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Hands-On With Apple's New 10.5-Inch iPad Pro
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Thanks for this video.... it's the first I've seen that shows the side-by-side size difference of both the casing and the screen.
I'm considering the 12.9 as my next laptop...the problem is I had planned on getting a new MacBook when they updated the keyboard..
That Affinity photo editing app that was showed off would come in really handy for me, oh, every day. I thought that I could at least buy the app for my iPad Air and maybe not have some features. Hey, a $20 photo editing app.
Buuuuuut you have to have at least an iPad Air 2. Insert facepalm. Unfortunately I can't justify one of these things yet.
Imagine what size the keyboard would be like. No room at all! And when apple will call it pro then... should get some nice comments....
No, it won' t happen, i guess.
My iPad Air 2 and NEW iPad Pro are both running the latest iOS.
The TV App does not work well on the new Pro. The Library dropdown is very sticky and the Downloaded option is missing. I know I have downloaded movies on my Pro. And I start a long trip today.
The TV App does not work well on the new Pro. The Library dropdown is very sticky and the Downloaded option is missing. I know I have downloaded movies on my Pro. And I start a long trip today.
Have to replace my iPad Air AND my 2011 MBA 11"... The idea of migrating 100% to an iPad Pro is very tempting and this 10.5" looks just perfect. But... there is a big but... I want Logic Pro on it, otherwise making music would just be impossible on GB.
I will wait until iOS 11 is officially out, and then I will probably pull the trigger.
I will wait until iOS 11 is officially out, and then I will probably pull the trigger.
I find that to be a complete Placebo effect. I could read scrolling text on my iPad Air 2 already. I used them both side-by-side yesterday, and there is zero difference. No "ghosting" or anything else like that while scrolling on the iPad Air 2. I rarely say that, but Apple's marketing team has definitely scored big here.
Yes, the marketing team. But every review i have seen and read, are telling me it is a big difference.
It could be that promotion doesn' t kick in with your ipad.
You are the only one saying there is no difference, so...
...sorry... : please DON'T!! I need a big-power scanning device for my work! My flat-bed scanner is messy & non portable !
Perhaps I am the only one who tried it side by side?
How many people complained before the release of the new iPad Pro that they could not read text while scrolling on their iPads?
And everyone writes in the reviews "Oh cool! I can read text while scrolling!!" I have not seen anyone write "I can read text while scrolling - which was not the case on my older iPad!"
Reminds me a lot of when Apple released the first retina display iPad and on some TV show, people pinch&zoomed into some text to show how smooth the writing is - when in fact that had nothing to do with the retina resolution. Now people are told that scrolling is smoother and actually go "Oh look, I can read text while scrolling" - when apparently, they have never tried if they can read text while scrolling on older devices.
I am not saying the new display isn't great. It is absolutely great. But that "I can read text while scrolling" thing is just the BS statement of the month, because that is not a "feature" of the new display.
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There are plenty of side by side reviews. So that is not an issue.
And about the less blocky/smoother writing when going from non-retina to retina.sorry, but It has to do with the retina resolution.
Sorry, but i am going to take all these reviewers word over your word.(especially after your claim of the retina bit)
But i really don' t care about the reading bit, while scrolling. Could be the same.
The reviewers are saying ios is smoother. And transitions are smoother. That is all.
And they are saying this is a big change for the better.
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This.
Also, wasn't the whole "switching down refresh rates when not needed to save power" thing a feature of the gen1 iPad Pros? Granted, it's not 120hz, but the whole switching thing isn't new this gen
If you would, as you say, use Affinity for iPad every day, I would suggest looking into a refurbished iPad Pro, either size. Easier on the budget! I highly recommend both the first gen ipad pro with Affinity Photo.
No, but who said that. Switching from 120hz is the new gen. And while it us 120hz it can also use a multiplier with 24hz which is great for movies that are originally recorded on a multiplier of 24hz. With 60hz, there always was some judder on this kind of content, because it didn' t have a multiplier of 24hz.
So the big change is the 120hz " thingy" , refreshrates just got doubled, not a big thing of course.....
As good as this screen is, I don't see why it not being OLED (iPhone doesn't even have this yet) would be a deal breaker. What do you think would make it so great? Some OLED screens really don't look that good to me.
I do wish the iPad had 3D Touch, but that is going to take some time I think. It has to be pretty damn tough to implement it into screens this big. I'm sure Apple wants this as soon as possible.
Maybe multi-user sign on in a later iOS 11.x? That definitely needs to happen.
No surprise that the iPhone will probably be the first device for Bluetooth 5, although I do agree and wish they would throw it in the first available product.
The 10.5 was my upgrade from a dying ipad3, and it's certainly lighter, faster, and has legs. The #%<! protruding camera lens is my only complaint -- I have to buy a case that fixes the problem Mr. Ive created.
As great as the technology behind the iPad is, unfortunately iOS holds it back.
It becomes akin to buying a 6-core i7 processor with Titan-X, to play Minecraft.
The iPad is just that, a media consumption device, but the platform means there are limitations to it even on that aspect (certain apps/program's require Windows, Linux or macOS).
I know some people have managed to move their work flow/productivity to the iPad, but I imagine they are very few and far between.
It is for this reason, when (if) the Surface Pro 5 comes out, I'll probably go over to that (and yes I know, the iPad does some things better than it).
It becomes akin to buying a 6-core i7 processor with Titan-X, to play Minecraft.
The iPad is just that, a media consumption device, but the platform means there are limitations to it even on that aspect (certain apps/program's require Windows, Linux or macOS).
I know some people have managed to move their work flow/productivity to the iPad, but I imagine they are very few and far between.
It is for this reason, when (if) the Surface Pro 5 comes out, I'll probably go over to that (and yes I know, the iPad does some things better than it).
Apple's strategy is quite strange on the headphone jack. I need to keep two pairs of headphones in my bag, one for my iPhone and another for my Mac/iPad.
I've just upgraded from an Air 1 and sadly I'm not really as blown-away by the new 10.5" Pro as I was hoping. I was hoping that my two key reactions would be "wow, this 10.5" screen does feel a lot bigger than the old 9.7" one" and "that slight increase in case size really isn't noticeable". Coming from an Air 1 (i.e. before the weight reduction that the Air 2 gave us) weight is identical so I wasn't expecting to react at all there.
My actual first impression for weight is as expected - it's the same, but unfortunately my other two reactions are the opposite to what I'd hoped for and I have had a pretty good opportunity to judge because I always set my new devices up as new so I spend the first few hours swapping between old and new to remember what apps I had installed, how I had them laid out, what settings I had etc.
My reactions after flipping backwards and forwards between my old Air and new 10.5" Pro for about 6 hours last night are that I find the increase in screen size to 10.5" to be pretty much unnoticeable but I find that I do notice the small increase in case size - every time I picked up the old Air 1 I felt "this really does feel smaller" and didn't feel any "this screen feels small now" reaction. Weird I know but that is how it felt to me. I also didn't really notice a huge difference from the 120Hz refresh or even the TrueTone and wider colour palette. I suppose I'm just not a particularly discerning user so the old Air screen was good enough for me anyway.
I'm definitely not returning my 10.5" Pro, my old Air screen was badly cracked and the case broken around the home button so it's a wreck anyway, and the 10.5" Pro is definitely massively faster which will really come into its own when iOS 11 is released, but I was hoping to have a bit more of a positive reaction than I did. Maybe the next iteration will use under-screen TouchID to reduce the top and bottom bezels a bit and get the size closer to the old 9.7" form factor and also reduce weight a bit (always a good thing). If it does then I suspect I'll be buying that one as well.
With all the rave reviews here I thought I would share my slightly less positive first impressions. And in case anyone is wondering, I'm actually a pretty positive guy. I was totally blown away by my iPad 1, my iPad 3 when Apple went to higher display resolution, and my Air 1 when Apple made significant weight savings (and many other pieces of technology such as iPhone 6s, Roomba, Palm Pilot - the list goes on). This time though, surprisingly, it's more of an "it's OK" rather than a "wow" reaction.
My actual first impression for weight is as expected - it's the same, but unfortunately my other two reactions are the opposite to what I'd hoped for and I have had a pretty good opportunity to judge because I always set my new devices up as new so I spend the first few hours swapping between old and new to remember what apps I had installed, how I had them laid out, what settings I had etc.
My reactions after flipping backwards and forwards between my old Air and new 10.5" Pro for about 6 hours last night are that I find the increase in screen size to 10.5" to be pretty much unnoticeable but I find that I do notice the small increase in case size - every time I picked up the old Air 1 I felt "this really does feel smaller" and didn't feel any "this screen feels small now" reaction. Weird I know but that is how it felt to me. I also didn't really notice a huge difference from the 120Hz refresh or even the TrueTone and wider colour palette. I suppose I'm just not a particularly discerning user so the old Air screen was good enough for me anyway.
I'm definitely not returning my 10.5" Pro, my old Air screen was badly cracked and the case broken around the home button so it's a wreck anyway, and the 10.5" Pro is definitely massively faster which will really come into its own when iOS 11 is released, but I was hoping to have a bit more of a positive reaction than I did. Maybe the next iteration will use under-screen TouchID to reduce the top and bottom bezels a bit and get the size closer to the old 9.7" form factor and also reduce weight a bit (always a good thing). If it does then I suspect I'll be buying that one as well.
With all the rave reviews here I thought I would share my slightly less positive first impressions. And in case anyone is wondering, I'm actually a pretty positive guy. I was totally blown away by my iPad 1, my iPad 3 when Apple went to higher display resolution, and my Air 1 when Apple made significant weight savings (and many other pieces of technology such as iPhone 6s, Roomba, Palm Pilot - the list goes on). This time though, surprisingly, it's more of an "it's OK" rather than a "wow" reaction.
iPad pricing makes me sad. iPad Air 2 64gb was £430 back when it was released 2.5 years ago as the cutting edge iPad. Now the latest 64gb iPad is £200 more. Sure, it's a much better iPad- but couldn't those have just been the generational improvements we'd expect to see over 2.5 years? Instead, Apple decided on this Pro marketing with raised prices, and can get away with a gimped non-Pro iPad at a price that was previously for the cutting edge. Sad!