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iPad Pro iPad Pro - no 3D touch massive let down!
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It doesn't have to be that way. Once people realize this..they would purchase from different companies and make Apple become desperate.
While it is true that 3D Touch could be implemented without the Taptic Engine, I don't think Apple would do that since haptic feedback is such an important part of 3D Touch. It allows you to sense when you have pushed hard enough to activate the function. In the case of force touch trackpads, it allows you a second level of pressure to preview a file instead of just select or open it. If Apple was able to make the entire iPad 3D Touch or force touch with haptic feedback, that would bring a lot more functions and would make the iPad a really great device since you can "feel" your content. The fact that it is missing on the iPad pro I feel is still acceptable for now since there aren't that many apps that use force touch yet. On iPads,we would need deeper uses for 3D Touch than just previewing. Maybe if it could be used to open contextual menus or even more options on an iPad that just wouldn't be possible to see on iPhones or smaller devices.
This presumes that other companies are able to offer the same or better things than what they want from Apple (a seamless and integrated computing solution which just works right out of the box), and for many people, that simply isn't the case.
Or or or....it could just be supply chain issues which means they can't provide every new feature for all three products.
I couldn't agree more. It really wasn't the feature that convinced me to buy an iPhone 6s, but after using it for a week with IOS 9, it has solved one of the most frustrating aspects of any touch enabled smartphone, touch a little harder on the keyboard and it turns into a touchpad. Absolutely awesome and it really opens the door for developers to extend the functionality further. How many times I've written a long email response on my iPad and then noticed an error and try to touch at the right spot to fix it and then giving up and having to backspace to correct the problem. 3D touch solves the problem in spades! I wouldn't buy another touch device that didn't have this functionality.
Coming in late. Maybe it's been mentioned, but I actually think part of the reason is the size and weight. Just on the (comparatively) little iPhones, the new featured added imperceptible size change but significant weight change that you can feel. Can you image the weight increase on a 12.9" screen to add that feature? It'd add a pound to the weight! They need to figure out a way to save weight elsewhere or bring it down before they can add it to any iPad
in the macbook it has Taptic feedback on the trackpad force touch, even in the watch...so it's clear Apple with this tech likes to have tactic engine too
That (seamless integrated computing solution which just works right out of the box) used to be true but isn't so much now.
When people vote with their $$$ Apple listens. Apple refused to produce a 7" tablet. Flat out refused. It was only after significant sales of 7" Android tablets that Apple relented. Apple refused to produce phablets. Again, flat out refused. It was only after significant sales of gargantuan smartphones that Apple produced one.
The best thing that someone can do (who wants an iPad Pro that is more "Pro" than it currently is) is to buy a competitive "pro" tablet that has the features/functions one wants on that iPad Pro. That sounds counter-intuitive but it has been shown to work.
I love my iPad Air 2 and after reading no 3D Touch...ill wail until next year to upgrade.
Have to say I was ready to pour the big $ into the iPad Pro until I got my 6s Plus. I was initially skeptical about the real world application of 3D Touch but am using it constantly. When I use my current iPad I miss that function so I'll wait another year on upgrading the iPad. Real bummer cause my current one is SO OLD. But it works. And the year will fly by like they all do.
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Most accurate comment, thankyou i just notice i barely use force touch on my iphone 6s plus, i use ipad mostly for portable sketching-illustration, sometimes read, watch videos and play hearthstone, i try the ipad pro pencil and is awesome, sketch pro never felt so nice, i love the big screen for what i need is allright for me.
