Brilliant ads, I really like these
for most average computer users, the iPad Pro can replace a PC.
Man people don't get the point of these ads. They're not for geeks. They're not for people that read tech sites. They're for average consumers who are probably rocking some old Windows PC and wouldn't know the first thing about tethering from their phone. Said another way, these ads aren't for people who post to MacRumors.Bad ads. The humor isn't very funny and the selling points are pretty weak.
Better Than A Computer:
About speed: It's faster than most laptops if you compare it to a laptop that's either cheap or old. Make a valid comparison (a new laptop in a similar price range) and the iPad Pro is not very powerful.
About LTE: Doesn't come standard, and considering it's $130 upfront, requires a separate data plan and you can easily tether from your phone's LTE for free, the LTE version isn't very attractive for consumers (who these ads are targeted at).
About it having a touchscreen: almost all devices besides Macs have one nowadays. And Apple is trying to steal sales from buyers of relatively cheap Windows laptops, not Mac buyers. Those usually have touchscreens as well.
That's your opinion. Anyway I'll bet most users of Windows PCs are using them more for consumption (YouTube, Facebook, web browsing, movie watching) than productivity. Apple just threw in an ad about Office because it's the most well known PC software and a lot of people feel they have to have it on their computer.Honestly, working on my iPad reduces productivity, slows me down. Only half as good as working on laptop or desktop. iPad is consumption, not creation or productivity if time is an issue.
Maybe, its a capable machine, at least for video editing.Were these ads made on an iPad Pro?
You're not serious are you?Maybe, its a capable machine, at least for video editing.
Weak adverts. But Tim Cook seems to love the iPad Pro more than the Mac.
Strange time to make new iPad Pro adverts when the line up of iPads should be refreshed soon. Unless they are trying to get rid of excess old supply.
No one is a person anymore. Red pill or blue pill?Without speaking to the quality of the ads, I am confused about why people are holding up their own tweets. I know it's supposed to signify them sending the tweets, but wouldn't it make just as much sense if they were just standing there, voicing their concerns?
So Apple is using a dead platform (Twitter) to promote a dead product (iPad Pro).
Meh, it won't matter. Pretty soon Apple will end up being a dead brand too. You can't keep a company alive off of overpriced watch bands.
I guess 2017 is the year of the Mac computer.
Man people don't get the point of these ads. They're not for geeks. They're not for people that read tech sites. They're for average consumers who are probably rocking some old Windows PC and wouldn't know the first thing about tethering from their phone. Said another way, these ads aren't for people who post to MacRumors.
"faster than most laptops".
The best of the best ARM chips only scrape the bottom of the worst Intel chips. Unless the vast majority of laptops are using Core M's, then the hardware is hardly faster.
I'm guessing their definition "faster" is that since the iPad Pro uses a less resource intensive mobile OS, that it can complete tasks "faster". Hardly a fair comparison though. If you could put Mac OS on an iPad Pro the iPad Pro would probably lose to every single Mac in the lineup.
So faster for basic tasks maybe, but the moment you need to do something even remotely intensive that ARM chip is not going to be happy. But then again, the iPad Pro runs iOS instead of an actual operating system anyways, so I doubt you can even find anything on iOS that would max out an ARM chip.
"faster than most laptops".
The best of the best ARM chips only scrape the bottom of the worst Intel chips. Unless the vast majority of laptops are using Core M's, then the hardware is hardly faster.