Bought a 2021 iPad Pro today from Amazon for $200 off. If the new iPads are just a processor swap and wireless charging, I’ll pass on the new one.
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Gurman: New M2 iPad Pro Models to Be Announced 'In a Matter of Days'
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Still love my iPad Pros, but pass. Doesn't seem like there is anything new or worthwhile with this year's upgrade.
With Apple Silicon now in Macs, my iPad Pro's go mostly unused now. Macs are finally much more exciting and useful. Never thought I would own a Mac, much less prefer it over an iPad Pro. Apple Silicon has made Intel completely obsolete.
With Apple Silicon now in Macs, my iPad Pro's go mostly unused now. Macs are finally much more exciting and useful. Never thought I would own a Mac, much less prefer it over an iPad Pro. Apple Silicon has made Intel completely obsolete.
Now that Macs finally got the iPad Pro's Apple Silicon, not much. I love my 14" M1 MacBook Pro. Never thought I would own a Mac, much less prefer it over an iPad Pro. Apple Silicon gave the Mac a reason to exist.
Will be upgrading to this since I’m on an 11” A12X from 2018.
A12X is still extremely impressive, but I’m sure the M2 will be that much better. I’ll take this opportunity to also get the bigger size/mini LED.
A12X is still extremely impressive, but I’m sure the M2 will be that much better. I’ll take this opportunity to also get the bigger size/mini LED.
Tbf, stage manager finally allows me to efficiently multitask while playing certain games. And running multiple games can easily chew up all the hardware power available. It’s incredible.
We might finally see your “no room” be a thing of the past.
Im not waiting. Going to replace my 2018 12.9“ as soon as it comes out. My 2017 10.5 battery is toast, maybe get 3 hours, and the 12.9 gets maybe 4.5 hours. If the batteries were easily replaceable I might consider keeping them but they’re not so I’m going to be first in line for the new iPad Pro 12.9“. I’ve gotten spoiled with the bigger screen and can’t go back to the 10.5 (or 11) iPads. Also love the idea of mini-led display. Sign me up!
Doesn’t Apple offer battery replacements for 99 dollars?
could be that I was feeling, been awhile since I tried it but just didn't feel very natural.
We need NFC on iPads. Being able to use it solely by itself as a POS system would be huge for businesses. Or running shortcuts as a home hub (even though it’s not considered an official home hub in the smart home..)
Lame reason to upgrade and grasping at straws to do it. 2018 iPad Pro is still very relevant NOW. You won’t notice much of a difference and most likely return it.
Xcode, Logic, FCP for iPadOS.
RemindMe! 10 years
RemindMe! 10 years
I don’t expect the iPad mini to get the M-series SoC but at the very least I’d love to see it get ProMotion & FaceID.
Not really, as there is no chip and pin support without an outside device of course.
Will be very nice if the Pro iPad comes with more colour options.
I was thinking of upgrading, my 2021 doesn't have cellular or gps, which is a bit of a pain when I travel. But this sounds like a nothing burger of an update. even something as small as a landscape front camera might be worth it, but sounds like it's not even changing enough to need a new case.
I'm regretting my 14 pro update, turned out to be not worth the money. Not going to make the same mistake with the iPad, even if it means waiting two more years for something more than a speed bump that's not even worth an event.
Makes me really think that we're approaching peak tech...where the hardware so far surpasses the use cases, that upgrades are pointless.
I'm regretting my 14 pro update, turned out to be not worth the money. Not going to make the same mistake with the iPad, even if it means waiting two more years for something more than a speed bump that's not even worth an event.
Makes me really think that we're approaching peak tech...where the hardware so far surpasses the use cases, that upgrades are pointless.
Good point. It’s similar to TV technology where we have 4K and now 8K TVs out. What’s the damn point? Most all broadcast content, especially sporting events, is still in 1080p or even 720p. Just another case where HW updates are mostly pointless and updating to the latest and greatest doesn’t seem like the wise thing to do financially.
Nonsense. Apple's products have constantly (with some bumps in the road) improved since the 128k Mac. The current batch like M1 MBPs, M1 Mac Studios, M2 MBA, iPhone Pro, Airpods Pro2, etc. absolutely rock. Great products with - unlike other vendors - an emphasis on improving privacy/security.
Apple owns the high end in many categories because of great products; not "done messed your entire company up..." Tim Cook has done an excellent job with Apple by any measure except a few internet trolls. Folks who whine about price and constantly want more for less need to understand that one usually gets what one pays for.
As to "who cares?" that would be folks like me. Waiting to see M2 MBPs before upgrading my old-but-still-working (excellent) 2016 MBP to either add a Studio or an M2 MBP.
The error folks make is thinking short term. It is seldom about updating to the latest and greatest from last year's tech, but rather from older tech. In that case the point is that researching and buying into the latest and greatest makes total sense. Buy the latest and greatest today so that one gets a solid top-of-the-line tool to productively use for years.
I'd love to see them bring mini-LED or OLED to the 11". I was toying with the idea of just getting the 12.9", but I already have a MacBook Pro 14", so I think the best play is to have the 14" for when I need the nice big screen, and the 11" for some portability, and the magic keyboard for when I really need to travel light.
Ideally they would shrink the bezels, increase the 11" screen to 11.5" or 12" while still fitting the current magic keyboard, move the camera so it's up the top middle in landscape mode, and get mini-LED or OLED in there. And the M2 I guess.
Ideally they would shrink the bezels, increase the 11" screen to 11.5" or 12" while still fitting the current magic keyboard, move the camera so it's up the top middle in landscape mode, and get mini-LED or OLED in there. And the M2 I guess.
Yes, yes, and yes...!
M2 SoC brings the Media Engine to the low-end Apple silicon (M1 did not have), so more video processing horsepower for FCP on iPadOS...