Shove an A25X and 16 gb RAM in there but the software still doesn't really take advantage of the hardware
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iPad Pro With A14X Chip, 5G, and Mini-LED Display Expected in First Half of 2021
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Pointless, yes, as there’s really no point to offering a better system for the same price. They should have kept the same iPad Pro, no retooling of the production line or adding additional capabilities. They’re making less per iPad Pro now and if the point is profit, then they certainly lost THAT point.
ONLY if you get the 2018 one with a decent discount... maybe 20% or so?
No one should think that if they see a 2018 and a 2020 side by side, same price, that they should get the 2018.
Customers walking into an Apple store or Best Buy will feel a lot more secure purchasing an iPad released in March 2020 than one released in October 2018. That’s why they released tiny speck bumps, so that way people will be buying something that’s new, not something from two years ago. it’s all about the marketing, it’s easier to market something that’s new, rather than something that’s almost 2 years old.
Agreed
I have the 2020 iPad Pro 12.9 and for me the discount wasn’t good enough to consider the 2018 version
I think they mean that “the information” travels faster, due to a higher bandwidth.
If I understand correctly, Micro LED is not “an LED behind every LCD pixel”, as there is no LCD involved. It’s just a big array of LEDs, with separate LEDs for every pixel. So, instead of thousands of LED backlights, there’s millions of LEDs providing the actual image.
Ram was just bumped. Expect 6GB to be the standard for the next 2-3 years. 4GB was the standard for 5 years 2015 pro-2020 pro
Eh not interested until the software continues to evolve. Hardware isn't the Pro's issue. Always good to get a bump, and for first time purchasers seems like a good time to jump on, but no reason for me to upgrade.
I agree with the RAM and bezels part. The iPad Pro is already powerful enough but it's the OS that needs more "productive" features at this point. True multi tasking and the ability to run .exe in some virtualized fashion will steal away all the thunder of any Win or Android laptop/tablet for work functions.
Cool, I'm going to skip this one 
I bought the iPad Pro 2020 this year as my first iPad and it is excellent. For work I have a Mac .
I bought the iPad Pro 2020 this year as my first iPad and it is excellent. For work I have a Mac .Because someone might go somewhere and not have a phone, don’t have enough data, or cannot tether.
Where’s the update on the iMac rumors goddamnit.
I guess that serves me well for paying attention to these “reputable, honorable, great track record” Ming Chi Kuo, Prosser and company.
Decided to wait for a new “soon, it’s happening” iMac and what do we get? More rumors for things 6, 9, 12+ months down the line.
I guess that serves me well for paying attention to these “reputable, honorable, great track record” Ming Chi Kuo, Prosser and company.
Decided to wait for a new “soon, it’s happening” iMac and what do we get? More rumors for things 6, 9, 12+ months down the line.
There will never be a time when something better isn’t on the way.
Whatever you buy is likely to be surpassed in 24 months or less.It’s just too troublesome, further drains the battery of your iPhone, and defeats the spontaneity of the iPad (since it’s so quick to unlock and use).
For someone outside and on the go, I find that the extra cost of the cellular version and the monthly data plan is well worth the convenience.
ok so Apple OLED is one of the best, and you tried to say it was one of the worst, which was wrong
these kinds of rumors keeps me postponing my purchases. If we were all as rich as Tim, then it would not have mattered since we can upgrade on weekly basis.
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but the data plans are so low that it cripples the usage
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but the data plans are so low that it cripples the usage
My iPad is on a 30gb/month data plan that i currently share with my iPhone. Even on a heavy month, I use just over 10+ gb a month.
I have owned iPads with and without cellular before. So long as I remain a teacher at least, it’s the cellular version for me, regardless of the model.
How you fiqure that out? Does this mean the 2020 will suddenly stop being great? Well no so how is somebody an idiot for buying the 2020 model exactly?
It’s going to be the same as the 2021 model just a different display and faster chip. Hardly much difference
How does that work with the recently launched iPad Pro? We just forked out $,$$$ for LiDar (not many uses...) and Magic Keyboard.
By all accounts and reviews we just experienced a 'minor tweak' to the 2018 model, and a year later there's to be another refresh?...
Australian readers will probably agree that we feel the added pinch of the FX conversion - and that's probably what makes us bitter.
By all accounts and reviews we just experienced a 'minor tweak' to the 2018 model, and a year later there's to be another refresh?...
Australian readers will probably agree that we feel the added pinch of the FX conversion - and that's probably what makes us bitter.
Likely because iPad felt pressure to release something seeing as it was said to come in October 2019.
Correct, but internet speed is measured in bits per second, not meters per second. It is not faster as in how fast the electromagnetic radiation travels over a distance. It's faster in how long it takes to download a large file due to the larger amount of information transmitted at a time. Why? Because electromagnetic radiation travels at the speed of light, which through optic fibre, is approximately 2x10^8 m/s, and the distance to travel half way around the world is 20,000 km, and thus the time taken for electromagnetic radiation to travel across the planet in optic fibre is 0.1s, and thus, the speed in m/s is not the important part of internet speed, it's the bandwidth that's important. This is why we can have live video chats with people on the other side of the planet, because the delay is only 0.1s each way, just as long as you have enough bandwidth to carry the full video signal.