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'iPad Pro' Said to Feature 12.2-Inch Display, 7-mm Thickness, Stereo Speakers at Top and Bottom
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To be honest, I would of been happy all along if the iPad had ALWAYS been available in a 12" version.
I have always thought, and always said if you wish to check back over the years that, for me, and to me the iPad has always been too small.
From the moment I unpacked my iPad1, I thought, ohhh, it's a bit small, and my opinion has never changed.
And to every single person who says NO. No one wants a larger iPad.
Remember how you all said no one wanted a larger phone either, and look how that's selling.
Without ANY question, even if Apple did zero, other than increase the size to 12" and did nothing else, there would be a lot of people who would choose the larger screen if it was an option in-store.
Even if you don't like them, lots of people do.
It's great to have a choice.
If I'm honest, I'd probably like a 14" or 15" for viewing video, playing games, editing documents, and enjoying web pages on.
I know I'll never get it, but at least 12+" is getting there.
I have always thought, and always said if you wish to check back over the years that, for me, and to me the iPad has always been too small.
From the moment I unpacked my iPad1, I thought, ohhh, it's a bit small, and my opinion has never changed.
And to every single person who says NO. No one wants a larger iPad.
Remember how you all said no one wanted a larger phone either, and look how that's selling.
Without ANY question, even if Apple did zero, other than increase the size to 12" and did nothing else, there would be a lot of people who would choose the larger screen if it was an option in-store.
Even if you don't like them, lots of people do.
It's great to have a choice.
If I'm honest, I'd probably like a 14" or 15" for viewing video, playing games, editing documents, and enjoying web pages on.
I know I'll never get it, but at least 12+" is getting there.
Maybe these rumors are for the next generation MacBook Air, which just happens to have a lot of iPad-like features.
If they make them, we'll buy a few dozen of these.
If they come up with a way to run OS X & iOS as previously rumored, I'll never be critical of anything from them ever again, I promise.
If they come up with a way to run OS X & iOS as previously rumored, I'll never be critical of anything from them ever again, I promise.
On this forum, if Apple will release a 12" iPad there will be people clamoring for a 16" one....
Yup, without proper N-trig or Wacom support, this will be pretty much DOA among serious tablet users - ones that do require proper stylus support. For not much more money, one can get a Surface Pro 3, with an N-trig stylus and, of course, much more serious productivity apps. (And multitasking.)
With capacitive-only screens like that of iPads, it's impossible to provide for even acceptable stylus experience. Anyone stating the opposite hasn't ever used any radio pen (N-trig or Wacom) on tablets.
After almost four years my MBP battery still is at 96% of original capacity. Really impressive.
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Compete? Do you really think Apple has to compete with a surface???
Yeah, I like the size of the surface tablets. I only use my iPad at home and would love a bigger one that has more productivity features and if this is true about better speakers ill be very happy. I'll admit it's a niche device and most people will likely prefer the iPad air size. I pretty much want a surface pro that runs iOS and apple to make the apps for iOS more powerful and feature rich when using the bigger screen. The thing is what I want will be hard to pull off software wise so I'm happy to wait until someone can do it well.
What are you talking about? They sold more than twice as many iPads as Macs. They're down again but everyone knows they will be back up for holiday season because they just released the best iPad ever.
As far as the long game, they do need to address iPad sales which will probably dip next year too. Perhaps between an air, mini and pro model, they could stagger releases to every other year for one or all of them. These no point in releasing all models on an annual schedule if you cannot generate enough demand for them each year.
Well, given that the Panasonic Toughpad is 20", it's pretty understandable there are users asking for large tablets.
Of course, it'd also need to provide
- at least 4K resolution
- Wacom or N-trig stylus support
- decent split-screen multitasking.
Without these, no sane person would purchase an enlarged 16"+ iPad at mostly likely highly elevated prices Apple will be going to ask for.
Yep. I really suspect they are getting rumours about a 12" retina display, targeted to the new MacBook air, and made up this rumor about a gigantic iPad....
Still not happy: I want a 13" MacBook air....
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Just slightly easier.... You'll still get uncomfortable after a few minutes of use out of a support.
Sounds promising. Just a few "must-haves" for this to be a "must-buy" for me:
- Active digitizer/pen (in addition to existing capacitive functionality)
- Split window
- support for bluetooth mouse
How high market share has the Panasonic 20" in the worldwide market? 0.01%?
Apple is hardly targeting that kind of market.
...If you ignore the lack of a mute/lock switch.
And the sound vibrations.
And the screen distortion.
And if you evaluate an iPad based on how thin it is. Then, I'm sure the newest iPad is the "best iPad ever". Too bad it's far from being better enough from the old ones to make people actually excited about upgrading.
The iPads are failing. Because Apple has failed to innovate. And so, they can't find ways to give people reasons to update their old iPads, other than the rabid fanboys who would have bought anything regardless. Slightly thinner, slightly faster and with a slightly better camera (but no flash, LOL) don't cut it anymore.
Hah! I wish! Wait and you will see how the iPad Pro still has a maximum of 9 icons on display within a folder.
Lack of what? Functionalities are still there.
Sounds vibrations? Do you really use the mono speaker of the iPad for music???
Screen distortion? What are you speaking about???
That is a very bad idea. It is very un-Apple like. That is what AppleTV is for. You don't want a touch screen device tied by a wire to a TV.
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There is no 9 icon limitation in any device. I can have unlimited icons on my iPhone per folder.
