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iPad Pro The Pros are worth it for the OLED alone

TheRealAlex said:
100% It feels like you can fall into the display said that. Myself. Personally I’m an OLED snob. Everything I own is OLED. Even a 240hz OLED MSI Gaming Laptop because the next step is 240hz.
This Tandem OLED is amazing. Major TV makers should offer this.
if APPLE sold a Tandem OLED TV 55” or 75” it would be SOLD Out immediately. Or a new XDR Tandem OLED 34” Monitor.

Apple has a MAJOR hit here with Tandem OLED. And I look forward to a Tandem OLED 14” M5 Max MacBook Pro next year.
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OLED TVs work quite a bit differently than mobile OLED displays. Mobile displays have R,G, and B emitters, while TVs use a single color of OLED emitter, and use color filters or quantum dots to create the other colors. Most mobile OLED displays use PWM to set brightness, while TVs/monitors don't. And, of course, TVs have much larger pixels.

I'm no expert, so I don't know how feasible Tandem OLED is at larger sizes, but I'd temper you expectations on what may be possible.
 
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Surfsalot said:
yeah not heaps though, still need it on full for video in my home/office.
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I agree, the reason they had to develop “Tandem OLED” in the first place was to match, and slightly exceed, the brightness we already had on the Micro LED displays.

The display is nice, it is better, it is warmer (same as the iPhone 15 Pro Max), but really just incremental. If you buy the new iPad just for the new displays and you’re coming from the M1 or M2 version, have your expectations set correctly.
 
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nikikaly21 said:
Have had it for two days and there's really no understating how great the screen looks like.

Spouse and I have been joking it feels like "the opposite of a 3D screen" cause you feel like you could literally jump or fall into the screen as if it were a portal.

It's worth it for the display alone, never mind the form factor, weight or new M4 chip.

My first iPad was the og iPad 2 and haven't had one at all since pre-pandemic, but so glad I jumped back in. I love the new iPad Pro.
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same last ipad I had were an iPad 2 (lolwtf , 2011-2012?) and iPad Mini 2 (2013)...

this ipad pro 11" is itching me greatly to buy it... also got 3400$ worth of apple gift cards lol collected over a year so its a 'inclusive' pick
 
JonoNZ said:
I agree, the reason they had to develop “Tandem OLED” in the first place was to match, and slightly exceed, the brightness we already had on the Micro LED displays.

The display is nice, it is better, it is warmer (same as the iPhone 15 Pro Max), but really just incremental. If you buy the new iPad just for the new displays and you’re coming from the M1 or M2 version, have your expectations set correctly.
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quite like it, like i dont really need 1000 nits for the most part, so i can actually leave it at 50% [i dont like my screens generally too bright as im light sensitive] and still have capacity to push higher if required.
 
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Zwhaler said:
The screen isn’t mind blowing. I bought the 11” and don’t get me wrong I love it. But the display isn’t game changing. It’s very good but I think it’s a little overhyped.
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Saw it in store today and I totally agree

Love my OLED TV

Found it to be fine on iPad size, but not earth shattering or anything.
A nice upgrade
 
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Zwhaler said:
Typical Macrumors responses here lol.
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I like OLED for phones, pads and MacBooks (when available) For TV I prefer my mini LED Sony 85" as the color palette is more correct. Also You are to going to use portable equipment as much as main TV in home and the fact that OLED's deteriorate over time will never be an issue.
 
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rui no onna said:
Worth is subjective.

Personally, I wouldn’t pay more for OLED (mainly because they give me headaches).
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sorry to hear that. What is it about oleds?
Surfsalot said:
I have 3 in front of me now, hardly any diff from 2018 to M1 to M4.


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Sorry to hear that. my switch between the m2 12.9 and the m4 11 was instantly love for the m4. the screen, pencil, so much power, longer battery and less heat!
Larabee119 said:
What I like the most from the screen is the response time. It’s much faster the mini led panel used in the m2 ipad.
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Is that so? I haven’t noticed it yet.
 
nikikaly21 said:
Have had it for two days and there's really no understating how great the screen looks like.

Spouse and I have been joking it feels like "the opposite of a 3D screen" cause you feel like you could literally jump or fall into the screen as if it were a portal.

It's worth it for the display alone, never mind the form factor, weight or new M4 chip.

My first iPad was the og iPad 2 and haven't had one at all since pre-pandemic, but so glad I jumped back in. I love the new iPad Pro.
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Well, the oled is indeed brilliant, but it’s also the horizontal cam, the faster processors, (and the black version 😍) but also the pencil pro. I use the pencil daily and having al these extra functions in the same pen package is awesome.
And the new folio cover has a nice hidden feature as well.
But I am sad about the loss of the folio keyboard, I do mis that a lot :-(
 
alecgold said:
Well, the oled is indeed brilliant, but it’s also the horizontal cam, the faster processors, (and the black version 😍) but also the pencil pro. I use the pencil daily and having al these extra functions in the same pen package is awesome.
And the new folio cover has a nice hidden feature as well.
But I am sad about the loss of the folio keyboard, I do mis that a lot :-(
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What is the new folio hidden feature?
 
I love OLED but am not in love with this screen. When watching high quality content, it looks great and better than LCD. But when you watch average and lower quality content, it looks worse to me. It looks a little grainy and lacks sharpness. I was streaming the Knicks Pacers game and it was not looking good. I’m not sure I will keep mine.
 
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alecgold said:
Well, the oled is indeed brilliant, but it’s also the horizontal cam, the faster processors, (and the black version 😍) but also the pencil pro. I use the pencil daily and having al these extra functions in the same pen package is awesome.
And the new folio cover has a nice hidden feature as well.
But I am sad about the loss of the folio keyboard, I do mis that a lot :-(
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I agree! It's not an iterative update when the whole experience was improved across the board.
 
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UnifiedMelody said:
same last ipad I had were an iPad 2 (lolwtf , 2011-2012?) and iPad Mini 2 (2013)...

this ipad pro 11" is itching me greatly to buy it... also got 3400$ worth of apple gift cards lol collected over a year so its a 'inclusive' pick
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I can definitely be prone to impulse purchases myself, but I talked about my ownership history with the iPad to illustrate that it's not a product that I am a particular fan of, or have used at all in the last 5-10 years. But this new Pro model, it hooked me; I absolutely love it. Highly recommend 1-2 gift cards for it.
 
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nikikaly21 said:
I can definitely be prone to impulse purchases myself, but I talked about my ownership history with the iPad to illustrate that it's not a product that I am a particular fan of, or have used at all in the last 5-10 years. But this new Pro model, it hooked me; I absolutely love it. Highly recommend 1-2 gift cards for it.
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Yeah I will most certainly get the 11" base model in silver [256GB]. idk how i managed to survive on 16GB iPad's for a decade but there you go.. heck even not maxing my 4 year old iPhone 11 Pro Max 256GB... i have to delibrately load videos into it to get the storage up to 160-200GB and even so after finishing i would just delete and be back to square one.

any higher storage imo for me is pointless for an iPad that's where macbooks/studios come in for that in those instances yes I will spec up the storage. Mainly just going with it for Screen technology, size {11"} and M4 chip.

ipad for me is just a "consumer consumption device" despite the pro moniker and good for travel as its <500grams [plus 50-100g for a durable case]... i really loved it when i saw it in the store in just a minute. that's all it took. 256GB is a nice spot and worst case scenario if i have to edit photos whilst traveling on LRCC, i'd barely exceed 32-64GB at best... maybe half of that
 
I tried them in store this week, and decided to keep my 11 inch M2 pro until the next iteration. The OLED is gorgeous. But at the end of the day for what I do from an iPad. Won’t benefit much from it. I do all my watching of movies, or video games in my LG C2 and C3 TVs. When I watch something in the iPad, it is because it is something I am watching quickly like a YouTube video or something, where I don’t really care about quality.

This said I never really have had an issue with the IPS screen in the iPad. Sure the OLED is better, but for an IPS screen, the M2 is quite good. I still perceive it as a high quality screen, even if it is nowhere near the best. Would an OLED on it change my experience with it? I don’t think so, at the end I would be paying quite a premium for basically the same device I already own.

And not related to this thread, but with the new iPads I would also lose some functionality that I currently have. The iPad is a secondary machine, while my Surface Pro 8 is my main productivity device. Because of this, I have no need for a Magic Keyboard, I have no desire to convert iPadOS into a full laptop as the OS wouldn’t allow me to work as I’m used to. So in business trips I always take the Surface, iPad stays home. But on vacation or leisure trips, I take my iPad and use the Smart Keyboard Folio to do a quick email or something. And now it is no longer compatible or available, when it was exactly what I needed given my usage of the device.
 
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I’m sure OLED is way better (my Steam Deck OLED was a huge improvement over LCD) but I’m sat outside now with my 2018 iPad Pro which is doing everything i need it to do, pretty flawlessly.

I can even see the screen just fine in the sun.

Also, I think I’m only back using it because of the hype around new iPads, otherwise it would’ve been sat in the cupboard and I’d be on my iPhone Plus. I’ve literally been reminded to use the iPad more.

Cant justify £1000 for a better display, in an iPad. I’d pay that for a display I game on, or work on all day, but not an iPad for 20 min use here and there.
 
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Albeit not a screen expert, however I see a different sharpness & clarity on the M4 13”.

Coming from the M1 12.9, the landscape camera update , paperweight, pencil pro features and the storage upgrade sealed the deal!

As for the MKB, I am still not a fan, and the only item to be returned. Once you experience typing with a Keychron mechanical keyboard, there’s no going back.
 
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