Rumored 12.9-Inch 'iPad Pro' May Include More Powerful A8X Processor

[rGiskard]

We won't know until DisplayMate receives a test unit. And I wouldn't order before.

It's pretty obvious when looking at them, the mini screen lacks the vibrance and saturation of the air. It's a HUGE difference, with the mini at something like 65% sRGB gamut vs. ~100% for the air. A 10% or less difference, then yeah, we would probably have to wait for Displaymate to test them. But in that case I wouldn't care, because if I need testing equipment to tell the difference between displays, I don't consider it a significant difference.

 

[Faux Carnival]

Wow, just wow!

7-inch tablets were dead on arrival. Then came iPad Mini.
iPhone was designed for one-handed use and was the perfect size. Huge phablets were uncool. Then came iPhone 6.

Now this! I wonder when Apple is going to re-invent and re-imagine stylus pens.

And for the 12-inch iPad. It will just be a blown up iPod. At least get a Surface Pro 3 and be able to do something useful and productive with it. Oh, Temple Run on this device will be awesome though!

 

[kazmac]

Watch and wait... if I go the love/hate relationship with the iPad again, it'll be an Air 2, if the 2gb of RAM is true.

As far as gigunda iPad Pro; not for me. I can see where folks might need/or want it, but for a screen that size, I'd prefer a computer.

 

[Gudi]

It's pretty obvious when looking at them, the mini screen lacks the vibrance and saturation of the air. It's a HUGE difference, with the mini at something like 65% sRGB gamut vs. ~100% for the air. A 10% or less difference, then yeah, we would probably have to wait for Displaymate to test them. But in that case I wouldn't care, because if I need testing equipment to tell the difference between displays, I don't consider it a significant difference.

We only know the difference is so huge, because someone measured the percentages for us. I can tell it's not the same color, but if the difference is worth 20 or 40 percent? I don't know. And Apple will say nothing about color gamut during the keynote, let alone give us numbers. The most they will say is "new" screen. It's the same old bullet points, versus unmeasurable experience. Pixel count is a specific natural number, but pixel quality is a more vague percentage of an artificial spectrum, deemed to be good color gamut. And then some displays reach more than 100% sRGB. Color gamut is harder to explain and to advertise and so it gets overlooked. It's called a Retina Display nevertheless.

 

[rGiskard]

We only know the difference is so huge, because someone measured the percentages for us. I can tell it's not the same color, but if the difference is worth 20 or 40 percent? I don't know. And Apple will say nothing about color gamut during the keynote, let alone give us numbers. The most they will say is "new" screen. It's the same old bullet points, versus unmeasurable experience. Pixel count is a specific natural number, but pixel quality is a more vague percentage of an artificial spectrum, deemed to be good color gamut. And then some displays reach more than 100% sRGB. Color gamut is harder to explain and to advertise and so it gets overlooked. It's called a Retina Display nevertheless.

No, we know the difference is huge because we can see it immediately when comparing the mini and the air. Small differences are not so readily apparent.

Just like it's possible to see that Samsung uses an uncorrected sRGB color gamut far larger than 100%. That's why their screens look so oversaturated. It sells better to uninformed consumers who go "golly gee whiz!" when they see it.

 

[CertFX]

Be careful there, rumor has it that the Facetime camera can watch you, or in other words Apple or some secret agency can watch what you're doing.

That's part of the thrill

 

[TheSlush]

Can't wait for this product. Will make sharing/presenting in creative meetings much nicer.

 

[jdamiano]

I can't wait to watch porn on this thing.

I'm with you man

 

[Skoal]

Wow, never in the history of Apple have I been underwhelmed by 3 straight new product launches - the iPhone 6, 6+, and this bloated iPad.

Then I can't imagine what overwhelms you. Not much I assume. Must be an exciting life but at least you have dos Equis!

 

[wabash9000]

Hopefully with the touchid sensor they allow the ipad to be a multiuser device. I see it more as a family device and would be awesome if each person had their own account to keep the email, bookmarks, game saves, and apps separate. Would also allow for parental controls.

 

[JTravers]

Big iPhone, bigger iPad.
Sign me up.

 

[loon3y]

Wow, just wow!

7-inch tablets were dead on arrival. Then came iPad Mini.
iPhone was designed for one-handed use and was the perfect size. Huge phablets were uncool. Then came iPhone 6.

Now this! I wonder when Apple is going to re-invent and re-imagine stylus pens.

And for the 12-inch iPad. It will just be a blown up iPod. At least get a Surface Pro 3 and be able to do something useful and productive with it. Oh, Temple Run on this device will be awesome though!

a blown up iPod? do you see iPad apps? they are totally different because of the screen real estate.

you can multiple views, and multiple views off screen because its just practical on a bigger screen, but not phone sized screens.

the pro will do that, and the pro is going to be really popular for businesses. meetings, having them at trade shows where customers can see a huge picture of that certain product or style and show much more products on in a collections view, and just show much more information.


your literally going on your preference rather than how it can effect the rest of the world.

im not a fan of the Mini, but in NYC (I'm from LA) much more people uses Minis because it easy to use when using public transportation (which is how most people travel there)


theres a market for everything, i dont see anything wrong with a iPad Pro. in fact multiple customers of ours are waiting for the iPad Pro for the bigger screen real-estate so they can show much more styles and information on one screen and to have it upfront on their showrooms or booths

 

[powers74]

And when you drop it (and you will) it transforms into...

iShatter

Hey, I lol'ed.

 

[Young Turk]

Then I can't imagine what overwhelms you. Not much I assume. Must be an exciting life but at least you have dos Equis!

The Apple Watch (maybe), and the rumored 12" MacBook Pro/Air Retina (most definitely).

Actually still quite enamored with my iPhone 5S.

 

[Pagemakers]

It won't run OSX if it's powered by an A# chip, I'm sure they can recompile OSX and applications for ARM but it doesn't make sense.

https://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/07/report-12-9-ipad-integrated-ios-os-x/

 

[crsh1976]

https://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/07/report-12-9-ipad-integrated-ios-os-x/

That proves what, exactly? Another rumour report tomorrow may say the exact opposite, citing yet-another "analyst".

Again, it's not because that it's technically feasible that it should be done; OSX applications not only would need to be recompiled for iOS, they also need to have their interfaces revamped to work with a touchscreen. Many applications also don't work well with touchscreens no matter how much you try to get it to make sense.

 

[sonicrobby]

That proves what, exactly? Another rumour report tomorrow may say the exact opposite, citing yet-another "analyst".

Again, it's not because that it's technically feasible that it should be done; OSX applications not only would need to be recompiled for iOS, they also need to have their interfaces revamped to work with a touchscreen. Many applications also don't work well with touchscreens no matter how much you try to get it to make sense.

Can you elaborate on that last part? Ive used splashtop to remote into my macbook from my iPad. As far as I can remember, I had no issues using any programs with a touch interface. I can think of a few programs, like solidworks, but that is a windows-only program. I wanted to know of any mac-specific ones that may have issues.

Im thinking the new Apple Watch's force recognition hardware could be placed on the touchscreen to differentiate 'hovering the cursor' with 'select and drag'.

 

[Pagemakers]

I’d use iOS with touch and OSX mainly with a keyboard (hopefully a keyboard cover like Surface).

Then I don’t need to carry and iPad and a laptop.

A combined OSX/iOS device makes perfect sense to me.

 

[crsh1976]

Can you elaborate on that last part? Ive used splashtop to remote into my macbook from my iPad. As far as I can remember, I had no issues using any programs with a touch interface. I can think of a few programs, like solidworks, but that is a windows-only program. I wanted to know of any mac-specific ones that may have issues.

Im thinking the new Apple Watch's force recognition hardware could be placed on the touchscreen to differentiate 'hovering the cursor' with 'select and drag'.

I really cannot be bothered for instance to work on a complex spreadsheet or database on a touchscreen, type anything longer than a short email (especially without a keyboard dock/cover), set up a prototype and simulate actions with variables, etc.

As much as I've tried to move some of my work to my iPad, a lot of stuff was just annoying slow, even with a keyboard dock and a mouse - it just defeats the purpose if I have to turn my tablet into a pseudo-laptop.

Again, especially as an interface designer myself, everything can be improved and adapted to work better on a touchscreen, but the interface practically needs to re-done for productivity's sake.

 

[Michael Goff]

*sigh*

I guess we'll have to learn to live with the "will it bend" "joke" with every Apple-related news item in the coming weeks.

Oh well. At least nobody's asking if Safari runs snappier on it.

But will it be?

 

[sonicrobby]

I really cannot be bothered for instance to work on a complex spreadsheet or database on a touchscreen, type anything longer than a short email (especially without a keyboard dock/cover), set up a prototype and simulate actions with variables, etc.

As much as I've tried to move some of my work to my iPad, a lot of stuff was just annoying slow, even with a keyboard dock and a mouse - it just defeats the purpose if I have to turn my tablet into a pseudo-laptop.

Again, especially as an interface designer myself, everything can be improved and adapted to work better on a touchscreen, but the interface practically needs to re-done for productivity's sake.

Yeah I can see spreadsheets being a slight hassle as there are no arrow keys to easily move around. But with the keyboard it shouldnt be so bad right?

 

[Michael Goff]

iPad Pro: The ultimate Post-PC device ... when you attach a keyboard and make it a convertible laptop.