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Apple Ramping Up M1 Production as New 12.9-inch iPad Pro Expected to Reach Five Million Shipments in 2021
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Maybe an iPad or iPad Air is better suited to your personal needs.
I use Affinity Photo on my 2020. Takes a while to merge HDR or focus stack. So any extra CPU speed is always welcome.
Can’t say I use the lite or toy versions on iPad though. Adobe took forever with photoshop lite and is still garbage. And stop with the final cut or Xcode stuff. This is mentioned every year apple releases a killer iPad.
I will probably still get the new 11" because my current is 2018, still capable but sometimes it shows it's age with LumaFusion when dealing with large videos.
I've never been so hyped about the coming WWDC. This M1 in the iPad just beggggggs for macOS on iPad, or at least some kind of cross-over.
Can't wait for the new software updates that these iPads are getting this year =D
Can't wait for the new software updates that these iPads are getting this year =D
I don’t think the 11” will get an XDR display, and actually I don’t think these iPads will be updated for at least a couple of years.
Yes, WWDC should be interesting — imagining what the extra memory in the iPads Pro will mean for forthcoming apps — Logic and Final Cut could be a possibility!
These will be readily available, trust me. No one is beating down the doors to get one. Majority of the public doesn’t even know it exists lol.
Only if and when this happens will I consider getting a “Pro”.
IMO, the way things are right now, Air 2020 is the best Apple’s offering that should easily handle everything for 3-4 years from now.
The new M1 iPads are using top-notch hardware limited by iPadOS. It is like driving a Ferrari in a 50 km/h speed limit zone - lots of revs for nothing.
Even if Apple really surprise us with unleashing something big with iPadOS 15, it will take a while to trickle down to end-users, a bit like it was with the “forward thinking” 64-bit iPhone 5. By the time the developers did their thing, it was pretty much iPhone 6 time.
Of course, if you have cash to burn on the “potential benefits” and it fills you with joy, this is one thing, but I would not lose sleep over it. 🖐
Yeah I’m still typing this on my Air 3 but if I’ll buy iPad now it will be 12.9”. That XDR display sounds awesome.
I agree and I also welcome any form of progress in software and hardware, yet Apple also have a tendency to rip their first wave customers off. Their tech matures over time, while also getting more affordable. For example, the best home button ever (virtual, so no physical wear-tear possible) is now on their cheapest iPhone SE. It just depends on our wants and needs after all.
I had a dream about these new iPad Pros smh (sad, I know). They were UNUSUALLY thick in person for some reason haha, but still really cool.
I really want to upgrade my 2018 12.9”, but just can’t justify it. 😞
I really want to upgrade my 2018 12.9”, but just can’t justify it. 😞
If I were the usual type of MacRumors user, I'd be hectoring you for evidence by now…
Same here. I am coming up to speed on Xcode and Swift development, so I am going to take the entire week of WWDC off. Add in all the new stuff announced earlier this week plus more new stuff likely to be announced at WWDC, and this year's WWDC is going to be great.
At those prices I’m not sure demand will be as high as they expect.
Do you work for Apple’s PR department by any chance. I certainly won’t be upgrading my existing iPad Pro for the new one at those prices.
I actually don't. The 12.9" got another 8-9% heavier (and about 10% thicker). Now before everyone comes hating, I know I know that's not much. But the 11" is a portable reading device for me, not a content creation/video editing wonder. So small and light are more important to me than heavier and bigger.
You might find it more valuable taking the week after WWDC off, since it’s async anyways, and many questions raised by the sessions get answered in blogs etc a little later.
I agree with you completely in regards to the thickens of the device. They are meant to be light and ergonomic to use. I don't understand the people who are willing to trade that for more battery life (which nowdays is already great) , but each to their own.
Good idea. But I will probably be so excited about it during the actual week of WWDC so that is why I want to take the actual week off. Last year I was really excited about the WWDC, and that was only because I hoped / expected they would announce the new Apple Silicon and so I took off that Monday so I could watch the key note session "live".
And then I can circle back after that week to watch the sessions I couldn't see, since I expect there will be more good sessions I want to watch than I can see during the week of WWDC. 👍