There's no reason anyone should unless they have more money (or sense) to throw away. Anyone claiming it's for more RAM is just justifying in a way that makes their purchase "valid" so to say. By the time the actual 6GB of RAM is utilized, new iPad models will be out and, once again, these people will sell this version to upgrade AGAIN. Ironically, if it was for the AR tech that's fine, but I noticed no one actually said that lol.
In the past, upgrading yearly was indeed beneficial because the technological leaps were significant. Nowadays it's incremental. Really this model was really to entice some of the other people still using older models, not for those with the 2018 model.
Exactly this. By the time this 6Gb is more useful (I say more, because it does have some benefits today, just not big ones) - there will be a shiny new iPad Pro, with a new CPU and who knows - maybe a new screen tech, maybe even something amazing like the taptic engine in an iPad somehow (yeah, I’m keeping this dream alive!) - and then people will want to upgrade to that. So, while people should buy what they want, for most people with 2018 iPad Pros, it is smart to skip and wait for the next one (unless they plan on buying every generation, I guess).
The RAM situation is not that simple. I do think iPad Pros would benefit from more, assuming the battery life stays the same (8.... heck, why not 16?) but in order for these to be actually useful, both Apple and developers need to utilize it in software. For example, even today, Procreate - one of the most popular apps on the platform and one that certainly needs RAM for multiple layers and file sizes - does not use the extra RAM on new iPad Pros. All of this will probably change one day, but today, the extra 2Gb of RAM are only good to save more apps in memory, while multitasking. Or to save more tabs in Safari. That’s it. And even then, iOS is agressive with shutting down apps, and there are no guarantees some of these won’t be closed because iOS de prioritized them for whatever reason.
It’s perfectly fine to upgrade, btw, if you feel like it and have the money. I mean, if I had much more money than I do, I’d buy it just because I love the iPad, and, you know - if nothing else - to get a new battery. And it’s not like the 2020 doesn’t have improvements - it’s just that they are small.
This is a refresh, iPad Pro has matured enough that it entered Mac territory, where refreshes happen from time to time, but they are not neccesarily intended as upgrades for previous users (though, certainly, Apple doesn’t mind if they do upgrade, lol) - but rather to have the latest and greatest for people who are buying at that moment. So the new iPad has the latest wifi, the latest camera tech, etc. It also has certain strategic updates like RAM, because this is probably how much iPad Pros are going to have for the next two or three years (and as much as I’d love 8Gb, people expecting it next year are too optimistic, I’d say).
In a way, it’s like 64bit. Apple will introduce more RAM to all devices and raise the upper limit for high-end devices, and at one point - they will actually start using it. My guess - it will slowly start to happen by the end of 2021. Of course, it’s just a guess.
