iPad Pro Did we find out why Apple went with 10.5"?

[missbing]

RAM is not advertised by Apple, so take away the larger screen there would only be a more powerful CPU (which is standard for every new iDevice), and the ProMotion refresh rate as marketed changes. I doubt many 9.7" iPad Pro users or iPad Air 2 users would upgrade to such a device.

Off topic, but does anyone know why Apple doesn't advertise RAM?

 

[FrisbeeK9]

I agree. And I look at it like having a larger display allows the user to complete more tasks and multitask more than they could on a 9.7 display, which I feel is a little to small. I actually perceived the 9.7 iPad Pro more as an iPad Air 3, with a very short lifespan.

Since I installed iOS 11 beta on my iPad 9.7 pro I felt I needed more screen real estate. The multi tasking is honestly tremendous.

 

[kasakka]

Off topic, but does anyone know why Apple doesn't advertise RAM?

So they can cram the absolute minimum amount they can get away with. Total bean counting, which at their volumes ends up being a tidy sum. Android phones had 2 or 3 GB RAM years before Apple started using more than 1 GB in iPhones. That extra GB made all the difference if you compare iPad Air (1GB RAM) vs iPad Air 2 (2GB) for example as it meant less reloading browser tabs and less reloading apps when switching between them. Even now only the iPhone 7S has 3 GB RAM, which is probably a pretty good sweet spot for a phone right now while Android phones have played the great specs on paper game with excessive amounts of RAM that is mostly not used whatsoever.

On the tablet side you can get a Surface Pro with up to 16 GB while the iPad Pros are running with 4 GB. iOS can get away with less because it is by comparison severely limited in multitasking and you basically won't have many programs open at the same time.

The lack of RAM is usually one of the main things that makes some iOS features get dropped for older models. The other is CPU/GPU speed.

 

[Diving Capers]

Because its better, just bigger is better.

This will also allow it to be made in Texas