This is your exact statement... "iPad sales have been in decline since 2014" ... this is completely false.
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Upcoming iPad Pro Models Could Feature Rounded Display Corners
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This is your exact statement... "iPad sales have been in decline since 2014" ... this is completely false.
Well, I understand the reason for the rounded corners on the screen. The device itself has rounded corners, and the smaller the bezels get (assuming the new iPad will have small uniform bezels), the closer the sharp screen corners get to the rounded device corners, which begins to not look good. So it’s either rounded screen corners, or sharp device corners, or keep the bezels thick at least partially.
My main problem is the ridiculous design of multi-tasking on a portrait-oriented iPad. The photo in the article makes it painfully obvious what a dumb design that was.
Back on topic here I think rounded corners will be fine on iPad. It either allows for smaller footprint of the overall device or a larger screen in the same sized device. Both of those are great if you ask me. Those dang bezels on my 12.9 need to go away! And rounded corners makes it more feasible.
Watching films feels silly with rounded corners, which is part of why I don’t like the design of the iPhone X. But that is a non-issue on iPad because the corners would be in the letterboxed area of the screen.
Back on topic here I think rounded corners will be fine on iPad. It either allows for smaller footprint of the overall device or a larger screen in the same sized device. Both of those are great if you ask me. Those dang bezels on my 12.9 need to go away! And rounded corners makes it more feasible.
Watching films feels silly with rounded corners, which is part of why I don’t like the design of the iPhone X. But that is a non-issue on iPad because the corners would be in the letterboxed area of the screen.
You don’t see logic too often on this site. Cheers.
None of the iPads in my house are capable of split screen. To be fair, they'd probably never be used that way if they were. That just looks freaking terrible.
They are in decline. QoQ fluctuations do not make a trend.
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So why did Apple use bezels on all previous iPad models? They are there so that one can hold the device. Did something change this year? Did human hands all of sudden got larger so that we can now hold the tablet the same way we hold the phones? I just checked my own hands - they are the same size as they were in 2010.
Also, while rounded case corners make sense for the phones (because of the way people hold the phones) it's not the case for the tablets. Square tablets would work just fine (rounded ones are slightly better but not at the expense of cutting the screen).
If sales have increased over the last 5 quarters, then iPad sales have not been in decline since 2014. Again, maybe try to look at facts instead of just trying to bash Apple.
What are you talking about? That's how it already looks, but without the rounded corners.
I can't speak for everyone, but when I hold my iPad, I have my hands mainly on the lower half with the bottom corners held by my palms. The corners start digging into my palms and that starts to feel uncomfortable even after a few minutes, but I can't hold it by the sides because it starts to slip. Rounded corners have more surface area, and the new corners may be designed to have gentler curves, so holding it in the way I do would be much more comfortable.
It also looks interesting to me, and I doubt missing a couple of corner pixels will be the end of the world.
OMG iPads will resemble the 60’s television screens.
Let the sepia colors come in -with TrueTone they’ll be like never before
Duh
Rounded corners. Wow, a feature. Apple marketing department "I reckon rounding the corners should be worth at least $200"
(I have always been getting paper cuts when handling the sharp edges of the LCD screen) /s
(I have always been getting paper cuts when handling the sharp edges of the LCD screen) /s
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Jony Ive is just sucking up to Dieter Rams again. Look at the Braun ET66 calculator -- it had a LCD display with rounded corners. Made no sense back then either.
Rounded corners = less pixels. Less pixels = less $$$. I can finally afford a new iPad Pro now!
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Yeah, that would be weird if it didn’t. Most people use the ipad in landscape most of the time wether holding it or on the table with the smartkeyboard. So it wouln’t make sense if face ID didn’t work in landscape. Guess we’ll find out soon.
I'm stating exactly that. It looks like poo with the rounded corners. The image I was referencing clearly showed rounded corners.What are you talking about? That's how it already looks, but without the rounded corners.
That home screen indicator line is distracting, on videos and now split view. Either have an option where the user can turn that indicator line on/off or have a learning mode where it eventually disappears when the user learns the new interactions of no physical home button. It is in poor design and taste to constantly have it staring the user in the face, I wonder if it causes screen burn-in on AMOLED devices.
Those rounded corners need to have a smaller radius, wasted screen real estate.
Those rounded corners need to have a smaller radius, wasted screen real estate.
I don’t mind the rounded corners, like them on my X, but definitely agree with the indicator line. I doubt they would have it in a split screen scenario.
On a phone sized device the corners are usually cupped in one hand, the corners usually get covered naturally. I don’t know many people who can cup an iPad though, unless you have some giant hands
Maybe the rounded corners are not prominent, will wait and see.
On a phone sized device the corners are usually cupped in one hand, the corners usually get covered naturally. I don’t know many people who can cup an iPad though, unless you have some giant hands
Maybe the rounded corners are not prominent, will wait and see.
I don’t cover mine, pretty prominent, but I like the look of them better. Just a preference I suppose. I think it’ll work well with an iPad.
Maybe passionate, maybe trolling, don’t know. I like Apple products and use them, I will call them out if it could have been done differently better or whatever. Free speech and opinion and all, not really insulting, its all cool.
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The illusion of an uninterrupted infinite display, that is the look Apple is going for.