Those upgrading to new iPad pros when will you sell your old one?

[DNichter]

I’ll be pinging you guys again when I have the IPP in hands. Decided to move all my mobile needs to iOS as well. I bought a thinkpad fall 16 because the MBPs were ***** with horrid keyboards. It’s overpowered for my mobile needs or as a writing machine. iPad is. Plus laptops have become meh. iPads seem more fun.

I’ll probably always keep an OSX machine around. Do need large screens to edit etc but I think an IPP/iMac would work great.

Feel free! It's definitely somewhat of a challenge at first, but I have been really happy with the returns. Essentially zero maintenance and costs are very minimal. I did purchase a QNAP NAS which has helped me manage the process immensely. I store and access all my files there, can download torrents to it from my iPhone/iPad, manage my Homebridge, run my Plex server - it's been a super useful companion piece.
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I'm with you on the productivity increase. It's been a game-changer with real, tangible advantages. If you charge by the hour, like I do, the iPad combined with Cloud services and an Office 365 subscription allows me to do my work essentially anywhere, and be more productive. Lets just say I can make back your $700 in less than 2 hours of increased productivity. That the iPad is just a delight to use is icing on the cake!

Totally agree. My girlfriend does graphic design and has moved to an iPad primarily as well. She uses Affinity Designer and Procreate for almost everything. Having the sort of flexibility that an iPad gives you can be very freeing.

 

[Cnasty]

I havent owned an iPad myself in a couple years so looking to take the plunge back in if the bar has been raised to the form factor I have been looking for. The 10.5 was close with smaller bezels and great speakers.

Hoping they keep the bigger model 12.9 but shrink the bezels in a nice design.

 

[eVolcre]

I havent owned an iPad myself in a couple years so looking to take the plunge back in if the bar has been raised to the form factor I have been looking for. The 10.5 was close with smaller bezels and great speakers.

Hoping they keep the bigger model 12.9 but shrink the bezels in a nice design.

Fairly reliable rumors say the 10.5 stays the same length and adds a cm to width for a screen size of 11”. The big boy (my choice) keeps the screen at 12.9 and lops off the beZels.

I compared the rumored sizes with an actual current 10.5. The 12.9 will be 3 cms longer and 2.5 cms wider. Quite manageable.

 

[Cnasty]

Fairly reliable rumors say the 10.5 stays the same length and adds a cm to width for a screen size of 11”. The big boy (my choice) keeps the screen at 12.9 and lops off the beZels.

I compared the rumored sizes with an actual current 10.5. The 12.9 will be 3 cms longer and 2.5 cms wider. Quite manageable.

This is my dream iPad right here and hoping the rumors are right. I loved the 12.9 form factor but it felt like a lot of unnecessary wasted space on such a beautiful device for productivity.

Would love to transition to an IPP and sell my MacBook eventually as its overkill for what i need it for.

 

[naturalstar]

I have an Air 2, but it’s still going strong, so I may just gift it on to a family member.

 

[spiderman0616]

My thoughts as well . I have a 9.7 inch Pro, and I use it as my laptop. It's working fine, albeit a bit slow, but I won't sell it until the new ones are out AND they've been out a month or so such that the new adopters have worked out the kinks for me! I'm so looking forward to a new iPad, new keyboard, maybe new pencil too!

On another note, I'm not too concerned about resale value, especially on a unit as old as mine. For me, these items are fungible and not that expensive in the big picture. I expect to get a few dollars for it by selling to Gazelle, which I can use to offset the cost of the new one or purchase an accessory.

The top thing on my wish list is that the ASK gets rethought and redesigned. I use my iPad Pros about 50% of the time in laptop mode, and I had started trying out other solutions with my 10.5" Pro. I had settled on the Zagg Rugged Messenger--probably the best iPad case in general that I have ever owned, and I know nothing like that will be available at launch for the new Pro models. I want Apple to come up with a keyboard case that wows me like the Zagg did. If they do, I'll order it day one.

 

[Bazooka-joe]

I might sell my 10.5 pro next week before the keynote. The only problem is that if they don’t announce the iPads or delay the release until October then two months without my iPad will seem like an age

 

[rui no onna]

Same here. The only device that I've ever sold to an outside party was my iPad Mini 4 when I got the 2018 iPad to replace it. Even for that I was able to get $350 CDN (equivalent to about $270 USD). That's the thing about Apple devices, they keep their value.

Lol, I traded in two iPad 3's to Best Buy for $100 ea and replaced them with a heavily discounted Air 2 and an iPad 5th gen (2017) when the latter was released. Given how slow the iPad 3 was by that point, I'd just feel really bad for any family members who would get the hand-me-down.

 

[spiderman0616]

I might sell my 10.5 pro next week before the keynote. The only problem is that if they don’t announce the iPads or delay the release until October then two months without my iPad will seem like an age

I just shipped mine off to its buyer on Sunday and it ALREADY feels like it's been an age.

 

[rui no onna]

I just shipped mine off to its buyer on Sunday and it ALREADY feels like it's been an age.

Lol, the iPad is my most used device. I always have at least two (usually an older model) so I have something to use when the other one is charging or something. Can't imagine being without one.

 

[spiderman0616]

Lol, the iPad is my most used device. I always have at least two (usually an older model) so I have something to use when the other one is charging or something. Can't imagine being without one.

It's painful. I hate it. I hope my gamble pays off.

 

[eVolcre]

It's painful. I hate it. I hope my gamble pays off.

Pick up the iPad 329. You’ll lose maybe 50 bucks on the resale. I guess if you’re willing to be unethical, not my place to judge or comment , buy one and you have two weeks to return. Concrete rumors should be out in 10 days.

 

[spiderman0616]

Pick up the iPad 329. You’ll lose maybe 50 bucks on the resale. I guess if you’re willing to be unethical, not my place to judge or comment , buy one and you have two weeks to return. Concrete rumors should be out in 10 days.

Yeah--I know people actually do that sometimes, but I do have my work issued Macbook Air that I can use until I have a shiny new iPad Pro in my hands. It's just that I'm so much more partial to iOS these days.....

 

[Techwatcher]

Yeah--I know people actually do that sometimes, but I do have my work issued Macbook Air that I can use until I have a shiny new iPad Pro in my hands. It's just that I'm so much more partial to iOS these days.....

Agreed. Matter of fact iOS isn't even a bad OS. I'm one of the people that always wanted MacOS on the iPad, but how useful would it actually be? All Apple really needs to do is flesh out the "Files" system on iPad, and developers need to make their apps on par with the versions on MacOS (I'm looking right at you, Excel).

 

[eVolcre]

Yeah--I know people actually do that sometimes, but I do have my work issued Macbook Air that I can use until I have a shiny new iPad Pro in my hands. It's just that I'm so much more partial to iOS these days.....

Ok bud! Now you’re venturing into 1% first world problems territory. Hahaha. Use the MBA. Watch a movie. See a sunset. Chat with us. It’s two weeks. You can last and do this. Hoooorah! *fistbump*

 

[spiderman0616]

Ok bud! Now you’re venturing into 1% first world problems territory. Hahaha. Use the MBA. Watch a movie. See a sunset. Chat with us. It’s two weeks. You can last and do this. Hoooorah! *fistbump*

Haha—yep—I have several hundred dollars I’ve been socking away in my PayPal account so that I can upgrade three of my gadgets as soon as they’re announced by Apple. This is what we call “a good problem to have”.

 

[eVolcre]

Haha—yep—I have several hundred dollars I’ve been socking away in my PayPal account so that I can upgrade three of my gadgets as soon as they’re announced by Apple. This is what we call “a good problem to have”.

IPP ? Watch ? And?

 

[anthony13]

Just listed on swappa for the first time so we’ll see

 

[spiderman0616]

IPP ? Watch ? And?

iPhone

 

[charlituna]

if at all?

I could get more for mine now but there’s no sure thing the new pros are out in September. Maybe selling the day it’s announced is the best option so you know when it’s out to buy.

a lot of the services like Gazelle will allow you to get a quote and lock it for as much as 30 days. I run quotes on all of them the day or two before the keynote. if nothing is announced then I do it again before a second keynote. hasn't failed me so far

 

[Dave245]

If they announce a new iPad Pro with everything that’s been reported (Face ID, Thinner bezels, no home button) I will be upgrading and giving my current 2017 12.9” iPad Pro to my mother who is currently using my old Air 2.

If they announce all of the above and give the iPad Pro a redesign it will look great Face ID will be a welcome addition, (it works really well on my iPhone X and I love it) but I also hope they make a new ASK Keyboard and cases to go along with it.

Anyone think that they will also have some new IOS features to go with the new iPad Pros? They often hold back features in iOS if they are hardware specific, then show them off later when announcing new hardware.

 

[Macalicious2011]

I'm hoping for:

2018: Thinner bezels
2019: 4K or OLED screen.

 

[UltimateSyn]

I'm going to wait until the announcement to see what the size and weight of the 11" and 12.9" are. If I end up buying the 11", I'll sell my current 10.5" because it will be redundant. If I get the 12.9" then I'll probably keep my 10.5" for when I need a slightly more portable tablet.

FWIW, I'm not expecting them to announce the iPads in September. I hope they do, but find it rather unlikely that they'll upgrade iPhones, Watches, AirPods, AirPower and iPads all in one keynote. That's ~$2,500+ worth of tech and they want you to buy it all, so I suspect they'll space the releases out a tiny bit. iPads and Macs in Oct.

 

[UOThief]

I'm not going to sell mine.

I'm going to use it as a very expensive second monitor for my Mac. Currently using an older, smaller iPad.

Duet app is great.

 

[UltimateSyn]

a lot of the services like Gazelle will allow you to get a quote and lock it for as much as 30 days. I run quotes on all of them the day or two before the keynote. if nothing is announced then I do it again before a second keynote. hasn't failed me so far

This is very smart