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iPad Do iPads After iPad 4 Have Palm Detection Rejection Multi-Touch Technology?

HappyDude20

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Am wanting to get my grandpa an iPad Air to upgrade from the iPad 4th Gen he has had since like 2013. He loves it but its showing it age and doesn't run as fast as something newer. I want to get him something like an iPad Air 2 or 3 but I know he'll complain about the bezel-less design and he'll ask where he should rest his palm. I could've sworn during one of the keynotes that it stated the iPad can recognize when a palm is resting on the glass and can reject it, but haven't been able to find that written down anywhere on Apple's site.
 
HappyDude20 said:
Am wanting to get my grandpa an iPad Air to upgrade from the iPad 4th Gen he has had since like 2013. He loves it but its showing it age and doesn't run as fast as something newer. I want to get him something like an iPad Air 2 or 3 but I know he'll complain about the bezel-less design and he'll ask where he should rest his palm. I could've sworn during one of the keynotes that it stated the iPad can recognize when a palm is resting on the glass and can reject it, but haven't been able to find that written down anywhere on Apple's site.
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Is your grandpa able to wait a month or so? New iPads are supposed to come out very soon.
 
Only the pros have the bezeless design. The cheaper iPads have the bezels with the home button.
 
Seanm87 said:
Only the pros have the bezeless design. The cheaper iPads have the bezels with the home button.
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Well technically they all have bezels but I’m not concerned with the semantics.

Just wondering if I’m right in that the iPad Air 1st Gen introduced palm rejection technology built into the iOS?
 
My recollection is that when they introduced the iPad Air and slimmed down the side bezels, Apple mentioned in the keynote that there was software to recognize and ignore touch at the edge of the screen due to someone holding it. I would assume every iPad since has this software.

I would caution against getting an Air 2 at this point. It is only 2 years newer than the iPad 4 you are replacing and has reached the point where it’s having a hard time running the latest versions of iOS. You would be much better off getting a 3rd gen Air or even a 6th or 7th gen base model iPad. As others have said, new models of both iPads are expected within weeks, so you might also be able to get a discount on one of the outgoing models as retailers clear out stock.
 
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AutomaticApple said:
Really? Ive heard good things about the iPad Air 2 on iOS 13 (and even iOS 14).
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I have an old Air 2 that I mainly use as a backup Homekit Hub and it’s a laggy mess on iOS 13. But, it also was purchased around launch in 2014 and is a 16 GB model so it may just be reaching end of life. Still, I would think even a 6th gen iPad would be a better value for the money at this point.
 
Apple started talking about thumb rejection in 2012 with the iPad mini.

iPad mini intelligently recognizes whether your thumb is simply resting on the display or whether you’re intentionally interacting with it. It’s the kind of detail you’ll notice — by not noticing it. And it’s a great example of how Apple hardware and software work together to give you the best experience possible.​

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20121105202300/http://www.apple.com/ipad-mini/design/

It is most probably a software implementation that will have been in iOS ever since. It also might have been implemented before the mini, but Apple just didn't talk about it.

Palm rejection, specifically, was an iPad Pro thing, in reference to the Apple Pencil.
 
MacDevil7334 said:
I have an old Air 2 that I mainly use as a backup Homekit Hub and it’s a laggy mess on iOS 13. But, it also was purchased around launch in 2014 and is a 16 GB model so it may just be reaching end of life. Still, I would think even a 6th gen iPad would be a better value for the money at this point.
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I do wonder if 16GB storage factors in to the lag.

My brother is still using the Air 2 (128GB model which is almost empty) and for his usage (mostly video streaming with some web browsing), he says it still works similar to iOS 12.
 
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