iPad Pro 3 iPad Pro Features that would make you throw money at Apple.

[TheRealAlex]

Like all of us, I am super content with my 11” iPad Pro. Nothing new is needed it’s like buying a new car every year it’s just not necessary and any improvements would be negligible at best.
With that said, share with us 3 Features you would like to see in a new iPad Pro that would make you buy a new one.

#1. Full MacOSX operating system compatibility. I know this is a stretch based on how x86 programs for Intel are coded vs Arm based Apps and how that would have to be emulated and run at a performance costs.
#2. 120Hz ProMotion HDR10 OLED Display. I’ll ignore all the OLED burn in issues there’s just no going back to LCD once you’ve tried OLED.
#3. Reinforced tougher aluminum allow possibly 7000 Series aluminum alloy vs 6000 aluminum alloy used now. Same thin profile just a stronger less bendy metal used and internal stress ridges to resist bending.

 

[nrvna76]

Just multiple users..

 

[canesalato]

- 2 usb-c ports and headphone jack
- reliable touch screen
- not so easy to bend

 

[TheRealAlex]

Just multiple users..

100% Agreed.
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- 2 usb-c ports and headphone jack
- reliable touch screen
- not so easy to bend

2 legit Thunderbolt 3 ports full speed. Oh my god drool.

 

[Shirasaki]

1. Highly responsive and reliable touch screen. The response time should be within 10ms, not 200 or 500ms. (What I feel anyway)
2. Headphone jack is always welcome.
3. Stronger material of course, even though I don’t have bend issue on my iPad Pro 2018.

As of OLED, given how Apple implements OLED, I can hardly say “not going back” especially when I use OLED iPhone XS Max with LCD iPad Pro 2018 all the time and LCD is noticeably easier to the eyes than OLED. I can hardly notice too much difference between them, even in colour vividness.

 

[ruslan120]

1. Having a watch sized device that I can carry around in my pocket, that expands into an iPad when I need it.
2. Being able to mount it in odd positions (i.e. when working out (rowing) to watch races)
3. An Apple Pencil that somehow fits into the device.

 

[Scarboose]

I don't need mouse support, but I would like to able to connect a mouse that then ports into an application that can use it.... like RDP or Shadow.

 

[ruslan120]

I don't need mouse support, but I would like to able to connect a mouse that then ports into an application that can use it.... like RDP or Shadow.

“Full” mouse support is coming with iOS 13.

“Full” = simulating touch and right click to long press (which I think translates to right click in apps like RDP) is 13.1...?

 

[EugW]

128 GB entry level storage
6 GB RAM
Backlit Apple Smart Keyboard Folio

I have an OLED TV, and it's great, but to be honest, I don't care that much about OLED on my iPads and iPhones.

 

[Freakonomics101]

iPadOS being a truly different OS instead of changing the name of iOS and moving the icons around. That’s not a separate OS by any means. I get Apple had to make changes with the iPad, which renaming it is something but they could do a lot better.

 

[harriska2]

I have an ipad 12.9 first gen with pencil. I’m running ipadOS 13.1 public beta and other than the glitches I can’t imagine more perfection. I love it so much I switched from windows to a mac mini and boy can the ipad and mac work together.

The only thing that would make me get a new one is if the new ipad supported health stuff and syncing with a watch so that I could ditch the iphone.

 

[BootLoxes]

1. Improved mouse or trackpad support. What we have in the beta is good but if we got real mouse support or a trackpad that works with all the gestures then that would be a huge bonus.

2. Monitor mode. When connected to a monitor, it will expand to fit either the 16:9 or whatever ultrawides use, and you can turn off the ipad screen when connected or use the monitor as a second screen.Thanks to the current mouse support, I have been connecting it to my monitor and using a bluetooth keyboard and mouse to do so many of my tasks. But the black borders is just such wasted space. I do not need MacOS since all my major video and image editing programs have great apps already (lumafusion and the affinity programs + procreate).

3. A stronger body. I went with the Air 3 over the pros because of how easy the pros are to bend. I travel a lot and use my ipad to do 100% of my work, and use it to edit my videos from my journeys. I need something that I know will not bend on me and so far the Air 3 has been serving me very well.

Basically I want something strong to handle always being out in the town with me, while being able to convert into a full on desktop setup at home. The iPad is so close to being the perfect device for all my needs. Just needs a few minor tweaks.

 

[aevan]

Like all of us, I am super content with my 11” iPad Pro. Nothing new is needed it’s like buying a new car every year it’s just not necessary and any improvements would be negligible at best.
With that said, share with us 3 Features you would like to see in a new iPad Pro that would make you buy a new one.

#1. Full MacOSX operating system compatibility. I know this is a stretch based on how x86 programs for Intel are coded vs Arm based Apps and how that would have to be emulated and run at a performance costs.
#2. 120Hz ProMotion HDR10 OLED Display. I’ll ignore all the OLED burn in issues there’s just no going back to LCD once you’ve tried OLED.
#3. Reinforced tougher aluminum allow possibly 7000 Series aluminum alloy vs 6000 aluminum alloy used now. Same thin profile just a stronger less bendy metal used and internal stress ridges to resist bending.

1. macOS is not designed for touch screens. A “touch screen” version would have to be so redesigned, it would practically be a new OS. Better to just make iPadOS more powerful. Besides, the OS itself is fine, it’s more pro apps that would be more useful. Like a good 3D modeling/sculpting app.

3. It would probably just make the iPad heavier and it would still be bendy. Not sure, ofc, but people just assume there is an easy way to make something thin and light and super resistant at the same time.

 

[BootLoxes]

I have no problem with a thicker ipad. If it is less likely to bend then I am all for it

 

[Kal-037]

Like all of us, I am super content with my 11” iPad Pro. Nothing new is needed it’s like buying a new car every year it’s just not necessary and any improvements would be negligible at best.
With that said, share with us 3 Features you would like to see in a new iPad Pro that would make you buy a new one.

#1. Full MacOSX operating system compatibility. I know this is a stretch based on how x86 programs for Intel are coded vs Arm based Apps and how that would have to be emulated and run at a performance costs.
#2. 120Hz ProMotion HDR10 OLED Display. I’ll ignore all the OLED burn in issues there’s just no going back to LCD once you’ve tried OLED.
#3. Reinforced tougher aluminum allow possibly 7000 Series aluminum alloy vs 6000 aluminum alloy used now. Same thin profile just a stronger less bendy metal used and internal stress ridges to resist bending.

Nah, I worked with OLED for my job for years and while amazing looking, the Sony high end lcds had better detail and color accuracy (just not better whites or blacks.) Again, OLED looks great, but I jump between my Xs max and XR with no issue. Also OLED is currently at 90hz max with software to make it look as good as other technologies.

I want MicroLED and 4K display with 10-bit HDR & Dolby Vision.
Ability to play 120hz 4K HDR/Dolby Vision videos.
8-16GB of RAM option.

that’s about it, but I’m honestly good with the iPad Pros right now. A major RAM and display increase is the only reason I’d get a 2019 or 2020 iPad.
Cause right now, the iPad is perfect, face I’d works as fast as my Touch ID one did, has no stupid home button, has 4 incredible speakers and a beautiful 13” display with perfect sized bezels.

 

[TheRealAlex]

Nah, I worked with OLED for my job for years and while amazing looking, the Sony high end lcds had better detail and color accuracy (just not better whites or blacks.) Again, OLED looks great, but I jump between my Xs max and XR with no issue. Also OLED is currently at 90hz max with software to make it look as good as other technologies.

I want MicroLED and 4K display with 10-bit HDR & Dolby Vision.
Ability to play 120hz 4K HDR/Dolby Vision videos.
8-16GB of RAM option.

that’s about it, but I’m honestly good with the iPad Pros right now. A major RAM and display increase is the only reason I’d get a 2019 or 2020 iPad.
Cause right now, the iPad is perfect, face I’d works as fast as my Touch ID one did, has no stupid home button, has 4 incredible speakers and a beautiful 13” display with perfect sized bezels.

Not sure if you heard, but there’s a phone with a 90hz OLED Display and there’s an ROG Phone 2 with a 120hz OLED Display. As far as OLED in general is concerned Samsung is selling off its old LCD fabrication plants and building new OLED plants.

 

[muzzy996]

Additional usb-c ports, thicker chassis with internal pencil storage so I don’t have to worry about losing a freaking $130 magnetically attached stylus and the liberation of camera roll data so that regular photo and video file browsing can be accomplished in files so app. If the keyboard folio were designed with a pencil loop that still allowed charging that’d be good enough in lieu of the internal pencil storage though... while on the subject of folios why so few color options one year into the new iPP design?

 

[Digitalguy]

128 GB entry level storage
6 GB RAM
Backlit Apple Smart Keyboard Folio

I have an OLED TV, and it's great, but to be honest, I don't care that much about OLED on my iPads and iPhones.

Pretty much the same. Most of the other wishes are unrealistic (2 USB, TB3 etc.) apart from a more robust body, which I would add as a 4th point (but unlikely since it would imply that they were wrong with the 3nd gen), or software related.
To the keyboard point I would add, more lappable, as the 10.5 was (as I mentioned in my post some days ago)

 

[Kal-037]

Not sure if you heard, but there’s a phone with a 90hz OLED Display and there’s an ROG Phone 2 with a 120hz OLED Display. As far as OLED in general is concerned Samsung is selling off its old LCD fabrication plants and building new OLED plants.

Not sure if you are being condescending or not. I wasn’t trying to be coy or glib or sarcastic with you, so hopefully no harsh meanings or anything. . I merely saying that true 120hz isn’t what OLED can do yet do to each pixel having to light up individually. LG, Samsung, and Sony use really cool software feature to make it look just about fast and smooth as LCD. I could tell a difference when I worked at Best Buy, but it wasn’t noticeable to most people. I’m just a crazy video and audiophile where display tech fascinates me. * I honestly think we will get a generation or two of OLED iPads since Apple is under contract to get them from Samsung, and because MicroLED is still a ways away. I’ll stick with my current iPad if the new ones get OLED. lol


Kallum.

 

[EugW]

Nah, I worked with OLED for my job for years and while amazing looking, the Sony high end lcds had better detail and color accuracy (just not better whites or blacks.) Again, OLED looks great, but I jump between my Xs max and XR with no issue. Also OLED is currently at 90hz max with software to make it look as good as other technologies.

What was your job? Many of Sony's professional reference monitors are OLEDs. These are what big movie studios are using to edit and color correct blockbuster movies.

In fact, until last year, all of top end Sony reference monitors were OLEDs. Only last year were they able to create an LCD model to compete in this category.

https://pro.sony/ue_US/products/broadcastpromonitors

Pretty much the same. Most of the other wishes are unrealistic (2 USB, TB3 etc.) apart from a more robust body, which I would add as a 4th point (but unlikely since it would imply that they were wrong with the 3nd gen)

That would not be advertised, nor would it be visible from the outside. It would come as slight changes to the internal shell design, with improved internal bracing in critical spots. They did this with the iPhone 6s for example, and also changed the aluminum alloy at the same time.

 

[MrRabuf]

It's a matter of software and not hardware for me.
1) Real mouse support. No, I don't mean the virtual finger thing they're putting in iPadOS. I mean a real mouse pointer with right-click support, etc. Apple doesn't need to be cute or reinvent the wheel here. Just give us what we've been doing on real computers for decades now. I think it's only a matter of time before we have this since Apple's moving in the direction of allowing the same apps to run on both iPadOS and MacOS. Thus, developers will eventually be adding things like context menu support and whatnot.
2) Real external monitor support. What they have now sucks. It should work like a laptop. For example, I should be able to plug in virtually any resolution monitor and move any app over to it.
3) A Terminal app and give me access to the real file system. Stop holding my hand Apple. I'm a big boy and can handle having full access to the OS.

iPadOS is a step in the right direction but still not nearly good enough yet.

 

[B.A.T]

1) If I could pair an Apple Watch to an iPad and have all the data sync to the iPad I would buy in an instant. I'd also ditch my iPhone.
2) The ability to receive phone calls with a carrier.
3) An iPad only app that correctly predicts winning lottery numbers, natural disasters and the outcomes of college football games.

 

[harriska2]

1) If I could pair an Apple Watch to an iPad and have all the data sync to the iPad I would buy in an instant. I'd also ditch my iPhone.
2) The ability to receive phone calls with a carrier.
3) An iPad only app that correctly predicts winning lottery numbers, natural disasters and the outcomes of college football games.

#1 - Oh yeah! Great minds
#2 - I do that regularly with my ipad pro as long as my cell phone is nearby (see cell settings). In the future it might only require the cell enabled watch.
#3 - LOL

 

[nrvna76]

1) If I could pair an Apple Watch to an iPad and have all the data sync to the iPad I would buy in an instant. I'd also ditch my iPhone.
2) The ability to receive phone calls with a carrier.

I actually hadn’t thought about this but I think a big reason I don’t have an iPad Pro is due to the overlap (redundancy) of my watch and iPhone. If this were possible I think I would also consider ditching the iPhone.

 

[AutomaticApple]

Not three features, but here you go.

128GB base storage option
For the most part, 6GB of RAM across the board (all 1TB models with 8GB of RAM)
Significantly faster A13X processor
7000 series aluminum chassis
Telephoto lens
Third lens for ultra-wide photos and TOF
Improved Face ID