have been a couple of reports claiming that Apple is looking to transition the line to OLED display technology, although it seems unlikely for Apple to only briefly shift to Mini-LED before transitioning again to OLED. One rumor claimed the OLED iPad Pro will launch in the second half of 2021, but a more recent report claims the change is unlikely to happen until 2022 at the earliest.
In my university almost everyone in Engineering use either the iPad Pro 12.9 or the Surface Book 2 to take notes and complete assignments and exams.Doubt students are the target audience and paper sizes differ worldwide as do exam formats.
I believe there’s room in the lineup based on design professionals and others who prefer a more portable size. 12.9” is too big for a lot of people, unless they can make it more or less bezel-less like the iphones (iPads with notches, anyone?). Then again, they may refresh the Air with ProMotion at some point to provide an option for those who want all the pro drawing, design features. My best guess is that they’ll keep the 11” around but it won’t get mini-LED; or the rumors are just overlooking the 11.I’m not sure the 11” Pro is all that popular, let alone far too popular to drop, though you may well be right. Maybe it’s not getting the miniLED display so there’s just no chatter. It could be a simple refresh of the 2020 with a new SoC.
But now that the Air is much closer to the Pro, I wouldn’t be all that surprised if they did drop the 11” Pro. I guess the question is whether there’s room for both in the lineup.
At 256GB it’s $749 vs. $899 for the Air vs the Pro; that’s really not much price difference. The difference in features is also minimal (but rather nice!).
It would definitely disappoint some 11” iPad Pro users who want a new one if it were discontinued, but a fair percentage would buy the Air; that’s already happening. Others will move up to the 12.9” to keep the feature set.
I predict my iPad Air 2 I’ll get replaced by an 11” Something next year. Hoping for a Pro.I predict my current iPad Pro 12.9” will be more than fine for a couple more years.
What is needed is a new ipad mini !
Big ipads are way too heavy
MicroLED yeah maybe in 10 yearsOr microLED. That would be fine, too.
It's only 6.7", whereas iPad mini is 7.9". I'm really hoping that Apple would make a phone the size of the iPad mini.That’s what iPhone pro max is for.
A 12 Pro Max is no iPad mini. The 4:3 aspect ratio makes a big difference. Plus an updated iPad mini with a screen size of 8.5” to 9” would be awesome for content consumption.That’s what iPhone pro max is for.
I think this is the correct thinking. They’ll add a variant on top of the $999 version with the miniLED technology. Perhaps they ship it with a SOC marketed as A14Z, which has additional GPU cores and perhaps additional memory
You’re such a child.As someone who purchased the 11" iPP and got rid of it to purchase a 12.9" after one week I can say that 11" felt like a toy, I had to pinch to zoom a lot, it had weird screen ratio compared to rest of ipad family. There is nothing 11" was better at compared to the 12.9" except the portability, though for that one should better buy a mini or an air.
It helps to use and maximize a chips use-case. Economies of scale work for Apple when it can use a CPU on as many devices as it can. Even Apple cannot scale to Intel chip levels and variations right now. And it don’t think wants to. It doesn’t need to. So it would make a whole lot of sense for Apple to just use the M1 on the iPad Pro, The MacBook Air, and the base MacBook Pro and not waste money making yet another low volume chip just for it.Possibly, but my guess is A12Z's were used to allow developers early access while M1 production ramped up; given both used ARM architecture Apple could get Big Sur working on the A series relatively easily and run fast enough for development as a stop gap to help ensure software was avaiable at the launch.
Looking at the specs for both the M1 appears to be a different design than just a rebranded A chip. That doesn't mean there won't be some convergence in the future. A lot depends on Apple's vision fo rteh future of computing and for iPadOS and Mac OS.
As someone who purchased the 11" iPP and got rid of it to purchase a 12.9" after one week I can say that 11" felt like a toy, I had to pinch to zoom a lot, it had weird screen ratio compared to rest of ipad family. There is nothing 11" was better at compared to the 12.9" except the portability, though for that one should better buy a mini or an air.
My other half uses his 12.9 inch for writing calligraphy and either as a second screen using duet display or simply as a second device that compliments his Surface Pro.I think the 11” is perfect, I originally went with the 12.9” as I wanted to switch from using a MacBook/iPad combination to just using an iPad...
At first the 12.9” seemed great the screen real estate is fantastic, but it’s only great if you plan to use it 90% of the time at a desk, if you want to use it as an iPad it’s not a good experience and is far too big. For me the 12.9 felt like I had just changed from an iPad/MacBook combo to a limited MacBook and lost my iPad completely.
With the 11” it gives me more of the best of both worlds feeling, I have a super portable (but limiting) laptop as well as a comfortable iPad when I want to use it as such.
However, as I have said before it is all personal preference and what your use case is... I really hope that Apple one day bring a 12” model to the table as that would be the perfect size for me personally.
My other half uses his 12.9 inch for writing calligraphy and either as a second screen using duet display or simply as a second device that compliments his Surface Pro.
I bought the 11 inch because I wanted the smaller form factor, and I really personally love it.
That really is what it boils down to though, isn’t it. Personal preference, as you say. It’s a shame really that some on this forum speak like their word is final, even if it is about something so subjective as a screen size. 😂
It helps to use and maximize a chips use-case. Economies of scale work for Apple when it can use a CPU on as many devices as it can. Even Apple cannot scale to Intel chip levels and variations right now. And it don’t think wants to. It doesn’t need to.
So it would make a whole lot of sense for Apple to just use the M1 on the iPad Pro, The MacBook Air, and the base MacBook Pro and not waste money making yet another low volume chip just for it.
Besides, the iPad Pro needs to keep moving forward with Pro Apps from the Mac for people to stick with it and pay a premium for it.
Too slow for some, too fast for others, and most posters won't care...What will be the refresh rate?
What is needed is a new ipad mini !
Big ipads are way too heavy