Per Apple's website, it is not laminated.
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Apple Launches New 9.7-Inch iPad With Apple Pencil Support, $299 for Schools and $329 for Consumers
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Per Apple's website, it is not laminated.
Just check the „compare“ page
No laminated display, no anti reflex, no promotion, no truetone, no widecolor
I think that's why they are positioning this as an educational device. Because students would find the bezels useful, and ordinary consumers would demand form over function.
I'm super-interested. Great price to push me into upgrading from my aging iPad 2.
Frankly, for as long as I've owned it, the iPad 2 has been good enough for the light noodling around that we do with it. The addition of TouchID is welcome, as swipe-to-unlock feels so outdated now; and Apple Pencil/Logitech Crayon support is a bonus. (plus, of course, being able to run the current iOS, since the iPad 2 maxed out at iOS 9!)
I've kinda wanted to upgrade for a few years, but each incremental update -- a little faster, a little crisper, a little smaller -- never felt like a big jump compared to moving from the original iPad to the 2. And like I said, I never really stressed my iPad anyway.
Now, though, it's got all the pieces to feel like it's on par with my other iDevices, and daggone, its price is SO much lower than my 2 was.
Frankly, for as long as I've owned it, the iPad 2 has been good enough for the light noodling around that we do with it. The addition of TouchID is welcome, as swipe-to-unlock feels so outdated now; and Apple Pencil/Logitech Crayon support is a bonus. (plus, of course, being able to run the current iOS, since the iPad 2 maxed out at iOS 9!)
I've kinda wanted to upgrade for a few years, but each incremental update -- a little faster, a little crisper, a little smaller -- never felt like a big jump compared to moving from the original iPad to the 2. And like I said, I never really stressed my iPad anyway.
Now, though, it's got all the pieces to feel like it's on par with my other iDevices, and daggone, its price is SO much lower than my 2 was.
The previous price for school was $289, so $299 is actually more expensive? I would have thought they will retain the same school price.
Still waiting to see if it is an laminated display.
Still 32GB?
What else? Books? The whole event cant be just a new iPad.
Still waiting to see if it is an laminated display.
Still 32GB?
What else? Books? The whole event cant be just a new iPad.
Right, that was established in the article and by many others throughout this thread.
Kocking previous 9.7 Pros valuation into the dumpster. Probably a good time for an ipad fan to pick up a nice 9.7 Pro.
Individual Students price is $309 for the 32gb WiFi and $89 for the pencil. AC+ is $69 (came out to $507.28 with tax for me). I'll probably bite, but not happy I spent almost $1500 on a similar combo for the 12.9" iPP last year. That said, Mom needs a new iPad badly. So if I do jump, she'll inherit my 12.9" iPP. It will be a nice change for her, she needs something bigger anyway.
My prediction for new Mac Mini.
- 16 Core AMD Threadripper
- 4TB PCI Storage
- 64 GB Ram
- GTX 1080 Ti Graphics Card
Yeah, that's not going to be the experience of the iPad Pro, for sure.
Also no keyboard, no mouse support, no support for external monitors (and small screen to begin with), no access to desktop software, extremely limited connectivity for doing things like flashing a Raspberry Pi SD card, pretty much no multitasking, etc...
I don't see the point, really. Being able to draw isn't in itself enough.
Makes the current iPad Pros quite overpriced.
You pay almost double to get a fancier display with a bit more screen real estate.
Crazy.
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You pay almost double to get a fancier display with a bit more screen real estate.
Crazy.
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1st gen touch ID... let me repeat that, 1st gen touch ID... wtf are they smoking in apple? What the hell?
I drew and painted an illustration for a vinyl cover, with Procreate on a 10.5" iPad Pro. It is now on the cover of thousands of copies. Granted, there are Photoshopping and of course InDesign layout afterwards on an actual Mac, but point is that a specific part of workflow actually works on an iPad Pro. I actually also own a Wacom Intuos Pro Large so I could have started the whole thing on the Mac and stay there. But I found the iPad Pro a better tool for this. Not being desk-bound so I could do it over different places, the ability to draw directly on screen, and also the 120/240Hz response helped the creation process.
Why would having GPS on a non-LTE model be a buying decision factor? Without LTE, you would assume that the iPad will mostly be kept close to a stationary WiFi network.
$329 Consumers / $299 Schools
A Schools discount in buying bulk iPads is only $30?
Thats kinda sad. Getting the Apple name in Education has so many long term benefits and is part of what created some of its biggest Apple fans.
A Schools discount in buying bulk iPads is only $30?
Thats kinda sad. Getting the Apple name in Education has so many long term benefits and is part of what created some of its biggest Apple fans.
No.
iPad History:
iPad Air -> iPad Air 2 -> iPad Pro 9.7 -> iPad Pro 10.5
iPad Air -> iPad 2017 -> iPad 2018
iPad 2018 is heavier and thicker than iPad Air 2 with a worse screen. The only advantage is speed and price.
If I were you, I would to buy a second hand iPad Pro 10.5.
It's roughly a 10% discount, which is around what Apple's education discount has historically been. It just seems like nothing because it's 10% of a $300 price tag, versus 10% of a $2000 price tag.
i think its great that apple is pushing education... but i just did a post grad and studied a lot....i had an ipad pro. it was next to useless. Old school as it may seem, nothing beats pen and paper for note taking and a real laptop for writing essays.
I tried so hard to make it work, tried pretty well every app and I found nothing, even with the pencil, comes close to the efficiency of old school notetaking with real pen and paper. I didn't have a smart keyboard but used a bluetooth apple keyboard... word processing and excel is a lot slower when you have to touch the screen to make adjustments. A laptop still wins.
also, pen + paper is a lot less distracting than a full fledged entertainment/procrastination machine disguised as an education tool.
I tried so hard to make it work, tried pretty well every app and I found nothing, even with the pencil, comes close to the efficiency of old school notetaking with real pen and paper. I didn't have a smart keyboard but used a bluetooth apple keyboard... word processing and excel is a lot slower when you have to touch the screen to make adjustments. A laptop still wins.
also, pen + paper is a lot less distracting than a full fledged entertainment/procrastination machine disguised as an education tool.
Although I don't think it helps Apple's position in the educational market, I think this new iPad is a terrific value. Depending upon what Apple does with the iPad Mini (or doesn't do), I am seriously considering replacing my 12.9 iPad Pro with this.
Apple was out of glue....
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Check the comparison better...