I think you should feel free to waffle away and change your mind to and fro. This is a forum to discuss the pros and cons of the two sizes of the iPad Pro and that’s what you are doing. I have read all your recent posts and totally understand how difficult it is to choose. I think you‘ve done the right thing opening up the new 11” to compare alongside your 12.9”.
It’s unlikely that you’ll get a 100% match for a particular size for your needs. You choose the one that matches more for the things you use it for and the amount of time you use it. Just looking at your last photos and there is more content shown in a better way on the 12.9”. If you use split screen a lot, then you’re also getting improvements.
However, the 11” is ‘cute’, lighter and easier to hold in one hand. I believe that when you add the AMK to the mix, neither iPad will be light. I also think the keyboard on the larger iPad (screen, SKF or AMK) is better for me. I’ve been tempted by the 11” with AMK, but I love the screen estate on the 12.9” even though I have a MBP 13” (different OS, different uses for me). I will be sticking with my 2018 12.9” and buying the AMK. You also have a 10.5” that you could use for more portability.
This is just my take on your recent posts and my experience with my decision making. I’m sat in bed now, using the iPad propped up on my knees and the on-screen keyboard and it’s just great! I passed down my 2nd gen 12.9 to my husband when I got this 2018 12.9” and I asked him if he could cope using the much larger iPad (he had a 9.7”). He looked at the screen and said “It’s bloody gorgeous. I don’t care. I’ll find a way to cope!” He takes it everywhere and doesn’t care about the size (body is larger than this 3rd gen).
Sorry, I‘ve waffled too much as well, just tapping away nicely and feeling comfy too!
Keep going with your thoughts and updates. I hope you manage to choose the size that’s right for YOU. Take your time and use your return window well, but most of all, have fun and enjoy ?
Mandy
Thank you for your response Mandy, I really appreciate the detail and time that you took to respond to me.
My thoughts were that I wouldn’t open the iPad box if I wasn’t going to keep it as I kind of feel that I’m wasting Apple’s money if I just do it for the sake of it. But the responses on here were encouraging, then my husband also said that I really should try it. I’m glad that I have as it has been helpful.
While I think that the 11” is cute and light, I think that I’m leaning more towards the 12.9”. You are right in that the content displays better on the 12.9”. I would mostly use a single app, but do sometimes use two or picture in picture, so video while browsing. Those videos are actually quite a bit larger on the 12.9” too.
You are right in that neither iPad will be light with a MK. The 12.9” would provide a better typing experience though. I may end up leaving the MK at home most of the time though and just take the 12.9” to work with the Smart Cover. The reason is that I’m more likely to consume content during my lunch break than create. However, if I started using my iPad again for meetings then I’d take the keyboard. I haven’t done that recently as my work brought in inTune profiles and that controls a few features on my iPad that I’m not sure that I’m comfortable with.
My daughters love the 12.9”. One has the 2015 and the other has the 2017. Both were my hand me downs. My husband has the iPP 9.7” and prefers the smaller size for himself, yet he uses his iPhone 95% of the time and a regular iPad would be suitable for him, but he also has my hand me down, so that has worked for us too.
You are also right that I have the 10.5” for portability. If I stick to the 12.9” size, I‘lol just end up holding on to that until it breaks. I had it swapped by Apple for the white spot issue, but this one is still going strong with no white spot.
One thing that I did notice about the 11” was that the battery was very slow to drop. My 12.9” drains faster, but it is also 17 months old. It’s not too bad though, I just noticed the difference.
Thanks! You forgot to answer my question about FaceID usage on both devices
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Btw is it my Internet (currently hotspot from the iPhone and gets reconnected every 30 minutes and makes me smash somewhere the phone), your camera or there is difference of the color temperature in the two devices.
12.9 inch seems cooler to me (more in the blueish hint) while the 11 inch seems more in the yellow tint/pink tint. Cannot explain it properly and I have some issues with seeing colors properly anyway but for me they look different.
You are so right, I did forget, sorry. Keeping in mind, the limited time that I’ve spent with the 11”, I feel that the Face ID is similar, but potentially faster on the 11”. The 11” I am trying is the 2020 one though, while my 12.9” is the 2018 one. It was nice and easy to set up on the 11” as it’s so light. But if both are laying down flat, then I had to tilt them up towards my face for Face ID to work. My testing is non scientific, but it was immediate on the 11”.
The colours of the 12.9” and 11” are a similar tone. I am in a dark room with a dim yellowish light, so I am not sure if that impacted anything in the photos. If I turn the brightness up to full on both iPads though, the 11” is much brighter. I have also compared my 10.5” screen. They all have True Tone turned on. The screen of the 10.5” is more yellow, but the 12.9” and 11” are similar. Of the 3, I would say that the 11” has the nicest screen due tot the brightness level. It’s gorgeous.
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Very interesting. Is it just me or does it look like the text size is basically the same size on both, only difference is the 12.9 shows more of the sentences when going horizontally?
I have changed the text size in both iPads to be on the smallest text setting, so it looks like Apple displays the text the same. The difference is then caused only by the width of the screen.
