Make it 2 or 3mm thicker and give me more battery life!
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New 12.9-Inch iPad Pro Will Be 0.5mm Thicker to Accommodate Mini-LED Display
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Yeah, the only issue I have come up against is the 4GB of RAM on my 2018. Really wished it had at least 6-8GB of RAM especially given how powerful the A12X still is, meaning, the processor with likely not be a performance limitation for a couple years more at least, but RAM may be the issue for me, and I’m not even a ‘Pro’ user. I’m still holding out this year. Will probably upgrade to the 2022 iPad Pro (next Fall?).
is Amazon still discounting them? that wouldn't be a good sign.
I have a 2020 12.9-inch iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard. It's fine - I really can't complain. But it's kind of heavy if you hold it for a while - even after separating it from the keyboard. If I had it to do all over again, I probably would get the 11-inch version without the Magic Keyboard. But, today, I'd probably pick up a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro with 16gb of RAM. In fact, the next time around (next year?), I could see myself going for a 14-inch MacBook Pro - assuming that really happens. If I discover that I really want and/or need an iPad as well, I'd go for an iPad Air.
It’s not about me. it’s what almost every iPad user wants. Check the surveys...Yes, it’s all about what YOU want/need
But if it makes you happy: “Yes, it’s about me, me, me! I rule!”
(Isn’t that what you wanted to hear? Go ahead, start your whining...🤣)
It’ll bend as easy as the last one. There’s only so much you can do with a device that several millimeters thin and 12.9 inches across the diagonal.
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Just saying… don’t get your hopes up! If you didn’t get the 2020 due to a fear it might bend, this one’s not going to be significantly less bendable. Everyone’s going to have to just buy it, use it the way they normally would and, if it bends, get a refund and wait for the next one (although, that can be said regarding the 2018 and 2020 ones, too).
Actually, Apple probably need a second camera assembly on the long edge so people look like they are looking at the recipient of a FaceTime Call when it's in landscape profile - such as when mounted on a Magic Keyboard.
You must be new here.
Try suggesting the iPhone should be thicker for better battery life and watch people come out of the woodwork to talk about how much better the phone was after one of Ive's iterations made it thinner, or how the extra weight would be too much (bro, do you even lift?).
Darnn, I wanted a 'fat' iPad Pro (without a dead pixel)! And a thick keyboard in my MBP that WORKED!
AND none of the local service providers have a keyboard to swap in. *sigh* I had someone say 'Why don't you use an external keyboard? They look so great.' Um... Next question?
Sometimes 'thin' is just 'too much'...
AND none of the local service providers have a keyboard to swap in. *sigh* I had someone say 'Why don't you use an external keyboard? They look so great.' Um... Next question?
Sometimes 'thin' is just 'too much'...
Where is this "survey" you speak of? I've never wanted more battery life for any iPads I've owned since iPad 1, at the expense of thickness and weight.
Nah. There are reasons why Apple's top-of-the-line monitor is LCD and not OLED. OLED is great, and I want it in my iPad, but it can present certain problems for content creators and their applications.
Interestingly, our favourite Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is saying that next year the non-Pro will go OLED, but the Pro will remain mini-LED.
Kuo: iPad Air to Adopt OLED in 2022, Mini-LED to Remain Exclusive to iPad Pro Models
Apple will transition the iPad Air to OLED displays in the second half of next year, while mini-LED display technology will remain exclusive to...
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I just hope when they have a display that can do true blacks like miniLED then they'll get rid of the round screen corners. If you can implement rounded screen corners in software then the display itself can have true 90 degree screen corners for applications where it makes sense, like full screen movies.
Pro. Pro Big (aka Max). Apple has no problem making one pro better than another pro in terms of specs (such as camera). Annoying, but fact of life. I'm still peeved the iPhone Pro camera is worse than Pro Max. Maybe next year. iPad....ditto.
Personally I like the rounded corners, and actually I have never heard a real world complaint about it. I hear complaints about the iPhone's notch sometimes, but never about the rounded iPad Pro/Air corners.
BTW, mini-LED won't show perfect blacks, and in itself having mini-LED doesn't really tell us much about quality. For example, TCL makes a lot of crappy mini-LED TVs. It's all about the implementation. However, I trust Apple to use high-end mini-LED in its iPad Pro line, esp. if its non-Pro line will get OLED.
not me mate. my battery has never run out on me, but I use mine for content creation and not consuming [much]. I also use it everyday.
but this news of a thicker ipad for the 12"pro doesnt bother me at all, as I will be just using it on the desk from now on. as my sidekick device to my computer.
I will get the air or 11 pro as my more portable option [or the mini if all the rumours are wrong and it gets the pro look].
My future is most likely desktop + 12"ipad pro and mobile 14"MBP with 11".
Source: Apple’s releasing an iPad. Anti-stans: {random guttural sounds as they foam at the mouth and smash fingers to keyboard} [No real point to be made, just gotta get on that bandwagon quick!]
I absolutely love the rounded corners on the ipad and big sur..... and it makes it feel so much friendlier than utilitarian Windows which i sit in front of most of the day.