Let’s just hope that developers and Apple will be able to push the iPad. Because the mobile grade ones don’t. It’s like having 1000 horsepower with a 65 mph speed limiter. What’s the point.
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DigiTimes: 12.9-inch Mini-LED iPad Pro Arriving Early 2021, Mini-LED MacBook Coming Later
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Let’s just hope that developers and Apple will be able to push the iPad. Because the mobile grade ones don’t. It’s like having 1000 horsepower with a 65 mph speed limiter. What’s the point.
{jealously looks at Danger's post}
Dammit man! Why did I use up my period allocation improperly placing ellipses in all my comments?
Nowaday the RAM is more important. Sadly iPad Pro has small amount of RAM. Regardless of the CPU it can't compare with the laptops.
There is a precedent for it with the 3rd gen and 4th gen iPad. Both were released in 2012, and the 4th gen was the first to have the Retina Display screen resolution.
Someone is wrong and I bet Kuo is wrong. You cannot release a mini-LED 16” MBP in late 2020 if mfr.s are not competing on production bids until 2021.
If you need x86 compatibility, buy now. If not, wait.
Lol a precedent? That was years ago and the 3rd gen iPad was a complete cluster and wasn’t really an upgrade from gen 2.
it runs ipadOS , not macOS...so 6gb ram is enough for what i said...but again...im talking about the RAW power of the cpu+igpu
So based on what A12z deliver for me on the dev kit mac mini ....the A14X based on 5nm architecture ...can do a lot more...remember, Apple will never give you a mac with A14 architecture with less than 8gb ram...and that mac will be far ahead of many in terms of heat, battery life, cpu/igpu
Think about the similarities though: A12Z was not a significant update vs the A12X and Mini LED would be a significant screen technology change similar to the move to Retina Display.
I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. If the 11” (or a similarly sized) iPad Pro doesn’t get mini-LED, I will buy nothing. I’ll just stick with my 2017 10.5” iPad Pro.
I just bought the 2020 12.9 pro because my carrier offered me a supercheap deal. Yeah it‘s nicer and smaller than my 2017 pro but it‘s not a real game changer (except for the magic keyboard!) If Apple is releasing a new one in just 4-5 months from now I won‘t be buying it and I‘m sure that with the exception of all the YT influencers out there, most ppl will probably do the same. Mini-LED and 5G won‘t be a game changer either. It‘s a premium product for 1.400 USD and the economy is at an all-time low. Who can afford that every year?
not any longer...since the next macs will run on these arm based Apple chips
Trust me even on ipad pro, for photoshop and affinity you need this kind of power...yes if you browse the web on the ipad....then you dont need the pro model...the base ipad is all you will ever need
Indeed, but the A14X is rumored to be in production now, as well, so an upgraded iPad Pro could now be possible.
I'd wait.
It makes sense to offer it first on the 12.9" model as supply will be low and that is the lower-selling model. Also it is the "top" of the iPad line so giving it MiniLED first...
I do think Apple will keep the iPad Pro 11 around - it still offers real benefits over the iPad Air: better performance (with the A14X), better camera, LIDAR, 120Hhz Pro Motion, more RAM, etc.
Apple doesn't care. The iPad Pro received a 2020 update solely to get LIDAR into the wild so developers could have apps ready when the iPhone 12 shipped. And for folks on pre-2018 iPad Pros, the 2020 iPad Pro was a legitimate upgrade.
The 2021 iPad Pro will be for folks like myself who have 2018 iPad Pros. Those who bought 2020 models will upgrade in 2022 or 2023.
Kuo does have contacts in Apple's supply chain so he does have a decent track record when it comes to actual hardware design, configuration and components. That being said, his first MBP 16" MiniLED rumor was back in March and it looks like COVID has slowed MiniLED production. So it is quite possible Apple was sourcing prototype MiniLED 16" panels back in late 2019 / early 2021, but now will have to push actual retail shipments into 2021.
Yeah we already discussed that. The iPad 3 really wasn’t an upgrade to the 2 and it pissed people off to no end that Apple did that. Also, that was several years ago and since then Apple hasn’t done it. I’m not saying its impossible for it to happen but I think its very unlikely.
I think that if the higer end Macbook with miniLED display is scheduled for the second half of 2021 then maybe that Mac will be the higer end with miniLED and AS. That makes me hopeful about a refresh of the 16 inch intel version this year anf, of course, the leak talking about the 16 with minLED in last 2020 can be completely scraped out.
I agree that its for the 2018 upgrade crowd, I just disagree that it will be released this year. Apple will squeeze everything they can out of the 2020 model I don’t think are going to just scrap
It after a few months of sales.
I just find it hard to believe that Apple is going to release another Pro model in the same calendar year. I just don’t see it happening.
I thought this was a joke at first. Doesn't the article say it will maybe ship a year from now? That doesn't sound like waiting it just sounds like not buying a laptop. If you can wait a year, there will be new technology rumored for another year out at that point too.
With solid state storage ram is actually less important than it was for overall real world speed. I’ve had 16 gigs for over 10 years in my PC rigs and don’t see the need for 32+ for my use cases. Also keep in mind that iOS is pretty efficient with ram usage. But sure. Give the iPad more. All for it (without raising costs$.
There's so much that excites me about future iPad Pro and future Macs but honestly mini-LED isn't one of those things. I'm worried it's going to raise the prices and improve the display in ways I'd only be able to appreciate with side-by-side comparisons with non-mini-LED devices.
