I think the Pro will last a wee bit more then "a little longer"
but iPad still great device especially at that price.
I gave my dad the 2017 iPad 9.7 to replace his aging iPad 3 (got $100 Best Buy trade-in). Works great. It's like an iPad Air but much faster and with longer battery life. Feels just as fast as the Pro 9.7 on iOS 10 for general tasks. And yeah, we're an iOS household.
Doubtful. I reckon 1-2 years longer support.I think the Pro will last a wee bit more then "a little longer"
My wife has one, and I have the new 10.5 Pro. I disagree completely about the speakers. Yes, it has more speakers, but they're not better. On the 2017, every tick of the volume bar brings appreciably more and more volume. On the Pro, the bottom half of the bar is incredibly disappointing in its variance. The other huge advantage of the 2017 is battery life. Doing what I normally do on the 2017 ticks off about 5 percentage of the battery. On the Pro, the same load takes around 12 percentage. The screen is much better on the Pro, but it comes at a little bit of a cost - fingerprints and dust. It attracts them and holds them in a way the 2017 never does. A simple swipe with a cloth cleans the 2017 back to brand new yet I can never seem to clean the Pro completely.
Ehh I would say 2-3 but regardless you have a point, iOS devices with 2gb of ram are all performing excellent in iOS 11 betas so really it could become that the "pro" models simply are alittle quicker and have the enhanced multitasking ability. I reckon both the iPad and iPad Pro are getting 5 years support at least. They both are recent enough obviously Apple has no intention to make 2gb ram devices obsolete any time soon. If this is the case man people with the iPad Air 2 are in for a long support cycle (my guess is that'll be the first iOS device to get 6 years of updates. Very curious to see what happens over these next years as iOS 11 seems to mark a big shift in Apple's entire strategy for iPads
You made great points the bottom half of the iPad Pro's volume i have also noticed that, and the screen as well I clean it then cry upon seeing a bunch of marks i think are scratches, in fact its dust and strands of fiber from my microfiber cloth.
From iPad 4 wow do it thats a HUGE UPGRADE
You finally got a iPad you deserved, you poor thing the iPad 3 must've been so traumatic to have a device so slow.
It might seem so but in my experience the iPad 4 on latest version of iOS is more than usable for day to day tasks. I've only experienced occasional hiccups & lags.You finally got a iPad you deserved, you poor thing the iPad 3 must've been so traumatic to have a device so slow.
I recall your previous thread. I definitely think you are still on the right track with the 2017 iPad. I think it primarily just comes down to your uses. Overall, it will see decent iOS longevity support and the biggest positive I have read so far, is the A9 processor seems to be more than enough power and the battery life has been very good, which I believe it actually has a slightly larger battery Installed over the Air 2.
Cheers. You've been most helpful. It's interesting to see so many pro users but hardly any iPad 2017 user. So far it does seem like I'm going to get it once Apple figures out why my Apple Pay transaction didn't work.
Yeah. A6 and newer fared better with firmware updates age-wise compared to devices on A5 and older. I think we've been getting pretty good longevity (in both software support and performance) for a while now.
Being if you purchase it from Apple, you will have 14 days determine if you like it or not. But I think for the price point and what you're receiving, it's still a very good device. I really like the iPad Pro's, but even at that price point for $329, it really is tempting and affordable. Let us know how you like it once you get it.
The iPad 4 yah that's aged like a fine wine meanwhile the iPad 3 went sour back on iOS 8
Really?! I never had the 3, so not really sure but the only difference being A6 & A6X I didn't think it will be that much worse.
A5X vs A6X, the iPad 3 was underpowered for the Retina display it was driving. Day 1 it performed 1-5% worse then iPad 2 due to the high res display it struggled run, let alone 3D games and iOS on top of that
A5
Ah of course, don't know why I always thought it had the A6. Cheers. That makes sense.
The next device to age like the iPad 2 did and even possibly surpass it would be the iPad Air 2.
Completely agree. The 2GB RAM will see it being supported for a long time.
