9.7 Pro Owners - Upgrading?

[urkel]

I’d like to hear fellow 9.7 Pro owner’s thoughts. On one hand I’d like to upgrade, but I just bought a MacBook Pro and I kind of want a Series 4 Watch. Kind of torn on what to do.

Here’s the question you should ask before upgrading any Apple product

What could I do with the new one that I couldn’t do with the old one?

One thing that reviewers and users are finally waking up to is hat Apple Hardware is light years ahead of Apple Software.

What makes my iPhone Max different from an iPhone X? There’s no split screen or optimized large screen interface. It’s just a bigger X that is faster in ways that a user can’t see.

Same goes for the Watch and iPads. New beautiful design and faster speeds for.... telling time and watching YouTube (which isn’t even 4K supported). There’s no windowed multitasking or file system on the iPad. It’s just a newer sexier version of the same thing where You’ve got improvements that exist behind the screen but doesn’t actually make the user experience better.


I do real work on my iPP. Video editing, photo manipulation and stuff that makes me money. This is a computer to me. Burn I don’t love my 9.7” iPad Pro. I’ve been wanting to replace it with a 10.5 and now a 11”. But I just can’t justify any investment into a new iPad because in the end then it’s just more money for the same thing.


(BTW. Next year I will likely flip sides on this argument because I believe iOS13 will FINALLY address the fact that they have products with big screens and fast processors. USBC file systems. Windowed multitasking. 1st party creative software like FCP and Aperture. Apple knows what they have to do but they just messed up so hadn’t with ios11 that they’re a few years behind)

 

[turbineseaplane]

But I just can’t justify any investment into a new iPad because in the end then it’s just more money for the same thing.

Beautifully articulated.

Apple can flat out take a year (or 2) off on iPad hardware and do nothing but work on software for it.

It needs a more serious breakaway from the phone software if this is ever going to be the Mac replacement for all of us.

 

[tgara]

I am. But still debating which size to get. :/

Yep, I went with the 9.7 Pro 128 -> 12.9 Pro 256

I will upgrade from my current 9.7 Pro, but I'm not sure if I would prefer the 11 or 12.9 model. I plan to head over to my local Apple Store this weekend to check out the models (size and weight), then make a purchase.

 

[Tapiture]

I’ve been pretty surprised with the results of the poll. A lot more people are sticking with the 9.7 than I anticipated. After seeing some reviews, I also think I’m going to wait, at least until there’s a good sale on them.

 

[TheRedOx]

Upgrading to a new MacBook Air, that's my plan. I think I'm done with iPad for a while. I plan to trade in this 9.7" iPad Pro (that I'm typing on right now) as part of Apple GiveBack to cut down the cost or at least help with the upgrade on the Air from 8GB RAM to 16GB and more SSD space.

 

[anwedr]

skipping.
The 9.7" 128GB is a great size. The price point was already high, including the back cover, smart keyboard, Pencil 1st Gen.
Battery life is still amazing. The iPad is still in Prestine!!!! condition. I just can't, and won't, upgrade. Whew.

 

[keeper]

Not sure, my 9.7 still works so well, not sure why I should spend the money.