It's just frustrating. Apple phones absolutely destroyed anything on the market for a long time. Not all Android models are equal so I can't speak for the entire market, but IMHO there are just so many phones that offer so much more for so much cheaper. Apple seems to be releasing a lot of hardware that is just sub par and then trying to sell us on software ecosystem. That's pretty much standard Apple procedure. But when you look at the Android store and see the same top apps, you kinda scratch your head. There isn't much that is exclusive and without a peer in the Android world. It's just kinda baffling when you take a step back.
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9.7-inch iPad Pro and iPhone SE Both Have 2GB RAM
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Probably not, but by iOS 11 you will be. RAM is usually what has been killing older iOS devices with newer versions of iOS. The flash ram is faster on the newer devices vs the Air2, but since the Air2 and Air3 are both brought down by USB 2.0 it won't make much difference.
I was dead set on placing an order for a loaded 256gb Air 3 with LTE, but the 12.9 is looking better now as it's much more future proof with double the ram.
Yea, I have no problem with android's apps, etc. With the tablet though there were a lot of apps not optimized for tablets. Kind of like tablets are the red headed stepchild of android. The pure I have is half the price of a 6s plus and I like it better than ios. I don't like marshmallow so son't know where that is going.
I mostly use the ipad for playing around, games, etc. and just surfing the internet. Possibly a chromebook in the future and dropping ios completely as I was going to do with the shield. I'm running a mac mini, will have to see if they keep messing up that line or not or even if they keep it. If they drop it and the macbook air line then I am priced out of mac's.
This is sad, I TOTALLY understand why lots of posters are disappointed. I was considering the iPP 9.7 until this news was leaked. I mean seriously, how can Apple call this an IPP with only 2gb of Ram? So that means my iPA2 is sorta "PRO" because it has the same 2gb of ram??? My bad, I meant my IPAD AIR "PRO" 2! Whats up with Apple these days??? SMH 
The 128 gb ipad pro is still a true pro in my book...I have over 1 TB of cloud space from various cloud providers and don't even touch my ipad pro memory...thanks
One year ago the iPhone flagship had 1 Gb of RAM ... Today the iPad Pro is doomed because it has 2 Gb of ram.
Only on MacRumors this hysteria can exist.
Completely underwhelmed with the 9.7 pro. No USB 3.0 chip (even if there isn't much in the ecosystem to support it). 2 gb of RAM for a pro device? Same as my iPhone 6s? Seriously?
I would just like to know who the ******s are that are using the camera on the iPad, because I don't think I've really ever used it on any of my iPads. if Apple was going to spend a little more on the 9.7 Pro, the camera would be my least important upgrade.
I'm going to be keeping my iPad Air in service for another upgrade cycle. The Pencil and Keyboard really doesn't expand my use cases for a new device and the hardware is lacking. I do like the idea of a 256gb iPad, but not with USB 2.0 speeds. I think it's also telling that while the larger pro gets a new cable that will allow for faster charging, the 9.7 isn't supported.
I would just like to know who the ******s are that are using the camera on the iPad, because I don't think I've really ever used it on any of my iPads. if Apple was going to spend a little more on the 9.7 Pro, the camera would be my least important upgrade.
I'm going to be keeping my iPad Air in service for another upgrade cycle. The Pencil and Keyboard really doesn't expand my use cases for a new device and the hardware is lacking. I do like the idea of a 256gb iPad, but not with USB 2.0 speeds. I think it's also telling that while the larger pro gets a new cable that will allow for faster charging, the 9.7 isn't supported.
Yeah, here's hoping that Apple will make an even bigger phone than the iPhone 6s Plus some day.
Yup, thank goodness for the ignore buttonSorry to bum you out, but the incessant complaining will never, ever cease here.
Your logic seems to be flawed. "I'm not going to buy an iPad that is a vast improvement, in every way, on the one I've been using for four years because the specs don't match a more expensive iPad that I never intended to buy."
Don't forget the price hike on the Pro, you can get an Air 2 for $200 less now. And 1GB of RAM was pitiful on the iPhone 6. iPad sales are steadily decreasing and this new Pro isn't going to change that IMO. The average Apple consumer will buy the Air 2 instead.
They are the regular consumers, the one's who don't hang out on tech forums, and they don't even know what storage or ram or any of that stuff is, and they don't care. I work in wireless and when I ask someone what storage size they want on their new iPhone, the most common response is "I didn't know that there were different options."
People don't give a damn that the newest 9.7 inch iPad will start at 100 dollars more. Once you tell them that they get twice the internal storage, better speakers, a faster processor, and support for an Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard, they will feel that they are actually getting a lot more for that extra 100 bucks. Personally, I don't really get the outrage regarding the 599 entry price.
Yes but less then the iphone for that specific model, but il probaly take one thats not protuding at all.
The problem with that is the 6s plus at 64gb costs about 1100.00 us here so a larger phone that costs over a hundred more only puts another phone unaffordable to me. The 6s 64gb is about a thousand and a 16gb phone would not be near enough.
Only 6% of the people here have apple products and that's any apple product. I never see any and that's because even older models still being sold are expensive.
The se may make some difference but I pretty much never see anyone with a 4" phone so who knows. The price is not up for it but even the 16gb is 400.00 which is really not bad, but it will probably be between 5 and 600.00 here and only a small percentage of people, something like 10%, have contracts with their phones. Most save up and buy the phone then pay as you go for maybe 10.00 or less us a month. That or buy through coppel, etc. Where they tack several hundred in interest to the phone.
Just noting why apple is out of the reach of most here.
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That's absolutely not true.The issue is it didn't retain ANY tab.
I can keep 4/6 tabs on both my iPad Mini 4 or iPhone 6S without any reloads.
... that still have half the ram of the new iPad Pro, and just a fraction of its processing power.
SO, this new Pro:
1. Has less memory (2gb for a productivity device??)
2. Slower USB despite having a better camera
3. Camera wart
Remember when Apple made the very best devices they could within the constraints of best technologies and economics?
This device feels like it was dreamt up on some MBA spreadsheet.
I'm an intense iPad user at the office, but leaning towards skipping this upgrade.
1. Has less memory (2gb for a productivity device??)
2. Slower USB despite having a better camera
3. Camera wart
Remember when Apple made the very best devices they could within the constraints of best technologies and economics?
This device feels like it was dreamt up on some MBA spreadsheet.
I'm an intense iPad user at the office, but leaning towards skipping this upgrade.
I'm more happy that it has 2gb of RAM so I don't hear the incessant complaining.
Yeah, cuz it's 2GB of Pro RAM.
iPad sales have been dropping steadily at the current price points. Do you think raising the price is going to increase sales?
Lol. I guess I wasn't clear. An SE for my son. Wife seems to want one too to replace her 6s. Part of me wonders if she should just get this and the boy can receive the 6s. Won't matter to him what he gets lol.
I feel so happy since I just got the iPad Pro 12.9 few weeks ago, which I do love a lot. That said I will keep my iPad Air 2 on side for other things. Yes!
And you must be the educated customer, right ?
Actually as of today apps don't even take advantage of 2 Gb, if not for multiple tabs on Safari....
But people here has to pump up the hysteria....
Only you're not getting twice the internal storage. Your getting half of what you would get on an Air 2 at $499.