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M1 iPad Pro Arrives Early for Lucky Customer

obamtl said:
If they do that, everyone loses. You won’t get an 11” iPad with mini LED any sooner, but those who want a 12.9” one are denied that too. There have actually also been times when the smaller iPad Pro got something first.
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Yeah, it’s great that those in the group that are okay with or want the larger size get what they want. I don’t need the larger size, and I will never opt for it. I’m sure I’m not alone in that. Had Apple used the same tech and released the upgrade on both next year, no one would have even known to begin with.

The only time that happened was with the 2015 12.9” iPad Pro (1st gen) and the 9.7” iPad Pro released 4 months later in 2016. Pretty much across all of their products released together, the bigger one gets the better features first. They even just did it with the sensor shift in the 12 Pro Max, and they’ve done it multiple times between the two different sizes starting with the 6s plus.
 
JPack said:
I'll defer to supply chain analysts, every one of which says mini LED costs more than OLED.
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Sorry but that's not proof because you're stating that Apple paid more for the mini LED screens. Unless you show me how much they paid then it's senseless to say they paid more. Regardless of that some of the reasons why they may have decided to go with miniLED is because the technology has less power draw and less chances of screen image retention since people tend to keep computer screens on and static for longer periods.
 
pugxiwawa said:
2021 magic keyboard is not available yet, so whatever he bought today must be the current version.
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It’s available both to order and for instore collection on the Apple Store site/app in the U.K.? So you literally can’t buy the 2020 Magic Keyboard from Apple in the U.K. now for 12.9” models…
 
SimonMScott said:
It’s available both to order and for instore collection on the Apple Store site/app in the U.K.? So you literally can’t buy the 2020 Magic Keyboard from Apple in the U.K. now for 12.9” models…
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He’s in US you can buy left over stocks from other retailers besides Apple. There’s plenty of stocks.
 
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Maconplasma said:
Sorry but that's not proof because you're stating that Apple paid more for the mini LED screens. Unless you show me how much they paid then it's senseless to say they paid more. Regardless of that some of the reasons why they may have decided to go with miniLED is because the technology has less power draw and less chances of screen image retention since people tend to keep computer screens on and static for longer periods.
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Surprised you didn't ask for Tim Cook to go on live TV showing Apple's exact cost breakdown as the only acceptable proof. 😂

I guess when iPad Air comes out using OLED next year, you'll find another excuse as to why image retention isn't an issue there.
 
You guys should not have outed the retailer. What if Apple does not give them launch inventory next time because of this.
 
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JPack said:
Surprised you didn't ask for Tim Cook to go on live TV showing Apple's exact cost breakdown as the only acceptable proof. 😂

I guess when iPad Air comes out using OLED next year, you'll find another excuse as to why image retention isn't an issue there.
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Oh please spare me your crystal ball nonsense.
 
JPack said:
Not full screen brightness and not sustained.

It makes sense why Apple is relegating cheaper OLED for the iPad Air in 2022. Mini LED can offer much higher brightness than OLED ever will and nearly match the blacks.
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S21 ultra achieves that level of brightness in sunlight and sustained on auto.
 
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I’m a little confused and know nothing about mini LED. Is there going to be a glowing hue or glare of sorts on these new devices. After watching the new iPad Pro video with magic keyboard posted on here just a page or two ago, it appears that’ll be the case. Can anyone help me understand this because, again, I’m completely naive about it. context: I ordered the 12.9” mostly for 5G and to upgrade to this. Thanks in advance.
 
JPack said:
So Apple is silly enough to put a display more expensive than OLED into their top of the line iPad Pro. But it performs worse than OLED? Is that the logic here?
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Dude you just need to chill out with pushing for miniLed. Just because Apple use it in their iPad Pro doesn’t mean this is the best. You even claim it beats oled in every aspect. Your shills are beyond ridiculous. Both miniLed and OLED have pros and cons.
 
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I don’t expect any issues. The mini-led backlighting is an upgrade from the previous gen that we’ve had for years. I’m pretty confident Apple tested it well. And we see it tons of high end tv sets, with few complaints.

It is only a select few who say only OLED is good enough, the rest is trash, blow up an issue based on weak comparison with using a potato cam and compressed video while not keeping focus … and the sky is falling.
 
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lyngo said:
I’m a little confused and know nothing about mini LED. Is there going to be a glowing hue or glare of sorts on these new devices. After watching the new iPad Pro video with magic keyboard posted on here just a page or two ago, it appears that’ll be the case. Can anyone help me understand this because, again, I’m completely naive about it. context: I ordered the 12.9” mostly for 5G and to upgrade to this. Thanks in advance.
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It’s like the current LCD screens, but instead of using a flat white backlight, they use a 44x59 grid of zones that can each be set to a different brightness. If all the zones are all set to the same brightness, it should look pretty much exactly like the current screens.
The issue is that if you have small bright details on a dark background, you may be able to notice the whole zone lighting up, and if that small bright detail is moving, you could see the the zones lighting up as the small bright detail passes by them.
Here is a Twitter thread with examples from the Apple Pro XDR. (But it only has a quarter as many zones)
https://twitter.com/x/status/1213220980912541702
(it won’t look that bad in person, but that’s the basic idea)
 
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pdoherty said:
I guess we’ll see...
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This miniLED backlight has 2596 zones. A microLED would require more than the square of that. Each of those individual zones could be subdivided into 2596 zones, and you’d still only be 40% of the way to enough total subpixels.
 
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