Why do those larger tablets always have to be the extremely expensive ones? I am sure there is a market for a mid range tablet with a large screen. Imagine someone just wants it to watch videos.
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Apple Apparently 'Got Close' to Launching a 14-Inch iPad This Year
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Went from the 12 to the 11, best decision ever.
The 11 is the perfcet size, and with external display you can have the extra room when you need it.
The 11 is the perfcet size, and with external display you can have the extra room when you need it.
It’s not clear if that will be the case with the Pencil 2. Maybe it will need a Pencil 3 to make a landscape camera compatible with inductive pencil charging.
Is that the non-Pro version of the Vision Pro?
Would agree, but the things left for the iPad which it does best all of devices is: 1. reading magazines / newspapers and 2. watching movies on the road / train if internet connection is questionable (as unfortunately, you can't pre-download offline Netflix, Hulu, Disney, HBO Max etc. on MacOS).
Staying an additional iPad user mainly for those two user cases.
How would you even use an iPad this big? The current 12.9 is already too unwieldy for me. Put it on a swivel arm?
A 14-inch iPad and only iPadOS, a match made in hell...
The Samsung 14.6” tablet actually has less pixels (about 125k pixels or 2.2% less) than the iPad 12.9”, due to lower DPI. And that’s what drives the panel yield and hence the cost.
At the same DPI and aspect ratio, panel yield drops quadratically with increased diagonal (because pixel count increases quadratically). They could go with a lower resolution, but that wouldn’t be Apple, and might also require separate production lines.
“Got close” - only by Gurman…
I have no doubt that Apple is experimenting with different size iPads but also the same with MacBooks… but this, only thing I have is rolling my eyes
I have no doubt that Apple is experimenting with different size iPads but also the same with MacBooks… but this, only thing I have is rolling my eyes
At that point it would probably be better off as a new line (iBook?) which is designed to be used docked primarily, with a more MacOS-like interface, but which could switch to a more iOS-like interface when undocked. iPadOS as-is would be wasted on a really large powerful device like that, and making it more desktop-friendly would likely undermine the tablet experience for those of us who just want what the current iPad lineup offers.
I would buy one. But first when it can run MacOS.
iPadOS has to many constraints for my productivity workflow. I love the pencil for some photo retouching tasks. But file management on iPad is terrible.
iPadOS has to many constraints for my productivity workflow. I love the pencil for some photo retouching tasks. But file management on iPad is terrible.
My iPad Pro is my favorite and most used, least essential device.
Hopefully Apple just waits until the 14” OLED iPad is ready instead of releasing a 13” OLED iPad first.
At that size, I would LOVE if it magnetically attached to a stand and served as an external display for a Mac. Then, can grab it when hitting the road and have a giant iPad.
Edit: should add, to spare others the time required to reply… This is already possible (thanks for the course-correct @darngooddesign). Funnier - I do this with my mini. 🤪 As you were.
Edit: should add, to spare others the time required to reply… This is already possible (thanks for the course-correct @darngooddesign). Funnier - I do this with my mini. 🤪 As you were.
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This is where I’m at. I have an iPad air 3 and I can’t justify upgrading it when I can just get a larger iPhone. As odd as it sounds, I never take my iPad when I travel. It’s always my phone and MBP.
I think iPads are done for anything but niche use cases (pilots carrying their publications, artists drawing, POS systems…). Funny because it’s the exact opposite of what Apple wanted to happen a few years ago.
Pro and Pro Max makes it easy to go mobile. And Macs are far more capable, people still love them even though they neglected and abused the line for years.
Considering you can use the existing iPads as external Mac displays, a larger one would do that as well.
I would love a 20-27' iPad at the wall in my kitchen.
I bet it will come, in a not to far future.
I bet it will come, in a not to far future.
Well it is essential for those who use foreflight. The iPad shines wherever theres a technical manual that could be digitally replaced or a large navigation screen is needed. Other than that it’s the starter device for most children 10 and younger to keep them mind numbingly occupied 😂 its practicality is dwarfed by apples other products you mentioned. Certainly a 14” screen would be overkill. i guess for using the Apple pen it works well too but that hardly justifies the purchase.
How do you know it's too big? The best you can say is that it's too big for you – but other people use their devices rather differently from you. Those of us with poor eyes, for example, will put up with the inconvenience of a larger size for the ability to see more pixels.
Whether it's iPhone Mini or 16" macBook, I don't understand this obsession with telling other people they need to use the same devices I use in the same way use them!
Same for me. The alternative to an M1 Air would be the iPad Pro 12.9" with the magic keyboard. Much more expensive, heavier, less stable, worse keyboard and trackpad, and limited OS. Never understood the point of tablets. Only thing that makes sense is if you want to draw/write.
It seems to me that the only practical ways to use a 16-inch iPad would be as a laptop replacement with Magic Keyboard or as an external monitor for something like a Mac Mini. Which is fine. I used to have a 12.9-inch iPad Pro. I kept it about a year and traded down to an 11-inch Pro because it was too heavy for handheld use. More recently, I’ve been using a 10th-generation iPad most of the time and an iPad Mini in bed. Both have enough power for what I use a tablet for these days.
iPad needs bezel, especially to hold more comfortably as tablet reader.
Hardware is important, but I (and I guess a majority of the millions of people who buy it) like the iPad mainly because of iPadOS.