As someone who is thinking of doing the jump from a Mini 2 to the 10.5, how was it to get accustomed to the bigger screen and size? In stores the 10.5 doesn't seem as much heavier, but I am slightly worried that over extended use I might notice it.
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Those who have the 10.5” Pro, how do you like it?
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Depends on how you hold it. If you are a one handed holder than yeah the size makes that harder without resting it on something too.
I love my mine, my biggest complaint is that my battery life has degraded quicker than other iPad's I've owned. Unfortunately with iOS 12 they disabled some APIs that apps were using to display battery capacity and they don't show it like they do on some iPhones, but I know I was down to about 82% before I upgraded.
My father went from the Mini 2 to the new 2018 iPad and LOVES the new iPad 100x more. So going to the Pro I bet wouldn't be a problem.
I went from a Mini 2 to the 10.5 and absolutely love the 10.5... was worried about the jump in size when considering buying but needn’t have worried. I would say the 10.5 is the perfect size... got used to it immediately
I also like my 10.5 Pro. I never liked the keyboard covers but got the regular Smart Cover and one of these keyboards from eBay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Logitech-K...=item1c63d9b7e3:g:7KYAAOSwI3RW82sw:rk:10:pf:0
Love this Logitech keyboard as it can be paired to 3 devices. I pair mine to my work laptop for when I use it in a docking station at work, my iPad Pro, and my iPhone.
It's not as nice to have 2 pieces in my computer bag, but I also hate the cumbersomeness of the keyboard smart cover when I'm not using a keyboard.
I agree that I almost never use my pencil.
For a bit more detail on how it changed my life, the real blessing was grading student essays and using the iPad in class-room teaching. I started having my students submit their literature and linguistics papers as PDF files, which I could mark up, highlight, and "stamp" with preset markings in the iPad, then return electronically with the touch of a button. Every student essay was automatically alphabetized and stored on the iPad or located with a search command. Suddenly, those 80 student essays I received every three weeks, which used to pile up in thick piles on my desk? They evaporated.
Even better, since I kept copies of earlier papers in dropbox, when students came in for appointments, I could easily pull up everything they had previously written and note trends in their writing to discuss with them. It made it very easy to see when a student wasn't "getting it" in a particular area of composition, and I could then pull up old essays to show examples to them across time.
Additionally, the ability to draw on the iPad and link it to a smartboard meant I could write or draw or graph on my iPad and project it before the classroom each day--way better than the crummy sensors on the smartboard itself. I could even save the board drawings as screenshots and forward them to the entire class at the end of each lecture.
Aside from work, having the apple pencil available re-ignited in me my love of art and drawing. Decades ago, I was an art major in college, but went a different way in graduate school. I had not done serious drawing or sketching in probably 15 years. The ease of doing it on the iPad, however, reinspired me to take up that beloved craft.
In terms of entertainment, I play a lot of D&D with family and friends. All the D&D charts and books available as PDF files could be stored, transported, and accessed easily on the iPad, reducing clutter. Filemaker Pro's database creation really comes into its own when you pair it with Filemaker Go on an iPad, and make a database of your characters and monstrous encounters--including snapshots of the monster images in the various databases. The iPad even became my dice replacement with the Dicenomicon app.
Mind you, now that apple pencil-support is moving to other iPads beside the Pro model, the uniqueness of the 10.5 vs. other sizes like the old 9.7 isn't as pronounced. Still, I've found mine to be a wonderful device, worth every penny.
I love mine but personally, I would hold off until the new stuff is announced... since it will reduce the price on the 10.5 not to mention with black friday coming up next month they normally have good deal for older tech.
+1 I’ve had the 10.5 for about a year and love it! I use it with the Apple Smart Keyboard cover and it’s my #1 used device (over iphone, laptop, iMac). I’ve got youtube tv as my TV service provider and watch more TV on my iPad than on either of my large screen TV’s.
I’d consider waiting as well until the new iPad pros are released (ie larger screen sizes)....but I’m sure they will have a hefty price tag. Or, see if you can pick up a bargain on the current models during the holiday sales.
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I’d wait too. The next 10.5” ipad pro may actually have a larger 11” screen in the same physical size ipad - which would be pretty cool.
Thank you for this suggestion, I finally am getting a replacement sent to me on Monday. My keyboard has a bad cosmetic defect on one side (the material is coming apart) and maybe I can finally get a working one that won’t make the noise every 2 seconds.