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2018 iPad
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I just got a US space grey 128 from AT&T Friday - 12w here. Can’t believe they ship lower. That just seems insane to me.
Apple going backwards. Never mind hoping for a 12W for the Iphone (or even a 10w), or a 20+W for the iPad Pro, they cut back to a 10w for the iPad even though the battery is still large. Seems like unnecessary penny pinching which directly impacts the user experience due to slow charging
Its one area they really could do with improving across the board
Yep, seems random. I've received both 12W and 10W.
We never use 'em, though. Often, we need to charge multiple devices at the same time so we got Anker 6-port and 10-port chargers for convenience.
The inconsistency pisses me off. Since I saw the 10W charger on my six generation iPad, I went to all my iPad boxes and saw 10W charger all all my iPads. It seems to me that Apple wants us to spend more money on the charger that they could including the box.
I wonder what the wattage is per port. Looks like great charging alternatives.
Iirc, any of the ports can do 2.4A (12W) max but obviously not when they're all in use at the same time. We also keep one of 6-port chargers plus Lightning and microUSB cables always packed in a travel bag and ready to go.
Any chance you’d share where this came from? My daughter needs something to charge 3 ipads and a phone at once!
Pretty sure you can buy that from Amazon. I saw this while ago while it has discount.
6-port
https://www.amazon.com/Anker-6-Port-Charger-PowerPort-iPhone/dp/B00P936188/
10-port
https://www.amazon.com/Anker-10-Port-Charger-PowerPort-iPhone/dp/B00YRYS4T4/
The 10-port has been really useful for us in the living room.
cables:
4x Lightning
2x microUSB
2x 30-pin
1x Apple Watch
for the following devices:
4x iPhone
4x iPad
2x iPhone 4/4S
2x iPod Touch 4th gen
2x Apple Watch
2x PS4 controller
1x flip phone
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I just took a new 2018 out of the box and it has a 12W charger. I think the 2017s I just got new had 12w as well because I’m almost positive I sent my older ones out with the older iPad minis and kept a new one, and the one I have in the wall says 12 also.
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So how does this compare as far as how long it takes to charge devices? She needs something that would do 2X 2017 iPad, 1X 2018 iPad and 1X iPhone 8+
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So how does this compare as far as how long it takes to charge devices? She needs something that would do 2X 2017 iPad, 1X 2018 iPad and 1X iPhone 8+
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Seems the same as the 10W/12W chargers. I'm usually asleep when they're charging so it's not like I actually notice the difference between 10W and 12W. Devices are fully charged when I wake up so all good.
I suspect it willbe a nice bump in performance. I have an Air 1 thats getting old now and Im very close to doing the Best Buy trade-in deal. Hmmmm.
Anyone trade in their Air 1 and find this latest iPad to be a noticebale improvement?
We find Air 1 to 2017 iPad is already a very noticeable improvement. This one's a bigger jump.
Anyone have experience putting a matte screen protector on the new 2018 iPad? I’m wondering if it’ll reduce the noise the Apple Pencil makes when writing cause of the non-laminated screen. I have an air 2, but I play Fortnite and pubg mobile and wanna take notes with the pencil; so I’m at a crossroads.
Thats good to hear. With the Best Buy trade in special plus a $25 gift card offer on top of it, I can walk out the door with a 6th gen iPad with LTE support for about $340out of pocket(includes tax too). Not too bad at all!
just traded in my son's ipad air 2, got 180 from apple and bought the 6th gen 32gb for 162 out of pocket. not bad
Depends on the task?
I'm hard pressed to notice an appreciable difference between Air 2 (A8X), Pro 9.7 (A9X), iPad 5th gen (A9) and Pro 12.9 2nd gen (A10X) for web browsing, email, comics, ebooks, etc (apart from multitasking and tabbed browsing benefits that 4GB RAM brings).
Thanks! I primarily use my air 2 as a media device, but was thinking of upgrading & liked the idea of the pencil (for light storyboarding purposes), but it still for the most part be a media device.
I'd take advantage of the trade in (on apple, it list my air 2 could get a credit of $180), so was something I was thinking about, but wanted to get some thoughts from air 2 users who upgraded.