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new iPad Pro's has thicker bezels than 10.5 and narrower
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Even though they’re a little thicker compared to the side bezels of the 10.5, these uniform bezels look a lot better om the new iPad.
I wondered if it was slightly thicker because it kinda looked that way when I eyeballed it online. They probably couldn't get the other sides to be quite that thin so they wanted it to look even around the whole device. It probably also factored into keeping the battery capacity high enough at this insane level of performance by not shaving off more. I wouldn't be surprised if it gets redesigned with very thin bezels in two generations about three years from now, possibly when they move to a new display technology and have shrunken down the Face ID components. It might be as thin as the iPhone X/S/R. I have a theory that they will also square off the design of the sides of the iPhone X/S/R in the future, remove the 2.5D glass on the outside and make it flush like the iPad, and then remove the notch and stuff the Face ID into that very slim bezel. Gonna be a hell of a challenge but it's gonna look great on both devices sometime in the early 2020s.
I didn't know I thought the 11" would be same width just taller
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every YouTuber is acting like the new gestures are exclusive to the new iPads the 10.5 still has same ones and without annoying always on homebar
[doublepost=1541630582][/doublepost]also why is the camera not same as xs, its not that its so thing the xs max etc is thinner that the iPad
It is actually shorter and wider.
11-inch iPad Pro
247.6 x 178.5 x 5.9 mm (9.74 x 7.02 x 0.23 inches)
10.5 inch
250.6 x 174.1 x 6.1 mm (9.8 x 6.8 x 0.24 inches)
Gotcha. The bezels surprised me, I do think it looks cleaner now, just wasn't expecting slightly larger bezels.
exactly, all this for faceid,Especially on a device touted as “bezel-less” and with an “edge-to-edge display”
Did you seriously create two separate threads on your disdain for the new 11”?
the 12.9 may be the way to go if you need a new iPad this year as the size of it is more manageable than the 12.9s of yesteryears. I agree it is def a edge of bezel to edge of bezel display. My guess (as i do not know this for a fact) is that they saved some $$$ going with the displays they used and given that its a lcd display they couldn't truly make it edge to edge without this big of bezels. Most of the time I am critical of a new apple device that makes radical changes however I sometimes (most of the time) give in and purchase them anyway. craziness.
aw man damn you OP i was so looking forward for this thing but now i feel less so...is it that much more awkward in terms of the thicker bezels and it being shorter than 10.5? so it doesn't feel as slick? does it feel less good in the hands than 10.5?