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iPad Pro Sold M1 12.9" iPad Pro what's next?
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I'd wait, you may like the iPhone 14 to replace your 13? Replace the things you 'use' not the things you 'want'.
Ive already got the 12.3” 120hz OLED Samsung Tab S8+ Tim Cook is a supply chain genius he’ll just buy these off Samsung
The problem wirth the iPad is there's too many people expected to use it as a laptop replacement and then they regret their purchase and said the iPad is trash. I have a 27' iMac, a 13 pro max and a M1 iPad pro and each devices have their own needs.. I like playing some mobile games on a bigger screen so the iPad is perfect for this. I also prefer the iPad for casual web browsing or watching some TV shows sometimes.
I use my iMac for almost anything. But sometime I just want to be comfortable so that's why I love the iPad on the couch and I use my phone for well..phone related stuff and as a portable device when I'm on the go,
If you don't know what to do with your iPad its just because you bought one without knowing what you'll do with it and expected to act as a full computer replacement or something when its not.
I use my iMac for almost anything. But sometime I just want to be comfortable so that's why I love the iPad on the couch and I use my phone for well..phone related stuff and as a portable device when I'm on the go,
If you don't know what to do with your iPad its just because you bought one without knowing what you'll do with it and expected to act as a full computer replacement or something when its not.
Wrong, I have had every iPad since the beginning. I know full well what a iPad is for me.
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iPad Pro 12” vs MBP 16” advantages? Well, iPad is lighter and smaller and it can “Pencil”.
I have a 16 inch MacBook Pro and 12.9 iPad Pro and both get used well. Main use for my iPad pro is content and web browsing. Which no other iPad can really compete with in that area
yea if you want a tablet like experience with a desktop mode a chrome tablet could be good. Also samsung with dex or surface pro. I feel a desktop like experience with an ipad would make it the perfect tablet but yea i agree with way you say
My Surface Pro 7 is a mediocre tablet but a great laptop. My 2021 12.9 is a great tablet but a mediocre laptop replacement (for me). I can live without a great tablet but I need the laptop capabilities. Push comes to shove, the iPP would go and I'd keep the SP7.
If I can only keep 2 devices (phone + desktop/laptop/tablet), I'd say I'll have to give up the iPad as well.
That said, I'm not a fan of the Surface at all so I'll likely go for a proper laptop (ThinkPad with matte display preferred).
Yeah, I went for the SP7 out of curiosity, but the next update will be another standard laptop; I just don't use the laptop mode much. I've had the Dell XPS-13 in the past and liked it and would likely go that way again.
Same, I started with the Surface pro 3 in 2014, then with a cellular equipped clone of the surface pro 4 from the HP business line (Elite), but I realized that while I love the pen input, I was never using it as a tablet. The iPad pro was larger, lighter, cooler, better sounding and fanless (well my HP was also fanless, but run hot). Cellular was important for me, but lappability of surface devices is poor and I was using my cellular iPad pro as my on the go laptop with remote desktop. But now I finally moved to a 4G Thinkpad Nano. Lighter than even the 11in iPad pro with magic keyboard, let alone the surface pro and type cover, matte high res screen, great keyboard, double biometrics (touch id + face id), good battery life and battery health protection. What can you ask for more?
I am sure if Apple made a M2 MacBook with this features (12in Macbook weight in a 13in 16:10 laptop, with touch and face id and cellular) tons of Apple fan would go crazy and say that the ultimate on the go device, better than any previous Macs and iPads...
iPad's were better back when we had free data share sims here, now they want $15AUD a month, always used to get the cellular for gps.
Having a 13 max and CarPlay makes that use not as important, so not worth the extra cost of iPad and plan, but still prefer the always on cellular.
Having a 13 max and CarPlay makes that use not as important, so not worth the extra cost of iPad and plan, but still prefer the always on cellular.
I think everyone wouldn't chose the iPad if we could only have two devices because as of right now, iOS /iPadOS is too limited for some tasks that only a computer can do and in the other hand, everyone need a mobile phone these days so the choice is simple. There's some scenario when someone could be perfectly happy with an iPad as their main device, but I imagine those people are the one who only used their computer for browsing the web/mail or simple light things like this before and never needed more.
For the majority of people I think the iPad is a luxury accessory for entertainment more than anything else, but I think its awesome in that specific category and its one of my favorite tech device since the iPad Pros. I prefer my iPad way more than my iPhone.
Note that If I have to chose for ONE tech device, my iMac is still the most useful of them all and I couldn't live without it.
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At least for personal/home use, the iPad covers my usage around 90% of the time. The problem is that other 10%.
Meanwhile, iPhone + laptop can cover pretty much everything I use my iPad for. They’re just not as ideal/comfortable to use as the iPad.
Think I might get a base model 11", already have a black smart folio and can get a $120AU store credit (not apple).
I had a 2018 11" for 2 years which I really liked and my wife still has it, i got more use out of it, think I got sucked into the whole mini led on the 12.9", which is good but overkill for me so it didn't get as much use.
I had a 2018 11" for 2 years which I really liked and my wife still has it, i got more use out of it, think I got sucked into the whole mini led on the 12.9", which is good but overkill for me so it didn't get as much use.
There is no rule to say you can't enjoy or use an iPad. Use what suits your needs the best.
I also have a macbook, iPad and an android phone I use to cover my needs