All iPads Reasons iPads don't have vibration?

[ackmondual]

Was this some design choice to make better use of its internals and available space? A marketing thing to get you to buy an iPhone as well? Vibration is one of those things that I've gotten used to NOT having on an Apple tablet, but even though I've purchased a couple of them, wanted to know if there were any reasons beyond those.

 

[hg.wells]

I guess the primary reason for vibrate is when the device is on silent in someone’s pocket.

You can’t do that with an iPad which is probably the main reason they didn’t include it.

 

[Charlie Carcinogen]

You bring up a good question, ackmondual. Vibrating isn’t just for silent notification anymore. Many people use it on their iPhones as part of a haptic touch. Even some games use it, such as this demolition game I played the other day in which the phone vibrated as the buildings collapsed, which was pretty fun.

 

[Mr.Blacky]

I would bet the iPad is just to big, to make it reasonably work. 🤷‍♂️

 

[ericwn]

Vibration is one feature I personally have never missed, neither on an iPad nor on a Mac.

 

[ackmondual]

Vibration is one feature I personally have never missed, neither on an iPad nor on a Mac.

Is your Mac a laptop or desktop? I have never heard of either have vibration feature. Where on those setups would they even be? On the keyboard and trackpad for laptops? For desktop computers, I suppose you could get a keyboard and mouse that vibrate, but I'd like to think I would've heard of this by now.

With tablets, it's different b/c they run similar mobile apps as the phones (whose software will typically have vibration), and people interact with tablets by having their hands holding them, so vibration will be more prominently sensed there.

I would bet the iPad is just to big, to make it reasonably work. ?‍♂️

It's gotta be a design and/or marketing choice then, as Android tablets of all sizes have this.

 

[sparksd]

Was this some design choice to make better use of its internals and available space? A marketing thing to get you to buy an iPhone as well? Vibration is one of those things that I've gotten used to NOT having on an Apple tablet, but even though I've purchased a couple of them, wanted to know if there were any reasons beyond those.

There's this -

https://appleinsider.com/articles/2...ay-add-haptic-feedback-bring-back-force-touch

 

[ericwn]

Is your Mac a laptop or desktop? I have never heard of either have vibration feature. Where on those setups would they even be? On the keyboard and trackpad for laptops? For desktop computers, I suppose you could get a keyboard and mouse that vibrate, but I'd like to think I would've heard of this by now.

With tablets, it's different b/c they run similar mobile apps as the phones (whose software will typically have vibration), and people interact with tablets by having their hands holding them, so vibration will be more prominently sensed there.


It's gotta be a design and/or marketing choice then, as Android tablets of all sizes have this.

I can only speculate but in my opinion it’s by design. In comparison to a mobile phone tablets are in many cases stationary devices that don’t leave a home or workspace and most people don’t handhold them for extended periods of time, they’re often in cases propped up on a desk or on a lap. If there was a huge demand for vibration Apple would have certainly added that in the dozen or so years of iPad iterations.

 

[spiderman0616]

I would really like haptic feedback at least on the iPad mini, but I think what prohibits it from being included in any iPad model is the cost. That little motor they use in the iPhone is an expensive component, and they'd need more than one of those for even a mini I think. Putting multiple "Taptic" engines behind the iPad screen to create consistent feedback throughout would probably raise the price per unit quite a bit.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

I’m guessing since the haptic engine wouldn’t be able to vibrate the iPad at the same strength over the whole display, Apple isn’t including it. If you’re holding it in the opposite corner, will you feel the vibration?

 

[Reggaenald]

Taptic engines are rather high quality and expensive vibration modules, an iPad is so big it would need from 4 to 6 for even haptics, depending on the model. That would be expensive and wasteful in many ways.

 

[Reggaenald]

I’m guessing since the haptic engine wouldn’t be able to vibrate the iPad at the same strength over the whole display, Apple isn’t including it. If you’re holding it in the opposite corner, will you feel the vibration?

Exactly. Not even iPhones vibrate uniformly if you’ve ever noticed it. When I got my first TapTic Engine iPhone (X) I first thought it was broken somehow when checking the vibration strength in the upper corners.

 

[Healthy27]

I never even noticed this until I saw this post...

 

[Reggaenald]

Is your Mac a laptop or desktop? I have never heard of either have vibration feature. Where on those setups would they even be? On the keyboard and trackpad for laptops? For desktop computers, I suppose you could get a keyboard and mouse that vibrate, but I'd like to think I would've heard of this by now.

With tablets, it's different b/c they run similar mobile apps as the phones (whose software will typically have vibration), and people interact with tablets by having their hands holding them, so vibration will be more prominently sensed there.


It's gotta be a design and/or marketing choice then, as Android tablets of all sizes have this.

Fun fact, MacBooks since 2015 (MBPs since 2016) do have vibrations. In the trackpad. The glass (yes, glass) sheet doesn’t click, it is being vibrated by Taptic engines.
I don’t know how many modules are in a trackpad, at least 4 in the 13” I believe, but you can imagine how many would need to be in an iPad Pro.
Also, for example, the Magic Trackpad (don’t know if that’s the actual name) works like the Trackpads of these MacBooks, with Taptic engines. Mice or keyboards don’t need that if they have physical buttons.
For those who want haptics on iPad I believe the Apple Pencils have them.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

Neither Apple Pencil model has haptic response.

 

[ackmondual]

I can only speculate but in my opinion it’s by design. In comparison to a mobile phone tablets are in many cases stationary devices that don’t leave a home or workspace and most people don’t handhold them for extended periods of time, they’re often in cases propped up on a desk or on a lap. If there was a huge demand for vibration Apple would have certainly added that in the dozen or so years of iPad iterations.

Your post made it sounds like having haptic/vibration on desktops and laptops was a common occurrence is all. That's what I wanted cleared up.

Vibration being costly, I'm sure it also helps pad their margins (since iPads are already relatively expensive)