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iPad Pro With A14X Chip, 5G, and Mini-LED Display Expected in First Half of 2021
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It doesn’t. Even the $5000 Apple XDR Monitor with MiniLED has blooming on actual reviews.Quote:
miniLEDs allow precise dimming without producing LED backlight issues such as “blooming” (aka “halo effect”).
Winning the Game of Contrast: MiniLEDs and Local Dimming Displays | Radiant Vision Systems
To compete with the superior contrast ratio performance of OLED display screens, LCD makers have developed the technique of local dimming, which allows different regions of a backlight to be controlled independently. The introduction of miniLEDs for LCD backlights, especially in full-array...www.radiantvisionsystems.com
It's also far from the best OLED display in the market. Apple LCD displays were top notch.
Apple's new iPhone 11 Pro Max has earned display testing and calibration firm DisplayMate's "highest ever A+ grade" for providing "considerably better display performance than other competing smartphones."
https://www.macrumors.com/2019/09/23/iphone-11-pro-max-displaymate/
The real iPad Pro update. Not that money grab that was just released.
Which is why you return it until you get one you're satisfied with. There is no company on earth that only produces 100% defect-free products.
That is so true. a complete waste of money both upfront & recurring each month. Just use your data from your phone, get unlimited & use 2 devices.
5G would be the main reason for me to upgrade. Micro LED will certainly be nice but honestly won’t make much of a difference. But honestly: if this year’s Magic Keyboard isn’t compatible with the 2021 iPad Pro, I won’t upgrade. I’m not going to pay another 350 bucks
I chose a cellular iPad mini over an iPhone. It's cheaper to buy and cheaper to run - I pay C$5/mo for data and C$20/yr for an app that lets me make and receive phone calls. Plus I have a bigger screen than the biggest iPhone. Admittedly an actual smartphone works more smoothly for making and receiving calls, and I can't run the Watch app on my iPad, so I might eventually get the setup you suggest, @kiranmk2.
True.If it had been the A14X?
I'd have pulled the trigger.
New iMac 1st.
iPad A14x. That can wait.
Azrael.
A money grab? They’re not getting any more money than they were before. They’ve put more lenses and tech in a system and didn’t raise the price, seems like a money loss to me.
That's typical Apple MO. When they need to buy time for releasing a new product they give the old one a tiny spec bump.
This is probably true for a majority of users, but there are many cases where a cellular iPad is better. A couple examples...
- Vendors using iPads as their point-of-sale devices. It'll be easier for the iPad to have direct cellular access rather than worrying about it being connected to their phone all day, and keeping the phone nearby and charged too.
- Workers out in the field that need an iPad. Employers may provide them with one that has cellular access so that they don't have to tether to their personal phone and use personal data.
*nods.
I think so. Or even the Promotion with the previous chassis model (which was a lot sturdier.)
Azrael.