I'd say they should stick to the $599 price level of the current 9.7" iPad Pro. Two consecutive $100 price increases in following years would be too much.
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A 10.5-Inch iPad Pro Could Match the 12.9-Inch Model's Resolution and the iPad Mini's Pixel Density
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Same resolution as 12.9-inch?
So the new future "mini" size with the same resolution will be what? 8.3-inch?
So the new future "mini" size with the same resolution will be what? 8.3-inch?
This 10.5" model is starting to sound like my ideal iPad. Getting excited about it.
Good to know I wasn't the only one who enjoyed that caption.
I'm envisioning a MacBook Pro situation, where depending on the test it could last 15 hours or only like 5.
Just going by the past iPad releases, I'm pretty sure every single one has been rated at 10 hours. I don't think Apple would dare shorten that now. They'll just go as thin as they can to still keep the same 10 hours.
Hopefully the 12 will see a resolution and pixel bump as well. I have no desire to go back to a 10 inch screen
And are you angry beyond belief that the Mac Pro hasn't been updated in 3 years?
Which makes you madder: rapid progress or lack of progress?
Just curious what people use their iPads for.. I've had a few and still struggle to find a good use for them. The most useful application I've seen it for so far is for my dad to use maps with. That's about it. Everything else I can do on my phone.
Well to be fair, not ALWAYS. Sorry Mac Mini and Mac Pro fans.
We'll shall see!
Most likely this is true and would make sense.
Well there's still hope for the iMac, but the Mac mini and Mac Pro...
The Mac Pro is a mess. They have prototypes, plans, and probably different designs. They are waiting on certain components but they could have released an upgrade by now.
There is no excuse for the Mac mini. It still sells and that good enough for Tim Cook. Not for everyone else though
...are a mess. It's very arrogant of Apple to still be selling the Mac Pro (and Mac mini) at the price it was at it's original release.
One difference between iPads and MacBooks is that very few people use applications on the iPad that peg the CPU for significant amounts of time. Thus, the number of people that get battery life significantly shorter than the advertised 10 hours is pretty small.
I think that was an anomaly caused by the larger pro being released before the smaller pro and will likely be rectified when the new lineup is announced in the spring. The differentiation will just be between the regular and pro lines, with both sizes in the pro line having the same features (other than screen size of course...)
No, it's a separate beast, 12.9 will be upgraded to at least the old 9.7, or the same as the 10.5be the perfect in between size for me
guessing no upgraded 12.9 then just the 10.5
So,
- Bigger screen + less space used by interface, better and more compact on screen keyboard.
- Finest display, with better contrast and P3 color, + true tone and improve anti reflecting coating
- No bigger than my iPad
- 4 speaker
- Apple pencil
- A keyboard cover that does not tranform the iPad into someting bigger than a macbook
- I should add more powerfull, but for now I don't push my iPad to its limit...
Seems a great improvement from my iPad air 2
- Bigger screen + less space used by interface, better and more compact on screen keyboard.
- Finest display, with better contrast and P3 color, + true tone and improve anti reflecting coating
- No bigger than my iPad
- 4 speaker
- Apple pencil
- A keyboard cover that does not tranform the iPad into someting bigger than a macbook
- I should add more powerfull, but for now I don't push my iPad to its limit...
Seems a great improvement from my iPad air 2
The 12.9 iPad Pro has the perfect resolution for reading e.g. journals and working with office documents (eg. big excel files with many rows) at a reasonable distance. If you shrink that to 10.5" with the resolution of the iPad Mini you have to hold it much closer which seems uncomfortable and hard to overview for a still large 10.5" iPad. This might be O.K with the Mini or with a phone which are used much closer to the face. This is even more a problem if your eyes are getting more farsighted with increasing age.
Additionally I cannot image that Apple sells two iPads with the same resolution and different sizes....
Additionally I cannot image that Apple sells two iPads with the same resolution and different sizes....
What is the problem with the icon grid ? It is a simple and efficient launcher. When you are using an iPad, you are supposed to spend time into applications, not with the launcher on screen.
ME!! I want an iPad Pro, that is smaller than the 12.9" one, but that also is it's technological twin, not a little brother.
Pretty sure he/she partially just meant the spacing between icons is way too large on the iPads with IOS - especially the larger iPad Pro. There may be other complaints about IOS suggested in his/her posting, but who cares - get Android or whatever works for you. I agree, let me have more icons on the iPad launcher, but it's a minor nuisance.
Looking forward to this upgrade - 10.x" iPad Pro for me. My iPad Air 2 would replace my wife's aging 5-yr old MacBook Air 11". For anyone looking for an iPad, the Air 2 is terrific when discounted - two years old and still very quick.
As to having a USB-C port or USB-C and Lightning together - seems very unlikely at this point. Maybe next refresh cycle. However, if there were to be a Lightning to USB-C adapter available for the latest iPad Pro and iPhone7 that would be fine with me.