If 9.7 pro and 12.9 pro are the same price...

[kazmac]

I still say 12.9" and if they were both priced at the 9.7" I'd consider keeping my 12.9".

I love the pencil, but in doing school work over the past week the iPP is not what I hoped it would be. For the usual reasons, lack of a file system, clunky during the commute and the need for a full OS. Back it goes.

That said, I would absolutely jump again for the 12.9 if I can post university as a consumption and artistic device. I respect and appreciate some folks making this work as their main computing device, but I am not there yet.

 

[thadoggfather]

You gave up the 12.9 and moved onto 9.7pp?

 

[kazmac]

You gave up the 12.9 and moved onto 9.7pp?

No. Just returning the 12.9". I am not keen on 9.7" form factor.

Now if Apple makes the iPad Mini pencil compatible while I'm still in school? Maybe. (For reading and mark up of papers not creating them.)

This was a tougher decision than in the past, I really loved the 12.9" for drawing and media consumption, but I quickly realized I need that file system and a real keyboard to work for my university needs. Plus it was tricky with my commute.

Perhaps once I'm done with school, and if Apple have their stuff back together again, I'll pick up another 12.9". Mad props to people who can make this work for their main computing needs. I am still too entrenched in desktops and full OS software to do that.

 

[thadoggfather]

Gotcha

I've been loving 12.9, had it almost a month now.

rMB hasnt been getting much love, aside from when I need it for certain tasks and its still a joy

the 12.9 just makes for a way better consumption device. air2 when i had it did too, but i dunno

sometimes i toy with having both iPad Pro's, i just feel like it might be complete overkill. thats why I flipped my air2 quickly, didnt have to financially, just wanted to off set some of the cost and i already have an iToy addiction

 

[kazmac]

I think it's great people use the 12.9" as a main computing device or for pure consumption. It's a fantastic addition to the line up, just not in my cards right now.

 

[DNichter]

I would go with the 9.7. The app ecosystem just isn't there yet for the 12.9, everything looks bad. I am hoping this changes with iOS 10, but the 12.9 is a niche market that may just not be there in the long run. We'll see if Apple can change this though.

 

[jlc1978]

I would go with the 9.7. The app ecosystem just isn't there yet for the 12.9, everything looks bad. I am hoping this changes with iOS 10, but the 12.9 is a niche market that may just not be there in the long run. We'll see if Apple can change this though.

I'm curious- what made you reach that conclusion?

I went from a 9.7 Air to a 12.9 Pro and haven't seen any changes in the way apps look; other than a few that were sized for an iPhone and looked bad when upscaled on either device.

I much prefer the 12.9 over the 9.7 but that is simply my preference and I realize other's may differ.

 

[DNichter]

I'm curious- what made you reach that conclusion?

I went from a 9.7 Air to a 12.9 Pro and haven't seen any changes in the way apps look; other than a few that were sized for an iPhone and looked bad when upscaled on either device.

I much prefer the 12.9 over the 9.7 but that is simply my preference and I realize other's may differ.

The majority of apps that I use regularly (mainly consumption apps) were not optimized for the resolution, and in my opinion, just looked terrible. Even with Apple's own apps, there was a ton of white space, not optimized at all, everything just looks stretched and rushed together. Again, I am hoping this all changes with iOS 10 because I like the idea of a large iOS device, but I am worried that the 12.9 market is just too small for developers to really take notice. As the Pro features have now moved on to the 9.7 market, I would imagine that is the more popular device since it is much more portable and convenient (what a tablet should be) and developers will focus on optimizing for that device. This obviously is just my opinion and the 12.9 market may get there, but I just don't see it yet.

 

[jlc1978]

The majority of apps that I use regularly (mainly consumption apps) were not optimized for the resolution, and in my opinion, just looked terrible. Even with Apple's own apps, there was a ton of white space, not optimized at all, everything just looks stretched and rushed together.

Fair enough. I use mine mostly for writing, note taking, web surfing, email and as a second monitor so my experiences may differ. The 12.9 is great as a second monitor with Duet, although the 9.7 was quite useable as well.

I guess it's hard to optimize across 3 screen sizes with differing resolutions even if they are even multiples of each other; and if 12.9 sales remain a small percentage then there is no real strong reason to spend development time and money of optimizing for it. I'm not sure they can optimize across all three in the sense of using the extra screen space to add features or display options.

 

[thadoggfather]

I think even though 6 plus and 6s plus turned out to just be a bigger iPhone rather than a different experience, there may not be anything wrong with a device that is just a bigger iPad.

Sure there are some apps I wish got updated (looking at you IMDB) but most everything else is the native resolution, even if not optimized efficiency wise with white space.

I like how much I can see on web pages without it appearing scrunched