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iPad Pro Do you think the Pro 2 can have 3D touch and Pencil support?
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Sure it is seems possible, but the iPhone became thicker because of 3D Touch. It also needs to add a haptic feedback engine which the iPad doesn't have at all. The pro has a new display controller, variable refresh rate, along with a higher resolution touch layer. Combining them all isn't a trivial task.
Maybe? I could imagine 3D Touch just being on iPhone for awhile....but maybe. If they can make it so it doesn't add to much weight and thickness. I don't know man. I barely ever use 3D Touch on my iPhone so I don't really even care if they bring it to the iPad line. After using it on my iPhone since launch, I've never come to my iPad and said "man. I wish this thing had 3D Touch".
I agree...they could have put all of those in ipad pro...maybe little thicker...just little...but you know how apple is...profit..money, which they have more than enough.
I don't think the two technologies are incompatible. I do wonder if 3D Touch is difficult to scale beyond trackpad/iPhone size, however. How do you make the haptic feedback consistent throughout a 13" display? I imagine that's the bigger engineering challenge. But if it already works with capcative displays I don't see why the Pencil digitzer would be a problem.
I think the 3D Touch technology was developed for devices with smaller screens. IMO the most useful feature of 3D Touch is the cursor mode. Yet you're still able to use this feature on the iPad with simply using 2 fingers. I actually do not miss it on my IPP I have yet to try and even use it by mistake.
It will not topple over when docked on a Smart Keboard in the "Laptop Position" it's surprisingly sturdy.
3D Touch is not just a gimmick. It's the 2nd generation of touch input and Apple will ship it with every new iOS device they make. It will bring new kinds of inputs for Gaming, Apps and general interactions to our iOS devices. Also Live photos works best with 3D touch. They essentially "invented" live photos to show off 3D touch.
I must be one of the few who doesn't care much about 3D touch. Partly this is because the 3D touch actions are baked in and not user defined. For example, in the music app, why can't I remove the "Play Beats 1" option (which I never use) for something else? Not to mention I think using it on the iPP would be even more cumbersome while holding it. And I think having the device weigh more because of the 3D touch panel would be unacceptable to me.