New iPad Pro Rumored to Have Matte Screen Option Like Studio Display's Nano-Texture Glass

[NT1440]

Because a touchscreen UI must be dumbed down and blown up, with giant buttons and plenty of whitespace because your fingertip is an imprecise and crude pointing tool and your hand blocks your view of the UI that you're using.

Touchscreen computers are a dumb idea for that reason, in addition to the fact that computers already have touch-based controllers. Those controllers move a precise cursor that affords you the ability to manipulate a far-more-complex or rich UI without blocking the view of what you're doing.

And finally: Waving your hands in front of you all day would be a crappy way to work. Thus the utter failure of companies seeking to build a Minority Report UI.

I agree completely, which is why I don’t understand the demand here for macOS on the iPad. My question was to fish out whether those people have actually given thought to the user experience…

 

[Surf Monkey]

Thanks for taking the time to contribute your viewpoint. As a video editor I can tell you that matte screens compromise both both brightness and resolution. I work with no lighting behind me and much prefer the full glass experience.

I’m talking about graphic art, not video editing. I’d want a gloss screen for that.

 

[Surf Monkey]

I agree completely, which is why I don’t understand the demand here for macOS on the iPad. My question was to fish out whether those people have actually given thought to the user experience…

The ideal would be a more interoperable version of iPad OS that offered the kinds of access that people want. A legitimate file system for example.

 

[Surf Monkey]

You’re a designer, why would Apple have to rewrite the entire UI for macOS to be touch friendly…when they’ve already made an OS from the ground up around that UX paradigm?

When did I advocate that?

 

[MobiusStrip]

A matte screen sounds like a great option for an iPad, given that iPads are frequently used in various lighting conditions. But again, until it comes to a device with a headphone jack, it's a waste.

 

[SFjohn]

Definitely not interested in a matte display for myself… 😉

 

[Surf Monkey]

Definitely not interested in a matte display for myself… 😉

Different displays for different usages. A matte display would be excellent for drawing and sketching, especially if the next generation Apple Pencil has some kind of paper feel emulation built in. And of course as I mentioned before, I’d love to have a matte iPad Pro to match my matte monitors. I really dislike glossy screens for design work and photo editing. Anything designed for print will look better and more accurate on a matte screen.

But for most other things? Gloss is fine.

 

[SoldOnApple]

Matte screen would let it compete directly with Wacom and the like. Maybe we even see a 20 inch iPad.

 

[MobiusStrip]

While we're talking styli and drawing and sketching, what's up with Apple not making the Pencil work on the defectively oversized trackpads on its computers?

 

[svish]

Good to have options. I definitely would prefer the glossy one.

 

[F27]

Matte screens always remind me of horrid LCD’s on 80’s and 90’s laptops and even though they are now real glass personally I think glossy looks premium and makes everything feel more vivid.

Also glare and the Sun itself is a myth in the UK!

 

[bruno7]

I just wish they'd offer a matte screen option for Macbooks. At least for those Pro ones...

I really miss my old 2012 MBP.

The coating on my 2017 MBP Retina display is basically gone. And it looks horrible. Will have to brush it away somehow.

 

[PowerButton]

This complicates things. It’ll depends on how they pitch the benefits of the matte screen and what use cases they identify. I’m curious what heavy pencil users should go for.

Glossy would be my choice. Over time an Apple pencil [even fingers] would polish a matte display leaving marks and uneven friction in heavy used areas.
Plus you can always put a matte screen protector over it if you like look but not the wear.

 

[ApplesAreSweet&Sour]

The pencil would ruin that matte finish in no time. I think using matte screen protectors that can be swapped out is the better option.

Apple has to come up with some never-seen-before, completely over-engineered solution that gives us the best of both worlds.

I'm sure that's exactly what they're doing as it ties in with the upcoming "Apple Pencil Pro" that will surely be exclusive to iPads Pro M3.

Great incentives to sell digital artists on spending even more than the $799-$1099 minimum that they've come to accept as the entry point for Apple's highest value pr. dollar tablet.

And, for once, it would seem that iPads Pro are getting upgraded in nearly every way. So it's probably not the worst time to upgrade if you are on an older model.

I do expect some significant price increases, at least if there's indeed an higher tiered version with a high-tech matte screen protection of some kind. No way you're getting that for free in the entry-level models.

 

[jazz1]

Apple has to come up with some never-seen-before, completely over-engineered solution that gives us the best of both worlds.

I'm sure that's exactly what they're doing as it ties in with the upcoming "Apple Pencil Pro" that will surely be exclusive to iPads Pro M3.

Great incentives to sell digital artists on spending even more than the $799-$1099 minimum that they've come to accept as the entry point for Apple's highest value pr. dollar tablet.

And, for once, it would seem that iPads Pro are getting upgraded in nearly every way. So it's probably not the worst time to upgrade if you are on an older model.

I do expect some significant price increases, at least if there's indeed an higher tiered version with a high-tech matte screen protection of some kind. No way you're getting that for free in the entry-level models.

The potential price increases may give me pause. I'm wondering if the price increases, my usual SSD and RAM upgrades, and the new Magic Keyboard are going to kick the price up so high I'm in MacBook M3 Air or even MacBook M3 Pro territory?

I say this further wondering if I should just hang on to my M1 iPad Pro 12.9" and buy a MacBook. Or just let things stand with my M1 iPad Pro (putting up with the old dismal, older Apple Magic Keyboard)?

Then again should I let the M3 iPad Pro new owners hear me crying as they display their new hardware at the coffee shop? I do think much of my angst is based on not knowing when the new iPad will actually be released. Also I'll be on the road a few days in April. So pickup at my local Apple Store will be fighting their 7 day hold policy deadline.

First World problems I know.

 

[ChromeAce]

I’m talking about graphic art, not video editing. I’d want a gloss screen for that.

To me, video editing IS a graphic art. In fact, it’s even more intensive since you’re working on hundreds of thousands of frames at a time, not just one.

 

[Surf Monkey]

To me, video editing IS a graphic art. In fact, it’s even more intensive since you’re working on hundreds of thousands of frames at a time, not just one.

Video is destined for a screen. I’m talking about design that’s destined for print.

 

[ChromeAce]

Video is destined for a screen. I’m talking about design that’s destined for print.

Oh ok.

 

[acctman]

You can always put a Matte screen protector on but you can’t revert a matte display to clear

 

[rubaxter]

I don't and will not care at all about any iPad hardware rumors or actual product releases until iPad OS is vastly enhanced. If people find it sufficient, great; for me, it continues to be a heavily crippled OS.

I either want a iOS PRO or

a 2-in-1 Macbook Air.

Won't buy another new Apple until then, except for replacing a iPhone that's prolly gonna get dropped from iOS updates this year.

This is mostly just painting THEN rearranging the deck chairs.