Lol @ "graphic artists". I have minimal uses. I just like taking simple notes with my pro and it's worth it to me. The Apple pencil isn't really some niche device only certain people will enjoy
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Apple Announces 9.7-Inch iPad Pro with Apple Pencil Support, True Tone Display
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I'd buy it too. It will be available in the year 2025, when such specs are commonplace in $99 tablets
Yeah, but people don't just buy tech to enjoy it. They buy it so they can feel good about themselves and they want to be able to say "look at me I have the most current iPad, iPhone etc". Whatever new tech that comes out in a year is never quantum leaps ahead of the last one. It's always these small refinements and nice little features that people whine about "you ripped me off because you didn't include it last year!"
Consumers are annoying to deal with
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I mean...I wouldn't go all doom and gloom just yet, but it is odd as hell that Apple haven't updated the macs in so long. Like they aren't even a priority anymore. Sky lake has been out for quite awhile and MacBook users have been sitting on the same GPU for years. Apple might SAY the Mac is still their passion but they sure as hell don't show it.
Wow.. Thought I saw it incorrectly during the event. This is horrible.
Guess we'll have to wait for WWDC for all the goodies. New Monitor and nMP2016!
Simple solution to the protruding lense / unbalanced back, will be to get a small pack of the clear silicone stick-on pads and place one at the other three corners of the iPad.
I know, it shouldn't have to be a solution, but if you're not going to go with a case that makes up for the protrusion and creates a flat back, it at least is something very inexpensive that can be done.
I know, it shouldn't have to be a solution, but if you're not going to go with a case that makes up for the protrusion and creates a flat back, it at least is something very inexpensive that can be done.
Well they could solve the protruding camera issue by making the ipad thicker, not thinner. It would also allow for better batteries. I wouldn't mind a thicker ipad if it means a non-protruding camera and better batteries. But do you think they would listen?
I don't see the point in a keyboard without a touchpad for controlling a cursor. I don't want to touch the screen for navigation, that's plain stupid.
Apple today announced a new iPad in the iPad Pro family, debuting the 9.7-inch iPad Pro with all of the features of the existing 12.9-inch iPad Pro, including the Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard support. The 9.7-inch iPad Pro even has a few improved features over the 12.9-inch version, including a True Tone display and better rear and front-facing cameras.
Described by Apple's marketing chief Phil Schiller as "the ultimate PC replacement," the 9.7-inch iPad Pro uses the same display components as the 12.9-inch iPad Pro -- custom timing controller, photo alignment, and oxide TFT -- resulting in a display that's 40 percent less reflective and 25 percent brighter than the display in the iPad Air 2. It also has a wider color gamut with 25 percent greater color saturation for more vivid colors. Like the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, the 9.7-inch iPad Pro's display includes support for the Apple Pencil.
Unique to the 9.7-inch iPad Pro is a True Tone display that uses four-channel ambient light sensors to measure the color temperature of the ambient environment, changing the temperature of the tablet's display to match. The feature goes hand-in-hand with Night Shift, the blue light reduction mode in iOS 9.3.
Measuring in at 6.1mm, the 9.7-inch iPad Pro weighs less than a pound. Design wise, it looks like a smaller 12.9-inch iPad Pro, with four speakers for improved audio and a Smart Connector for use with accessories like the new Smart Keyboard. Inside, there's an A9X chip that offers incredible performance and a long battery life, plus there's support for 802.11ac Wi-Fi With MIMO technology, faster LTE advanced, and the Apple SIM to connect to LTE networks while traveling.
The 9.7-inch iPad Pro has an improved 12-megapixel camera, with Focus Pixels for faster focusing, a better image signal processor, advanced noise reduction, and better face detection. It's the same camera used in the iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus, with support for 5K video, 63-megapixel panoramas, and Live Photos. There's also a rear-facing flash, the first flash included in an iPad. Apple has also improved the front-facing camera, introducing a 5-megapixel FaceTime HD camera with a front-facing Retina Flash feature.
The new 9.7-inch iPad Pro comes in four colors: Silver, Gold, Space Gray and Rose Gold. Pricing starts at $599 for 32GB of storage, with 128GB and a new 256GB option available for $749 and $899, respectively. Cellular models are also available in 32GB ($729), 128GB ($879), and 256GB ($1,029) configurations.
The 9.7-inch iPad Pro will be available to order beginning Thursday, March 24, from Apple.com, and in Apple's retail stores, through select carriers and Apple Authorized Resellers on Thursday, March 31, in Australia, Canada, China (Wi-Fi models only), France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Singapore, the UK, US Virgin Islands and the US.
The Apple Pencil for the 9.7-inch iPad Pro continues to be available for $99. The Smart Keyboard designed for the smaller tablet is priced at $149.
Apple is continuing to sell the 9.7-inch iPad Air 2, dropping the price to $399, and the company has added a new 12.9-inch iPad with 256GB of storage for $1,099 for Wi-Fi only and $1,229 for Wi-Fi + Cellular.
Article Link: Apple Announces 9.7-Inch iPad Pro with Apple Pencil Support, True Tone Display
...not to mention the extra tech in the screen to make the Pencil work so brilliantly. ;-)
I would think the point of the keyboard would be for typing. But what do I know
Not even close. The 2GB extra ram is like $2-$4, Speaker the same, extra 16GB NAND $3.
...But Tim Cook's Mac was replaced with an iPad...and he can do all his CEO'ing from it just fine...so yah, it's a total PC replacement if he can do it.
He's got Angry Birds for those days when those pesky FBI agents frustrates him he can sit back and flip the bird at those pigs.
He also has a Barney and [Apple Team] Friends app so he can watch Eddy Cue sing his next praise on iTunes.
And a Steve Jobs bobble head app he can stare at and tell who's boss now.
/s (only kidding of course)
Everyone here is forgetting the fact that Apple did not mention the battery life of the new 9.7 inch iPad Pro and how thin it is and the display resolution!
Makes me wonder will the battery life stay the same?? 10 Hour battery life?? And what is the display resolution in the new 9.7inch iPad Pro??
Makes me wonder will the battery life stay the same?? 10 Hour battery life?? And what is the display resolution in the new 9.7inch iPad Pro??
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I have the larger ipad pro and mouse support is very much needed especially if you are like me and use PowerPoint often to make presentations, without a mouse on ios it's just inconvenient and cumbersome to even use it for editing presentations. I'm sure the op is trying to ask himself how the iPad could be a laptop replacement without mouse support, I have my days when I ask this too...
I did not see on Apple's web site where is states that the 9.7 has 4gig of ram...or maybe I missed it somehow which is possible. If it does have such...I agree with your take on the upgrade. As for me from an iPad Air 1, it is a no brainer if one likes to have advanced equipment.
Everyone here is forgetting the fact that Apple did not mention the battery life of the new 9.7 inch iPad Pro and how thin it is and the display resolution!
Makes me wonder will the battery life stay the same?? 10 Hour battery life?? And what is the display resolution in the new 9.7inch iPad Pro??
Battery life with the smart keyboard connected and the bluetooth apple pencil connected would be interesting....they should release this information unless something is wrong. ..
Everyone here is forgetting the fact that Apple did not mention the battery life of the new 9.7 inch iPad Pro and how thin it is and the display resolution!
Makes me wonder will the battery life stay the same?? 10 Hour battery life?? And what is the display resolution in the new 9.7inch iPad Pro??
Specs are listed
2048-by-1536 resolution at 264 pixels per inch (ppi)
All models
- Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi‐Fi, watching video, or listening to music
- Charging via power adapter or USB to computer system
- Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using cellular data network
