9.7" iPad Pro's 'Excellent' Display is 'Major Upgrade' Over iPad Air 2

[xmichaelp]

$100 price increase still unacceptable!

It's not a price increase. The iPad Pro 9.7 is a new product.

Anyways, it's more than worth it. Just get a 399 iPad Air 2 if you can't handle the price.

 

[dannys1]

....what?

Do you lack reading comprehension? You're suggesting that a LONG press executes a SHORT cut - can you not see the irony there?

 

[MaulRx]

Do you lack reading comprehension? You're suggesting that a LONG press executes a SHORT cut - can you not see the irony there?

Does the fact that it may be a little ironic negate their ability to do it? Not in the slightest. It doesn't take all that long to bring up the little wiggly icon to move them, a simple toggle im settings could let the user decide if such an action allowed for the movement of the icons or for the quick menu to pop up. We are talking about a second at the most, not calendar days.

Or do you lack time comprehension?

 

[the8thark]

What is the fascination with OLED?

http://www.displaymate.com/iPad_Pro9_ShootOut_1.htm#Table
http://www.displaymate.com/OLED_Tablet_ShootOut_1.htm#Table

If someone tells us then we'll both know. All I see here is one damn amazing iPad screen here. The world's best in many categories according to displaymate.

 

[Yebubbleman]

I don't own a mini just considering getting one and would rather wait for a new one. Did Jonny Ive not push for the mini but Jobs said 9.7" was the only tablet size? That's what I read.

The Pro larger one surely has to be updated but they could wait until next year. Perhaps we will see if they release an iPad in the fall Apple don't seem to stick to regular release Windows anymore.

Back in 2012, there was a flurry of competition for mini tablets. They were, for a time, much more popular than their larger counterparts. This was why the iPad mini existed. With the rise of phablets, like the iPhone Plus and Galaxy Note phones, this has died down substantially. The iPad mini was Apple trying to enter the fight, albeit a little late, despite having arguably the best product in the contest. Now, in 2016, mini tablets hardly matter. They never get as good specs as their larger brethren or the current generation phones made by the same company. Again, I would be surprised if Apple did release a successor to the iPad mini 4.

Also, in response to an earlier post of yours, the iPad Air 2 is riddled with display problems. I'm currently on my fourth unit from Apple. My dad and sister both have iPad Air 2 units with bad displays as well. Just about every unit I encounter at a store even has some problem with display distortion or backlighting. How it passed through QC, I will never know. I'm honestly considering selling it, not because I feel the need to upgrade to the 9.7" iPad Pro, but because I have what is clearly an AppleCare ticking time bomb. A total shame as it is otherwise the best full sized iPad that I have ever owned by far.

 

[thadoggfather]

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I made an account just to respond to this. I just returned the iPad Pro 9.7 for an air 2, upgrading from an iPad 4th gen. The IPP 9.7 screen is not as advertised, and after some reflection, and thinking. It probably has to do with diminishing revenue from tablets. It's not even better than the 4th gen screen. It has a warmer tone option, it's not an advanced amazing technology. It's basically the same as the auto brightness setting, just for color. While that's nice to have. It doesn't objectively make the screen better.

Now, that's not why I returned it, there's a big problem with the screens refresh rate that can be seen when scrolling through text, and watching video, 60fps doesn't look like 60. Lots of ghosting and blur. The text is supper fuzzy when scrolling. Basically, the iPad pro's screen is slightly marginally better if you prefer warmer colors in a static image, but when motion starts anywhere, this is the worst iPad out of all. I'm pretty sure they cut corners and made the variable refresh rate seem like a feature, when overall it's way, way worse.

For anyone questioning the source of this, which is my experience. I'm a competitive street fighter player that has to be able to perceive and react to 1-3 frame Windows, during 60 fps. I have a 1 ms display which displays motion extremely well. The IPP 9.7 inch in motion is just plain bad. When I returned it, the very nice lady even said "wow" because she could see it too. Problem is the average consumer doesn't understand that and will just say "X" feature is better because I was told so. Kind of sad, I was looking forward to using the pencil a bit, but there's no way that price justifies Apple cutting this many corners.

Corporate shenanigans at its best here folks, Apple has changed. They were more trustworthy when they were at the top of innovation, now it seems they have resorted to maintaining a number at the cost of your wallet and experience.

is this what displaymate is talking about where refresh rate drops for static images to make power efficiency same?

"The iPad Pro 9.7 has a wider native DCI-P3 Color Gamut, which is typically less power efficient than the narrower sRGB / Rec.709 Color Gamut of the iPad Air 2. However, the iPad Pro 9.7 has a higher conductivity Metal Oxide Backplane, which increases the light throughput and further improves its Power Efficiency. The iPad Pro 9.7 display also uses a lower refresh rate when the images remain static (like during our power measurements). These effects all counter-balance one another, so the iPad Air 2 and iPad Pro 9.7 in the end have the same overall Power Efficiency."