Hello, I am an happy user of iPad Pro 12.9 1st gen since July 2016 and I should say that it has been the best technological hardware that I have ever bought in my life, for my use. I have a 2017 15 inch Macbook Pro as well but I am not an Apple Ecosystem guy, I mean, I gave up my iphone and using Android phone and writing this message from a Windows computer, so I like them both but iPad Pro for me is just amazing. I'm a designer, so beeing able to take the iPad out with me and drawing in it for hours on such a lightweright and long lasting package is lovely compared to the "old times" with laptops and wacom tablets if you wanted to draw on the go. Also I love it's word processing apps, image editing apps and publishing apps such as Pages. Could be lovely if Affinity Publisher came to the iPad. Most probably the only reason that I dont switch to iPad Pro completely is because for work I am making 3d nurbs models as well (yacht and car design) but apps like Shapr3d is already very promising and i think that in close future, we may see some more powerful alternatives. And the performance of Apple Pencil just crushes anything that I have used till now (on screen drawing, such as Microsoft Surface Book (with their built in technology dont remember the name), Microsoft SP2 (with Wacom technology). But my lovely iPad starting to show it's age, it started to lag on Procreate 5 as well. Not a huge lag but still it is there and the battery starts to last (obviously) less than before.
So as you may have guessed, I am waiting the 2020 iPad Pros to upgrade. Since i tend to use my iPad Pro for 3+ years, i think that even the slightest spec bump could be useful, especialy since we are this close to February / March. And I saw that on certain rumours, they say that Apple may use mini led technology. I will be honest, I love LED / AMOLED screens, so if it happens, I would LOVE it even tho the color accuracy is less precise compared to IPS (at least that's what they say) but what scares me most is an other thing, it is the burn in issue. I mean what do you think about that? In case if Apple adopts the Mini LED screens, drawing for hours on procreate, the tools of procreate would not burn inn to the screen? or is it a no issue on Mini Led technology unlike Amoled screens? Do you have any info or knowledge on that area? Or may be the apps will be redesigned such as the always on displays on Android phones that budges few pixels to avoid it? I know that noone can know the future and I am not asking fortune telling, I am just curious if anyone has a knowledge about it.
And do you think that Mini LED will come already with this generation? or do you think that it would be the one after?
And also the iPad Pro 11 inch looks lovely, saw it in the show and LOVE the portability of it, but I am scared that I may miss the 12.9 display after using it for 3+ years especialy when using apps side by side such as Excel or Word..etc and unfortunately in Italy i think buying and returning after a trial period is not as hassle free like in USA but i may be wrong about it.
An other reason that I want to wait is because I am not very convinced with the Apple Foglio Keyboard and Logitech's solution neither and i hope that with the refresh of iPads, they may introduce some new models (or not since i dont think that the design will change)
Thank you in advanve and sorry for my long post!
