I have an iPad Pro 11 2nd generation (the one with A12Z from 2020) bought in December 2020. I recently lost my Apple Pencil and since the battery life of my device has been quite disappointing I was looking to upgrade. Especially because I'd be annoyed to buy a new pencil now that wouldn't be compatible with new iPads anyway.
It's September now and my semester starts in a bit over a week. On October the pros are rumoured to get an update. But besides a new M5 soc not much seems to come, and M4 from 2024 it's plenty fast (I only use it for note taking, reading pdfs and annotating them). I want the pros mainly for the higher refresh rate which is valuable to me.
So I was thinking of waiting and getting the old model from 2024 at a discount if the discount is worth it.
I was also pondering about upgrading to the nano texture glass option; while I'm more of an indoor person and I like low-light settings, on campus, between large windows and lights, the reflections are annoying. But the upgrade is locked behind the 1tb storage option, which is much more expensive (and I don't need all that storage), although the extra ram is cool (16gb on 1tb vs 8gb on 256gb)
It's September now and my semester starts in a bit over a week. On October the pros are rumoured to get an update. But besides a new M5 soc not much seems to come, and M4 from 2024 it's plenty fast (I only use it for note taking, reading pdfs and annotating them). I want the pros mainly for the higher refresh rate which is valuable to me.
So I was thinking of waiting and getting the old model from 2024 at a discount if the discount is worth it.
I was also pondering about upgrading to the nano texture glass option; while I'm more of an indoor person and I like low-light settings, on campus, between large windows and lights, the reflections are annoying. But the upgrade is locked behind the 1tb storage option, which is much more expensive (and I don't need all that storage), although the extra ram is cool (16gb on 1tb vs 8gb on 256gb)
