Losing interest in the iPad

[Nipommu]

holy **** that escalated quickly

i don't like the ipad....plus i have cancer

 

[Ffosse]

I like it, what it can do etc. the high amount of tech on it, even the home button. My having cancer is just incidental but I prefer the size and weight of the iPhones. I don't know what I was doing buying one back in 2017 as it hasn't seen much usage.

Last night I loaded up some YouTube videos and watched them consecutively - I think about an hour. I enjoyed the experience but it was nothing like using my phone. Even the screen quality I wasn't able to tell the difference between it and 2 iPhones.

 

[naturalstar]

True confession: I sleep with my iPad.

With it being my reader, it’s what I have with me when I fall asleep at night. Now that I’m done with grad school, I’m on my iPad more than on my laptop. I’m also traveling more for work and it’s better to carry my personal iPad and work laptop than two laptops. Those two use case changes are what led me to want to finally upgrade my Air 2.

And so far, I’m loving my new 11” Pro. My interest in my iPad has only increased.

 

[Nipommu]

I like it, what it can do etc. the high amount of tech on it, even the home button. My having cancer is just incidental but I prefer the size and weight of the iPhones. I don't know what I was doing buying one back in 2017 as it hasn't seen much usage.

Last night I loaded up some YouTube videos and watched them consecutively - I think about an hour. I enjoyed the experience but it was nothing like using my phone. Even the screen quality I wasn't able to tell the difference between it and 2 iPhones.

I have times like that with my ipad but the love for it comes back after a while. Looking for different uses in different scenarios is always a challenge but once you find something new you can use it for you'll love it again. For instance I started to use my ipad while looking for a new job, I would look up things on my laptop and other information on my ipad simultaneously. Its not much but i enjoy using it like that which I didn't before. Look for more ways you can use your ipad.

 

[Kiimora]

The iPad is my “go to” device at home as well as my travel companion; the device is in a league of its own and will not be relegated for another device, even if I bagged a MBP

The 11 is by far the best of the bunch

 

[Macintoshrumors]

I looove my pad and use it every day. I’m using it as we speak. The ipad is pretty much one of our (i guess my young generation) lifetimes inovative products that will be around for decades. I mean it’s ultra portable, you have access to instant information and can make a living using it as a tool. Apple is prorvidnt products that’s can make ones life better if they choose.

Also, i really don’t understand why people are apologizing to op for the ipad not working out for him. Wtf?

 

[subjonas]

I picked up my iPad yesterday and saw tht the battery was 38% and was last fully charged on 21/12/18. I hadn't used it in all that time.

I think it's because it's so much easier to pick up one of my phones and find out what I want quickly. Not sure why I bought it in the first place - I think it was to replace an Apple iPad Mini 4. (I used that device a lot more, but I only had 1 phone at the time.

I find it unwieldy for reading books, watching YouTube or streaming movies, so I think I'll be selling it soon. Also, I have cancer and have been getting rid of other items, too (watches, mainly).

Does anyone else feel jaded by the iPad?

Said a prayer for you, friend.

iPad minis are great for people who prefer small phones. When I get home I put my iPhone se on a charger and my mini becomes my go-to device until I leave home again.

If I liked having a large phone, I might be less compelled to use an iPad mini, depending how big the phone is and if it has most of the same features. But I’d still use my 12.9 Pro for drawing. If I didn’t draw either, then yeah maybe I’d lose interest in iPads. I also prefer my tv over my iPad for shows and movies.

 

[LizKat]

I'm in the two iPad club, too. And I would seriously consider giving up my phone if the iPad worked with the watch. Up until I got my dad's Mac mini recently, I was desktop/laptop free for a year. I do all my work on iPads, often in conjunction with each other-- video conferencing and drawing on a web whiteboard with one and looking at reference material on the other.

I do stuff like that too in my studio, sitting at a big worktable and using the iPad Pro to look at quilt block design details or alter my own, and the mini iPad to check fabric inventories, read assembly instructions in quilt books or make project notes about cutting sequences and fabric selections.

I'll often also have a laptop open at the same time looking at fabric vendor sites or going through emails from them on sale items. It's a different way of [almost] multitasking, and it's easier for me to work that way now than just to flip around in multiple desktop setups on a 13" laptop. It's like picking up any one of three "books" spread out on a table at any time instead of piling them up together and deciding which one to consult next... and in some situations now I'm finding Handoff a wonderful feature of the newer iOS and OS combos, since that has the effect of flipping to another "desktop" of my laptop when I would usually require that function.

Anyway that way of working has turned out great for me. I realize that would not be everyone's cuppa tea and of course not everyone would or could elect to spend on the extra gear. Whether I should have spent it or not is debatable but it's done and I've no regrets. The stuff I have all feels like the right tools for different jobs. And yeah, Apple must smile when they see me show up in their store...

 

[fish09276]

I'm sort of like that too. My mini 4 is probably the most used after my laptop when I'm home and also usually take the mini along with my phone when traveling for even a few days. I upgraded my phone from SE to XR and although I love the sunny yellow color and certainly appreciate the chip bump and the larger real estate for reading wire service news or books on the fly, I still prefer the mini size iPad for those and I'm still nursing a bit of a grudge about there not being a smaller form factor like the SE in the current iPhone lineup, and I long for a mini sized iPad Pro too: the iPad mini 4 starts to feel slow even though I had held onto a 2 waiting for a 5 for so long and still counting.... finally caved in and got a refurb 4 during the fall because once in awhile it occurred to me that Apple might just axe that line without one last refresh, and I'd have been stuck with a rapidly EOL'd mini 2 when it's my favorite iPad size.

I'm sure that my having got the 4 at this late date will nudge Apple finally to shove a 5 into production now that my gear budgets are shot for at least a couple years.

The bigger iPad Pro I love --I have the 10.5" one -- especially for reading certain magazines, making modifications to quilt block designs, and watching TV/movies but still tend to do the latter on a laptop. I have to say that reading The New Yorker or The Economist on a large iPad or an iPad Pro is a great experience.

In my arsenal of mobile gear an iPhone is supposed to be primarily just "a phone with benefits". I feel weird holding the XR up to make or take a phone call, not quite like that funny meme with the guy holding a laptop up to the side of his head, but close to it! I can't one-hand the XR the way I did with the SE either, and I keep reaching into the wrong compartment of my handbag for the phone now....

I'll get over the silly grudges I guess, but I had to put the SE away for awhile to make myself stop wanting to either get another phone line (absurd!) so I could still use it, or else just reactivate the SE and use the XR as a WiFi only device (truly absurd!).

Not having the SE in sight for a little while made me calm down some... enough so I didn't return the XR and go back to the SE, which really would have been nuts since the SE can run iOS 12 ok but that's probably at or a tad past its sweet spot, and it will be downhill or stuck on 12 after that.

Can't get too far behind the hardware path forward, I learned that when I was trying to hang onto G4 powerbooks while MacBooks were out and about for a few years already. Finally checked out a nephew's black Macbook and realized I was way behind the curve. Now I don't wait so long, and especially with iPhones.

[doublepost=1546868481][/doublepost]I'm exactly the same way. I love my SE but have an XS and XS Max which I can't decide which to leave the Sim card in. I swap constantly. I LOVE the SE for its ease of handling, but not the best for reading news in the doctor's office. Wish I could have the same Sim card in all three phones and just take the right phone out with me each trip. I can't justify using the XS phones just for WiFi as I'm paying $100 monthly payments. A bezel-less SE would be perfect. A screen size almost like the 7, which would be perfect except for the useless bezels. As far as ipads, I keep buying the big new ones and go back to trading for the mini 4. I can hold it one-handed in bed.

 

[Applefan2015]

Having a iPad give me the chance to give my iPhone a break, otherwise I would be charging it every day

It’s also good for watching films / YouTube etc, and as I have a iPhone / iPad stand which helps me not having to carry it for for as long as I’m using it

If apple did a bigger screen than the 12.9” I would happily buy that

 

[Ffosse]

It's great for You Tube videos and other films as the screen is so good (10.5" Pro).

I've resurrected mine and it has a new life mainly as a You Tube viewer. If I was into reading it makes for a superb ereader but my concentration is gone. I've gone from quite disliking it at the beginning of this thread to quite liking it now. I use it as my main Calendar and everything is synced to my phones. And I'm using it more for email. It feels brand new although it's from June 2017; there isn't a mark on it and I have the silver colour with a pollen case from Apple. More than likely I was using my XR so much that I wanted to play with something new (to me). I can remember paying £619 for it.

I can't/won't use the pencil with it - it seemed like a good idea at the time but I dislike the pencil.

I probably would sell it under normal circumstances, but I can't be bothered and I don't need the money so it will fall under the to be donated banner when my time comes.
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I have times like that with my ipad but the love for it comes back after a while. Looking for different uses in different scenarios is always a challenge but once you find something new you can use it for you'll love it again. For instance I started to use my ipad while looking for a new job, I would look up things on my laptop and other information on my ipad simultaneously. Its not much but i enjoy using it like that which I didn't before. Look for more ways you can use your ipad.

There's a lot of truth in this; it's all about what your interests are.

 

[kingston73]

The iPad is my “go to” device at home as well as my travel companion; the device is in a league of its own and will not be relegated for another device, even if I bagged a MBP

The 11 is by far the best of the bunch

Same here (10.5, not 11 for me) but I could see if I did have a mac using that more often. My wife has a mac air and barely ever uses her mini anymore.

 

[MacCheeseLai]

I love my pro and use it more than my mb. I am considering buying the 11 for school because to be honest the 2017 12 inch pro is getting to be too much of a hassle to lug around. It’s heavy, it doesn’t always want to fit in a bag and I can get a pretty sweet deal on an 11 with my school discount.

As for the phone-Max, I don’t watch that much media on it because I like the bigger screen of the 12’.

 

[rowspaxe]

I'm old and the mini screen just wasn't comfortable for me to use very long and I prefer my Kindle for reading

Newsflash: No one is really reading on a phone. It's likely most consumers do no long form reading, whatsoever.
Yet people are totally locked into their phones: facebook, snap, texting. The iPad offers little to these users

 

[secretk]

Newsflash: No one is really reading on a phone. It's likely most consumers do no long form reading, whatsoever.
Yet people are totally locked into their phones: facebook, snap, texting. The iPad offers little to these users

Very valid point. I unfortunately have no time reading for fun. I read for work. In theory I liked the idea to use the iPad for reading as I can annotate with the pencil. In practice I don't do it because it causes neck strain. It seems that for me is better to read from monitor that is in vertical position than on an iPad that is laying flat on the desk. I can use stand for the iPad but then I don't find it comfortable to use the pencil. And if I won't use the pencil it's better to use the bigger screen that I have for my computer.

 

[bevsb2]

Newsflash: No one is really reading on a phone. It's likely most consumers do no long form reading, whatsoever.
Yet people are totally locked into their phones: facebook, snap, texting. The iPad offers little to these users

Newsflash: I was referring to reading on the mini 4, not a phone.

 

[rui no onna]

Newsflash: No one is really reading on a phone. It's likely most consumers do no long form reading, whatsoever.
Yet people are totally locked into their phones: facebook, snap, texting. The iPad offers little to these users

Interestingly enough, there are plenty of discussions on MobileRead regarding reading on multi-purpose devices rather than on dedicated e-readers.

I've read on my flip phone and Sony PSP (w/Bookr). Reading was the primary reason I got the original iPhone. Now that e-ink readers have frontlight, I prefer reading on my Paperwhite. While avid readers might prefer their dedicated devices, I expect plenty will read on whatever device is on hand.

 

[Ffosse]

I read on my iPhone when I get round to it due to having over 1000 books on Google Play. Customisation options are very good.

 

[subjonas]

I like the size of the e-ink kindle devices for long form reading—smaller than an iPad mini, bigger than a phablet—the biggest it can be while still able to comfortably grasp it with one hand. But I don’t want a dedicated e-reader; I would rather have an LCD e-reader that can do a ton more when needed, so I opt for the iPad mini (since I don’t like phablets). Also most of my books reside in the app formerly known as “iBooks”.

 

[LizKat]

I like the size of the e-ink kindle devices for long form reading—smaller than an iPad mini, bigger than a phablet—the biggest it can be while still able to comfortably grasp it with one hand. But I don’t want a dedicated e-reader; I would rather have an LCD e-reader that can do a ton more when needed, so I opt for the iPad mini (since I don’t like phablets). Also most of my books reside in the app formerly known as “iBooks”.

I like a Paperwhite Kindle too especially outside in summer. But like you I tend mostly to use the iPad mini for reading books. I find one-handing it in a Speck case pretty comfortable. I did often read books on my SE because I could usually get the font set to where I could take in a whole "page" without even moving my eyes, just literally thumb my way through the thing.

Doesn't quite work that way for the XR so I find myself using scrolling mode or just reverting to iPad mini for books and mostly just reading news on the XR.

 

[Ffosse]

I like the size of the e-ink kindle devices for long form reading—smaller than an iPad mini, bigger than a phablet—the biggest it can be while still able to comfortably grasp it with one hand. But I don’t want a dedicated e-reader; I would rather have an LCD e-reader that can do a ton more when needed, so I opt for the iPad mini (since I don’t like phablets). Also most of my books reside in the app formerly known as “iBooks”.

I like the dictionary and the option to search a term on Wikipedia within the app.

 

[legacyb4]

Sucks about the cancer; good luck on treatment...

I didn't have interest in the iPad until I picked up an 11" with keyboard/pencil; that's been a game-changer as I haven't touched my aging 2011 laptop in nearly a month now.

 

[Kiimora]

The iPhone actually replaced the kindle since it got bigger 5 yrs ago ish, hence I read on my max on work commute

 

[AutisticGuy]

I currently have the 2nd generation iPad Pro. While I have extensive computing devices (too many), my iPad Pro generally gets most of my usage. I use it for pretty much everything. However, over the last few days I find myself almost exclusively using my Mac Book Pro because I've been extensively updating my resume to get a new physical therapy job. I *could* do my resume with my iPad, but it'd be too much of a hassle since my resume requires a lot of text formatting, etc.

Over the past year and a half I've used my iPad, I've decided it's too large for me though so I'm deciding what I'm going to do. I've visited the Apple Store and I've got to admit, the XR seems like it'd make a pretty good iPad replacement. It feels awesome in the hands. I almost religiously use my iPhone in landscape mode and the lack of bezels on the top and bottom of the device makes it so much easier for me to reach the screen.

Your thread has me thinking.......

I'm sorry you are sick! I hope you feel better, if that's possible...

 

[1rottenapple]

My iPad is probably my most used device when I'm at home. My iPhone goes on my wireless charger when I get home and I usually don't touch it again until I leave.

I know my 12.9 is my journal, coloring book app (to relax my mind), tv, productivity, banking. I love it. Best product in 3 years I’ve bought.
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I currently have the 2nd generation iPad Pro. While I have extensive computing devices (too many), my iPad Pro generally gets most of my usage. I use it for pretty much everything. However, over the last few days I find myself almost exclusively using my Mac Book Pro because I've been extensively updating my resume to get a new physical therapy job. I *could* do my resume with my iPad, but it'd be too much of a hassle since my resume requires a lot of text formatting, etc.

Over the past year and a half I've used my iPad, I've decided it's too large for me though so I'm deciding what I'm going to do. I've visited the Apple Store and I've got to admit, the XR seems like it'd make a pretty good iPad replacement. It feels awesome in the hands. I almost religiously use my iPhone in landscape mode and the lack of bezels on the top and bottom of the device makes it so much easier for me to reach the screen.

Your thread has me thinking.......

I'm sorry you are sick! I hope you feel better, if that's possible...

I agree I think the MacBook Pro is still great for work. My iPad is more for entertainment but I use the iPad wayyy more more.