Well, I am currently using iPad Air 4 and I see no compelling reason to upgrade. The only thing I am not happy about is my Air’s screen with its washed out blacks. As soon as they put OLED, I will jump straight in.
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Upcoming 11-Inch iPad Pro Rumored to Miss Out on Mini-LED Display
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Well, I am currently using iPad Air 4 and I see no compelling reason to upgrade. The only thing I am not happy about is my Air’s screen with its washed out blacks. As soon as they put OLED, I will jump straight in.
Watch any movie with dark scenes (House of the Dragon has PLENTY of those), you’ll notice the difference immediately. Mini LED has deep blacks that clearly distinguish between people, objects and background. In contrast, normal LED washes everything in a dull gray that makes it hard to distinguish anything.
If the only improvement is the M2 chip, then I don't think this iPad Pro will sell very well. The current M1 chip is more than capable. If Apple doesn't offer any real upgrades to the screen or battery, then they will have a hard time selling the iPad Pro.
I bought a new 2021 12.9 iPad Pro from Amazon for $200 off. If the new iPads are only a processor swap and wireless charging I’ll keep the 2021.
Apple will only upgrade the display if meets their profit targets for the device even if leaving money on table. Could have oled already but won’t do if cant make enough profit or having to raise device price too much meet it. We don’t get their best tech they can deliver each year or two.
Prefer OLED for reading comics and ebooks in bed with the lights off. Mini-LED has too much bloom and doesn’t get dark enough.
For real. I had the 2018 pro 512gb cellular, the 2020 version was just a small and then last year I was so convinced we would get a miniled ipad pro 11 that I sold my 2018 version before the announcement because I wanted a good price for it....
Biggest mistake ever.
Ended up trying the 12.9 inch miniled but it was too big, so I had to settle for a m1 11 inch 128gb....... basically losing my storage and cellular features 🥲
Was hoping for miniled this year...... Apple loves disappointing their customers.
Apple isn’t marketing the M2 as an update for the M1. They’re aiming people who own the 2020, 2018 or earlier IPad Pros.
GAH! Ain't that the truth! I hate when they do that. Frustrating!
I suppose it could be an engineering limitation for mini-LED in the 11” but more than likely they’re going to switch all the iPad Pros to OLED in the near future and they don’t want to bother putting mini-LED in the 11” now or sacrifice margins by doing so. It’s too bad because it doesn’t make any sense from a product line standpoint AND, I do think they are underestimating the amount of people (like me) who would upgrade their 2018, 2020, and 2021 11 iPPs.
Totally agree with you. I love their hardware. It is largely and ironically the best part of the company. Their services are bordering on lame and regressive. But they are designed that way to maintain control and to give them the ability to drive obsolescence and upgrade envy. The overhead for services is less than developing hardware. Their software is purposely iterative to prevent too much evolution. And they happily sit on gains over competition because it’s cheap.
I’m sad that Apple has come to this.
Apple calculates the cost of new tech vs the loss in sales for the folks that want something like mini LED. Most folks that buy iPads don't know the difference and Apple knows this, so they will keep putting in the cheapest stuff until people stop buying it and it becomes worth the added cost. Or the cost of manufacturing becomes negligible.
thank you! why do people think that every product Apple releases is supposed to appeal to every single consumer lmao.
every year “oh there’s no reason to upgrade!” yeah maybe not for you, but for the millions of people who have 2, 3, 4, 5+ year old devices, there is a reason.
Well if you're including me in your rant, I specifically said "no reason for ME to upgrade" in my post earlier in this thread.
Every update should have something worth updating not put a chip in when the old chip is still over kill they might as well wait until there’s a better update
Promotion, quad speakers, and thunderbolt 4 capability as well as Face ID and the better camera for only $200 more than the cost of the Air 256