iPad Pro Would you buy a ~15-inch iPad Pro?

[cflem]

Yes I would… in a heartbeat.

 

[RickTaylor]

I would certainly buy a 15" iPad Air. I might buy a 15" iPad Pro, but I'd hesitate, as I'd be paying for expensive features I don't care about.

I use my 2018 12.9" iPad pro as a virtual whiteboard for teaching; a larger screen would help make it easier to write legibly.

 

[UltimateSyn]

I would not. The 13" iPad Pro is right at the edge of being too unwieldy for a handheld tablet, and if there was a 15" version it would almost certainly always be used in 'laptop mode.' At that point I'd rather just have a 15" MBP.

 

[blkjedi954]

I wouldn’t. The difference between the 11in pro and 12.9in pro is massive in the weight category. The 12.9 is unwieldly, that’s why I keep that one at home on a desk. My 11in follows me everywhere. It doesn’t seem like there should be THAT much difference in weight but there is. I couldn’t imagine tacking on 2 more diagonal inches. A drop from just 1 foot, not meter, would spell total disaster. And the price tag?!?! Simply toooo big in my opinion. Im sure there’ll be some niche use cases but I believe it will be tiny. Can’t even hold that thing on a sofa or in bed without doing cardio with the projected added weight. Plausible though if Apple was able to shave significant weight off of it and keeping it inline with existing 12.9in’s weight.

 

[iPadified]

Simply toooo big in my opinion. Im sure there’ll be some niche use cases but I believe it will be tiny.

Reminds me of reaction to when the 12.9 was introduced. Now we soon have two product lines with 12.9-ish screens.

Pro is for work, a 15-inch would be great for drawing, online teaching, music production, and for those who like the iPad over Macs, photo, video editing and CAD. Loose the keyboard thinking or else go Macs.

So yes a 15 inch Ultra would be nice but not this year!

 

[geta]

As a portable device that you can comfortably hold in one hand, a 15” iPad would be terrible. But if someone needs a huge tablet on their desk as part of their job, it can work.

 

[iPadified]

As a portable device that you can comfortably hold in one hand, a 15” iPad would be terrible. But if someone needs a huge tablet on their desk as part of their job, it can work.

Yes, time to loose the idea that iPad is only for holding as SJ did at the introduction of iPad.

 

[Originalblez]

It depends on the price, the features and most importantly the OSX. If it's still the basic iPad OS then no way. The M chips are wasted on the current iPad OS.

I agree with your assessment. The 12.9" is fine for iPad-centric activity, but I still use my Macbook more - even though I love the idea of only using the iPad as my laptop. Simple things like the browsers used on iPad OS - still not fully compatible with the Mac OS versions. The trackpad and keyboard on the Magic Keyboard is no where near as comfortable as the Macbook ... the list goes on.

 

[Digitalguy]

Yes, time to loose the idea that iPad is only for holding as SJ did at the introduction of iPad.

So true, people cannot realize that not everyone uses the iPad as Jobs intented. I have multiple iPads (several pro and mini) and multiple Samsung tablets and I use none of them as Jobs intended. I use no device on a couch (I don't sit on my couch unless I have guests and never with a tablet). And that does not mean I use them only as laptops either, most of the time they are not used with a keyboard.
I use them as documents viewers, as annotation devices (most of the time not holding them), as second monitors, as security cameras, as music players, as paper replacement, as portable TVs around the house (stopped using a real TV years ago), with stands in each room. This allows me to do other things while watching (eating, dishes, shaving etc.). Most of the time they sit on a stand (whether it's a real stand, a smart cover, a magic keyboard or a kickstand), I write on them on a stand and I hold them only the time necessary to move them from a room to another...

 

[adib]

You are perhaps sarcastic but as a true desktop iPad? Very interesting. There are plenty of people who live their digital life in the cloud and accept web versions of Onedrive and iCloud. The same people were raised with iPhone in their hands so they would feel at home. As my daughter of 23 noted a few years ago about a teacher "He is a little bit old fashioned, he uses a Mac"🙂

Microsoft Surface Studio?

 

[yabeweb]

Went from the 12 to the 11 and loving it so a big no from me.

 

[viking_01]

I would buy a 15 inch iPad Pro and mostly use with a Magic Keyboard on a desk. The touchscreen interface of the iPad sells it to me over the MacBook for my current uses. I’d prefer if it had an aspect ratio similar to the 11 inch (10:7 ?). It would almost always stay at home - an older 13 or 11 inch iPad Pro/Air would still serve ok for cafes etc

 

[Luftkopf]

I would love a 13” Air. With my crappy eyesight, it would make reading chord charts, and engineering PDFs, a lot easier.

I don't have a firstborn to sell to be able to afford a hypothetical 15”, and my MacBook isn’t even that big!

 

[arc of the universe]

i dont do heavily graphics oriented work, like illustration or drawing. so i wouldn't buy a 15" iPad.

however, what i would want (in an instant), is an iOS based device that has a fixed keyboard to it (a clamshell iOS device)

apple's new M4 Pro iPad Magic Keyboard is a marvel of engineering. but its reached its limitations since in an iPad the "computer/screen" must be in the same package all together to be used as an iPad.
the 13" iPad Pro is reaching a level where it is too top heavy. the keyboard part is not able to balance the top part (the screen; the computer stably and less so if the iPad dimensions get even bigger.

i believe in the future of apps. iOS and iPadOS is the future.
a 15" iOS device primarily for keyboard input is ideal me.

of course, a 15" non-flexible display is not what apple wants to make. it is going in the direction of making a foldable device.

 

[iPadified]

Microsoft Surface Studio?

Yes, a very interesting machine.

iOS based device

In another thread, we discuss if iPad has lost its way. Not really, it just follows the trend that mobile OS and web completely dominates life for most people. Mobile devices get larger screens and better apps due to better SoC processing power and greater needs.

SJ was right: mobile OSs are the car for the people while MacOS/Win are the trucks for the specialists.

Why screen real estate has something to do with the OS still baffles me. I mean you do not need to be developer to need a large screen, you just have to use something basics like Excel.

 

[NastyMatt]

I would not buy a 15" iPad - my iPad is 13" as I see it (and laptops) as portable devices so the minimum I can get away with the better. If I ever want to go bigger then I want a decent size screen meaning I plug it in to an external monitor. My preference is currently a 34" ultra widescreen.