It's a new option just for the iPhone 17 series and Air.
I was hoping it would make its way to the iPad but I guess not yet.
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It's a new option just for the iPhone 17 series and Air.
I was hoping it would make its way to the iPad but I guess not yet.
It's there on my iPhone Air but not on my M5 iPad Pro. It's likely the same exact screen as the M4.
I got a test of the 512 from a youtuber: READ: 5069 MB/s, WRITE: 1815 MB/S.thanks teh_hunterer. half the speed of the larger models. speeds are very similar to the new 256gb modules in the iPhone air (which are 2x faster than the ones found in the 256 pro)
could someone on a 512gb test pls
Do you have link to that YouTuber? The write speed seems to be way off with that 512gb.
Micro Center has $100 off 11” models and $130 off 13” models.
my local Micro Center has $200 off on the M4 Pro models, tempting. or i can just buy from Costco now and with their 90 day return policy i can always return it and get a discounted one during BF sale.
Yeah. Those number have to be inaccurate.
Another users in tested their 256 GB and got Read 3413 & Write 2426
Those numbers are not accurate.
[https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-results.2469576/?post=34241102#post-34241102]
The video attached DOES NOT show the iPads's SSD speeds. Only that of the MacBook Pro M5.
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Just got mine today. An iPhone 15PM + iPad Air trade in later, an 11in 256gb cellular for a shade over 500. What's been apparent so far is the fluidity of the screen and the sound quality. Promising stuff from a former Air owner. Will give it a road test running Lightroom with DNG + CR2 raw files soon.
thanks teh_hunterer. half the speed of the larger models. speeds are very similar to the new 256gb modules in the iPhone air (which are 2x faster than the ones found in the 256 pro)
could someone on a 512gb test pls
Honestly, unless you're doing large transfers to/from an equally fast drive, the IOPS and latency are probably more important for day to day use.
It’s beauteous. Also loving the MOFT dynamic folio and the magnet strength is good. I think a lot of people must’ve tried to use the wrong model for their iPad, ie 12.9 case with a 13” m4/5 ipad or vice versa
I got mine (13 inch 256GB Silver) with cellular (Verizon) delivered today. I’m trading in my M2 pro 11 inch. I gotta say this new one is much faster and lighter! I love the big display!
Got mine today. It’s my first pro. The display is something else. Slightly underwhelmed by the speakers - seems like they still can't beat physics.
But man, is ipadOS 26 buggy on this device. I’ve been constantly running into bugs, visual glitches and lags, starting even with 2 glitches during the setup process. From drawing the pencil's line in Notes 2cm above the pencil until I "recalibrate" by using it in anoher app, to UI elements left behind when moving windows to even windows crashing. It’s far better on my old ipad air 3, but, naturally slower. otoh, slowness that works vs. bugs you have to mitigate by restarting/minimizing apps doesn't really make a difference in speed when using the UI, it's even a slightly worse UX, imho. I guess it's lack of optimization for the new GPU that causes this. Never experienced this in this magnitude with an Apple product, not even close - feels like an early beta. Hoping for software updates, but it's still kinda embarassing and not up to the standards of a supposedly release-ready OS.
(illustration of one of the - harmless - visual glitches during setup - info about usage of personal data overlaid over code input field. reflection of weird guy for scale )
But man, is ipadOS 26 buggy on this device. I’ve been constantly running into bugs, visual glitches and lags, starting even with 2 glitches during the setup process. From drawing the pencil's line in Notes 2cm above the pencil until I "recalibrate" by using it in anoher app, to UI elements left behind when moving windows to even windows crashing. It’s far better on my old ipad air 3, but, naturally slower. otoh, slowness that works vs. bugs you have to mitigate by restarting/minimizing apps doesn't really make a difference in speed when using the UI, it's even a slightly worse UX, imho. I guess it's lack of optimization for the new GPU that causes this. Never experienced this in this magnitude with an Apple product, not even close - feels like an early beta. Hoping for software updates, but it's still kinda embarassing and not up to the standards of a supposedly release-ready OS.
(illustration of one of the - harmless - visual glitches during setup - info about usage of personal data overlaid over code input field. reflection of weird guy for scale
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