Are 12.9 owners not worried next year’s iPad will adapt the 10.5 design?

[azpekt]

No

 

[gobikerider]

This great advice will be promptly ignored. You can count on that.

I can understand there being an iPhone keynote in September and you asking in July if is worth it to wait. Sure. Because its so close, why not?

But the time between the last two ipad updates was 18 months and we have no clear idea when the next iPad will come or even way features it’ll have. My iPad Pro 2nd gen wasn’t worth upgrading to from my 1st gen. I only upgraded because my first one broke. But just imagine if I had gone without an iPad before hand and waited or something only to find out it wasn’t worth it. And losing out on months of using and enjoying a product to wait for something that hasn’t even been released yet.

Don’t wait. If you need it buy it.

This is good reasoning but my stupid mind is gonna say “I neeeed it” and not I need it because my current one isn’t working well...

 

[Adelphos33]

iPad "designs" don't really get outdated. I have the iPad 12.9" from 2015. The 2015 models run as well as the 2017 models. I have mine in a beautiful saddle brown sleeve. I'll keep it at least until the iPad adopts Face ID, which apparently is coming in the next year or so.

 

[Raist3001]

I'm not worried. Change happens. I have my 12.9, and there's no reason I'll want to replace it anytime soon, even if the bezels are smaller on the next model.

Agreed. I have always thought that the bezels on the 12.9 were slim enough. I won't even contemplate another iPad pro 12.9 upgrade until RAM is increased. That is not to say it is low now. The 12.9 first and 2nd gens are blazing fast. The deciding factor as to when I think about upgrading now is when RAM is increased.