Think the iPad Air will be more than enough for most users. The main difference will be lack of FaceID, OLED and ProMotion on Air. I have the Pro in 11” cellular variant and am very happy with my iPad.
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BeatsByTim
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Too bad for that guy with his very real condition that makes him unable to use oled displays
dlopan
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I thought I wanted an M5 ipad pro, might the M4 ipad air be good enough?
Note: I think I've narrowed it down to the 11 inch size. Strictly speaking, I don't "need" either one this is more of a "want".
Furture proof is a big criteria. I feel like the ram bump for the M4 ipad air bodes well and maybe it doesn't matter all that much if it's really true that all the M chip ipad hardware options are a bit overkill for ipad iOS.
Points for the ipad pro: I'd probably enjoy the better screen quality, the thinness and the thinner bezels and the thunderbolt port would be very nice to have/meaningful to my workflow. I really liked the pro better than the air, in person. I didn't think that the difference in the screen quality would be something that would be meaningful to me, but it was (and all the thinness).
Points for the ipad air: I don't want to spend more than I have to, to have a "very nice" experience. I'm a bit concerned about the possiblity of both flicker and image burn-in with the OLED I think I would actually prefer the touch ID to face ID. (the ipad air hardware specs might be somewhere between good enough and overkill as it is).
Note: I think I've narrowed it down to the 11 inch size. Strictly speaking, I don't "need" either one this is more of a "want".
Furture proof is a big criteria. I feel like the ram bump for the M4 ipad air bodes well and maybe it doesn't matter all that much if it's really true that all the M chip ipad hardware options are a bit overkill for ipad iOS.
Points for the ipad pro: I'd probably enjoy the better screen quality, the thinness and the thinner bezels and the thunderbolt port would be very nice to have/meaningful to my workflow. I really liked the pro better than the air, in person. I didn't think that the difference in the screen quality would be something that would be meaningful to me, but it was (and all the thinness).
Points for the ipad air: I don't want to spend more than I have to, to have a "very nice" experience. I'm a bit concerned about the possiblity of both flicker and image burn-in with the OLED I think I would actually prefer the touch ID to face ID. (the ipad air hardware specs might be somewhere between good enough and overkill as it is).