I’m with you man...battery life is king. Luckily I don’t have dainty little hands so I can handle a couple more mm.
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New 12.9-Inch iPad Pro Will Be 0.5mm Thicker to Accommodate Mini-LED Display
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This is especially true on the Apple Watch. The rectangular screen on the Watch 3 looks really old school, and not in a good way. The curved corners of the 4 and up look much better IMO.
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...www.macrumors.com
Not every OLED suffers from burn in though. Mini-LED is just not worth getting excited about.
Monitor displays, and those on phones/tablets differ quite a lot. OLED is far superior to miniLED. There are barely any burn in reports anymore for a few years, which means OLEDs have become amazing. I'm sure if Apple added it to the iPad it won't be an issue.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...
But when it comes to monitors, the display will be ON constantly far longer than your typical phone/tablet (which you turn on and off multiple times a day) which means you're at a greater risk for burn in. But the industry has just started releasing more and more consumer grade OLED monitors, so it's only a matter of time until Apple does it too (but I'm sure they will actually rather wait for microLED)
miniLED can be worse than IPS LCD in certain scenarios, mostly when it comes to dark scenes.
And not just rounded corners, even better. They’re Squircles, to match the edges of the iPad.
VERY perceptible to folks .25 mm high. To most people, since we’re talking about less than half the thickness of a dime, not very noticeable at all.
I hope the same. Although, judging by the aggressive sales at Amazon and others (11" Magic Keyboard for $199, etc.), it's likely they'll be revising it.
I’m kind of amazed this is always the popular response. Did any of you buy iPhones over the last several years? Every year from 2014-2020, six generations, the iPhone got thicker and heavier. Jony was very much in charge of those during that time. Now he’s gone and they’ve just gotten thinner…
Added thickness is great since my current 12.9 iPad could hold a glass of wine without spilling a drop.
Maybe check with Apple Store to see if they can change the battery. Going to save you hundreds of dollars
Seems that it’s more the fact that it’s about 10% thicker. So not so much the .5mm but more that it’s all relative.
I’m sure it’ll be fine and not a big deal. Apple wouldn’t be implementing the new screen tech it if it was that drastic of a change negatively.
My 2015 iPad Pro 12.9” is starting to show its age. I wish Apple would offer an affordable 12.9” standard iPad. I need the screen size for my tired old eyes, and want speed, but don‘t need all the bells & whistles.
I was referring to the screen, but you're guess is valid as well. Just the article is formulated in a way that it's thicker due to the Mini-Led.. well not that big of a dealWell, the “thicker because of mini-LED” is likely coming from folks that just have the drawings and making guessesCould be thicker due to periscope cameras or battery?
I still think not including the mini LED on the 11” iPad Pro is a HUGE mistake. The whole point is for people to pay UP for the Pro iPads! The 11” is going to lose sales because the perception is why pay over $1,000 for the 11” ipad pro when i can get a regular ipad. I really hope this rumor is wrong.
Well, more than the very limited support now.
Coming to iPadOS 14.5? Apple's iPad Pro needs this feature next
Last year, we were surprised with trackpad support in a routine iPadOS update. I have high hopes for what Apple can surprise iPad users with this year.
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after having used the larger ipad a lot, I feel it is more a desktop tablet than something you want to carry / hold a lot. In this sense weight and thickness get less relevant. I guess it depends on what you want to use it for.
I will get one but it wont be leaving the studio.
Only at Apple... could a milliliter cause this much public drama & private pain