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iPad Pro's $100 Nano-Texture Glass Option Only Available With 1TB and 2TB Models
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They really shouldn't have called it 'texture' in the name. I was hoping it was going to be a paper like texture for a better writing experience, very confusing.
The biggest criticism with paper-like screen covers is that they wear down plastic nibs. That also happens with the default textured Wacom Intuos tablet cover. The nib won’t last a week.
So even though your drawing and writing with Apple Pencil Pro won’t be ‘grippy’ the nib wear problem doesn’t happen with the nano XDR screen.
The best solution for a paper-like experience isn’t really a display texture anyway. Apps like Photoshop and Clip Studio have an option to turn ‘smoothing’ on. This option slows down the flow of digital ink/paint and simulates the way lines are drawn cleanly on paper. It works really well at removing the kind of wobble that happens when a plastic nib moves across a tablet.
And on reflection (pun intended) I just cancelled and changed to get rid of the nano texture screen. Just not worth the risk on gen 1.
I have the low-reflectivity nano coating on my S24U. It's very nice. Charging extra for it on the "pro" device is egregious though.
can you tell if it has more 'drag.' i wouldn't mind a little more drag with the apple pencil, but wouldn't like a rough texture. i find those unpleasant when using fingers.
It doesn't look or feel any different than what you'd expect on a phone. Until you notice reflections are much dimmer than normal.
nope, Apple's is an actual texture. Samsung's/Corning's solution doesnt look any different than screen glass. I haven't experienced Apple's in-person yet.
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I really dislike that the iPad Pro has a higher spec M4 chip and the nano texture glass behind the 1TB models. I went with the 13” Air in the end.
Yeah, it will be very interesting to see how this plays out... The smudges on the desktop nanotexture Apple displays seems hard to get rid of...
Problem isn't that there's a $4k Vision Pro. It's that the cheapest Vision Pro is $3500.
What do you mean? I did my taxes on my ipad pro just last month.
Thank you for commenting about this... I was going back and forth whether it was worth the upsell for more pencil drag (I obviously use the pencil a LOT). Guess like I'll wait for paper-like to put out one for the new model. Thanks again!
Yeah, this confused me too - they have software to run whole accounting firms on iPad.
I mean running a standalone version of the software as opposed to a web version. The iPad/iPhone apps are just a UI to the web version. In the past there were many advanced features that weren't available on the web, e.g. filing an amendment to a prior year return.
It seemed to have a bespoke UI, at least compared to the website for the same software / service I used the year before.
Either way - isn't it on developers to make the 'Pro' software?
It is, but they don't consider the iPad Pro to be pro enough to dedicate resources to it.
There are many folks that own a cheap windows or macos machine just for tax purposes.
Hard pass on this one. It’s almost impossible with average use to keep the displace free from dust. Being a touch device over time the nano texture class will become polished and uneven.
The displace won’t be as sharp or bright and reduces contrast as the non nano texture display.
The displace won’t be as sharp or bright and reduces contrast as the non nano texture display.
This isn't a gen1 product. Apple already sell monitors with the same texture. Apple always tests manufacting processors on other products. For example, the guinea pig for the Macbook OLED is the iPad OLED. The guinea pig for the iPad OLED, was the iPhone OLED.
Don't go challenging Tim like that. He still has to release the M4 Macs yet.