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iPad Pro Are you still using True Tone?
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I love the True Tone feature. It was a big reason for going with this model vs the Ipad Air 2. For me a big bonus of this model is the improved display in sunlight. I'm sure True tone and the better anti-reflective screen work together in respect of this.
From an apple press release:
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The 9.7-inch iPad Pro features advanced display technologies, including a True Tone display, which uses new four-channel sensors to dynamically adjust the white balance of the display to match the light around you for a more natural and accurate, paper-white viewing experience. The advanced Retina display is 25 percent brighter and 40 percent less reflective than iPad Air 2, making content even easier to see indoors and out. It uses the same wider colour gamut as the iMac with Retina 5K display, delivering 25 percent greater colour saturation¹ for more vivid colours. A custom timing controller, photo alignment and oxide TFT deliver incredible colour, contrast and clarity. Night Shift in iOS 9.3 uses iPad Pro’s clock and geolocation to automatically adjust the colours in the display to the warmer end of the spectrum after dark and may even help you get a better night’s sleep.
I actually thought that I wasn't going to use it prior to buying my 9.7" Pro (I bought the pro for pencil support & 256GB, not true tone), I've always liked cool looking displays over warmer yellow looking ones. So, I thought that I'd try it out, then turn it off and leave it off. Turns out that I really like it and it has stayed on. Other screens look blue to me now, at least for the first few minutes of use after using my 9.7" Pro.
TT is great, no complaints. The only drawback to Night Shift is now I can't stay awake past 10 pm. As soon as it kicks in I read maybe one paragraph and then zzzz.... :-D
With Apple's generous return policy, no one has to regret any purchase or justify anything.
I can concur, having used my Pro 9.7" in bright sunshine for the first time today, it's awesome. My old Air 1 was unusable in a sunny garden, by contrast the Pro was easily viewed. Admittedly the battery was draining before my very eyes, but impressive none-the-less.
I like True Tone, although I wouldn't say I LOVE it. I keep it on most of the time and I find it easy on the eyes. I don't need to bother with Night Shift on the iPad 9.7" for that reason. On the 12.9" iPad, though I do use Night Shift when reading at night and find it helpful, too.
I neither love it nor hate it. That said, I leave True Tone on as I find it very subtle.
True Tone/Night Shift does seem to help to not keep me awake at night. That's one thing I've noticed with my front-lit Kindle vs older iPads. The iPad keeps me up (sometimes I don't get any sleep at all) while with the Kindle, I have no such issues. The iPad Pro 9.7 feels like the Kindle PW in this regard.
True Tone/Night Shift does seem to help to not keep me awake at night. That's one thing I've noticed with my front-lit Kindle vs older iPads. The iPad keeps me up (sometimes I don't get any sleep at all) while with the Kindle, I have no such issues. The iPad Pro 9.7 feels like the Kindle PW in this regard.
I really like it for those times when I'm just browsing the web or reading PDFs (majority of use). I'm always amazed at how harsh the screen looks when I disable it.
That said, I think it's a bit too aggressive (makes things too yellow) and I wish it also had a control center toggle for on-the-fly disabling when I'm looking photos or sketching.
I actually got a piece of printer paper out a few times to compare and it really does mimic it quite well.
That said, I think it's a bit too aggressive (makes things too yellow) and I wish it also had a control center toggle for on-the-fly disabling when I'm looking photos or sketching.
I actually got a piece of printer paper out a few times to compare and it really does mimic it quite well.
Night Shift or True Tone for me both turn the screen into yellow ! Can't bear it one bit !
You don't own a 9.7" iPad Pro and you've only ever seen one in an " over-lit " Apple store - so, your review doesn't count for much.
Exactly, I did the same, and it's very accurate, and that's the whole point of the feature. But then one could ask if that's a good thing. That fact that a piece of white paper looks yellow in yellow light, is that a feature of paper, or a downside of paper? Wouldn't you rather have a piece of white paper look white in yellowish light? So, perhaps true tone is like Apple's previous skeuomorphisms: making the electronic world look like the real world, where it perhaps would have been better to let the electronic world be on it's own terms.
Ok just FYI I have seen the 9.7" iPad Pro outside the Apple Store aswell with some of my colleagues and Friends ! Now what ?
I would argue it's the right course to take. Ultimately a computer screen is just a light. Historically nearly all available evening light we've had has been warm - from the sun to fire to gas lamps to incandescent bulbs. It's only recently that electric lighting has become widely available in a range of temperatures - and IMO the best option is to match the color of all lighting to that which best matches ambient conditions. Eventually our LED lighting in the home should replicate this as well - adjusting their color temperature from dawn to mid-day to sunset.
There will always be people who prefer something else. That's fine - they can be the ones who light their homes with 6500k bulbs.
Not true, the True Tone can also turn your display more blue if the situation calls for it. Mine did it on many occasions.
It works really well and i never think about turning it off.
I had the Air 2, and I upgraded to the 9.7 Pro primarily because of the display. The anti reflectivity, the brightness, and true tone are big improvements over the 2. The display on the 2 is already great so that says something. I liked using night shift on the 2, but I'm not sure if it's required with true tone enabled on the Pro.