iPad Pro To nano or not to nano?

[geoelectric]

Who drops $2k just for "testing one in real life scenarios"? It's not like the Apple Store is gonna rent one out to me for a day. I don't buy something I am not convinced I want to keep. I use Apple products since the PowerBook and have yet to return a single Apple device. I won't start buying devices for "testing".

They’ll rent you one for 14 days for free. You just have to float $2K + tax of credit card balance in the meantime. If you time it right you won’t even have to pay interest on it.

I imagine most people even considering a four-figure iPad can swing that without too much trouble, if they want to do so.

 

[luy]

Yes but usually I don’t scratch with metal on my iPad displays. People were even scared to use a simple microfiber cloth, no need for that at all.

 

[okkibs]

They’ll rent you one for 14 days for free.

I just went to the Apple store and they could not rent me a nanotexture iPad. The "genius" ended up getting the store manager who recommended I buy one just for testing and return it for a full refund. They did however have a display model that looked incredibly good so I am tempted to decide in favor of nanotexture anyways. The only issue with that is the price as I have no use for the 1TB storage so for me that's steep $1k upgrade just for the screen. Or rather, I have attempted to make use of the storage but it's absolutely impossible with the terrible Files app, barely functional Spotlight search making it pretty much impossible to even start using the storage by copying hundreds of gigs over to the iPad in the first place. I would like the double memory though as my M1 Pro frequently closes background apps with intense use.

 

[macphoto861]

I just went to the Apple store and they could not rent me a nanotexture iPad. The "genius" ended up getting the store manager who recommended I buy one just for testing and return it for a full refund.

I think that is what the person you replied to was suggesting.

 

[LeiT90]

My biggest issue with all these mobile work horses has been that they are not as mobile once you hit the outdoors thanks to overheating (and bad readability / reflexions).

How well does the nano texture iPad deal with this?
I understand readability should be no problem anymore, but (how fast) does it overheat?
For example, reading a newspaper article on the beach with direct sunlight hitting the device, or sitting outdoors in a partially shaded area when temps are beyond 80-90F+ (30 C+) and doing work in Lightroom or LumaFusion / DaVinci?

My hope is that you actually don’t need full brightness due to the nano texture and thus the device may not overheat at all. This would justify a hefty markup for me.
Otherwise, it’s not worth trading several hundred dollars and degraded contrast / sharpness for me personally.

I’ve been searching around to get insights on this for a while, but there seems to be no answer / test on this so far... Appreciate any feedback from nano-owners!

 

[Nikhil72]

My biggest issue with all these mobile work horses has been that they are not as mobile once you hit the outdoors thanks to overheating (and bad readability / reflexions).

How well does the nano texture iPad deal with this?
I understand readability should be no problem anymore, but (how fast) does it overheat?
For example, reading a newspaper article on the beach with direct sunlight hitting the device, or sitting outdoors in a partially shaded area when temps are beyond 80-90F+ (30 C+) and doing work in Lightroom or LumaFusion / DaVinci?

My hope is that you actually don’t need full brightness due to the nano texture and thus the device may not overheat at all. This would justify a hefty markup for me.
Otherwise, it’s not worth trading several hundred dollars and degraded contrast / sharpness for me personally.

I’ve been searching around to get insights on this for a while, but there seems to be no answer / test on this so far... Appreciate any feedback from nano-owners!

Auto brightness does kick into full but 1) I was able to stream a video and do text based work for over 40 minutes without the brightness dropping while tethered to my iPhone and 2) definitely easier to read the screen despite dropping the brightness to 50% manually

 

[Nikhil72]

To follow up on my own comment.
used the nano texture outside on a 8- degree day. Did just about indirect sun because no need to be directly in sunlight from a health perspective. Screen was pushing 100%. I had stage manager on doing text entry, safari browsing, iMessage, and a YouTube video in PIP streaming at 4k. Spent over an hour without the display dimming.

lightroom might be an issue but not really sure editing outside would be my thing.

 

[LeiT90]

Thank you for the feedback @Nikhil72
I live in California, so day temperatures of 20-30 degrees Celsius are the norm even outside of peak sun hours.
During summer my iPhone even overheats in the shade when using it and I am curious if that climate may push the limits in terms of overheating also for the iPad regardless of nanotexture; especially with direct or at least partial sun.

Interestingly, there is a new post from today that is celebrating the nanotexture display as great e-reader.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/11-nanotexture-pro-is-the-ultimate-e-reader.2428122/
I wonder if @miked112 has tested this kind of environment yet.

 

[GDF]

Finally was able to purchase a 13 Nano to compare to the 13 Glossy and so far don’t notice differences that I was expecting to sway me to keep the Nano Thought it would be a no brainer to keep the Nano, but think will just stay with the Glossy, since I don’t need the 1TB SSD. I do like both so far. If Apple offered the Nano with the 256 SSD drive, then I would definitely just stick with it and give it a try this upgrade cycle.

Maybe will change my mind as I use both more tomorrow.

 

[alfonsog]

I bet the nanotexture would be better for me when I'm playing on stage and using the iPad as my sheet music for lighting reflections... I have a 3rd gen iPad Pro so not sure it's worth it; and my nephew cracked it last week but since it's still under AppleCare+ I just got a replacement so it's flawless. Maybe after seeing what software changes are coming next week I'll sell it and upgrade.

 

[lsh]

Finally was able to purchase a 13 Nano to compare to the 13 Glossy and so far don’t notice differences that I was expecting to sway me to keep the Nano Thought it would be a no brainer to keep the Nano, but think will just stay with the Glossy, since I don’t need the 1TB SSD. I do like both so far. If Apple offered the Nano with the 256 SSD drive, then I would definitely just stick with it and give it a try this upgrade cycle.

Maybe will change my mind as I use both more tomorrow.

I think the processor and memory is also an upgrade with the 1TB version?

 

[luy]

Yes, but for the average consumer it’s totally needless.

 

[the future]

Yes, but for the average consumer it’s totally needless.

Will make it stay usable for longer, though, especially the 16 GB of RAM. And people tend to keep their iPads for quite a long time.

 

[aevan]

Will make it stay usable for longer, though, especially the 16 GB of RAM. And people tend to keep their iPads for quite a long time.

I doubt 16Gb iPads will be usable longer than 8Gb models. Other things/features will be a reason to upgrade lomg before 8Gb becomes an issue. As well as battery health.

 

[the future]

I doubt 16Gb iPads will be usable longer than 8Gb models. Other things/features will be a reason to upgrade lomg before 8Gb becomes an issue.

Like which? Because I struggle to come up with an aspect of the new Pros that isn‘t nigh-on perfect, hardware-wise.

Also, it‘s a known fact that most people hold on to their iPads longer than, say, iPhones, so obviously for them „new features“ aren‘t all that relevant.

As well as battery health.

As long as the device isn‘t „obsolete“ (in Apple‘s terms), you can get a new one for a very reasonable fee.

 

[aevan]

Like which? Because I struggle to come up with an aspect of the new Pros that isn‘t nigh-on perfect, hardware-wise.

I can’t see the future, but it would be crazy to think iPad will just stagnate going forward. Either way, 8Gb will be sufficient for years to come. People just like to justify their purchases.

 

[the future]

I can’t see the future, but it would be crazy to think iPad will just stagnate going forward. Either way, 8Gb will be sufficient for years to come. People just like to justify their purchases.

It won't "stagnate", but progress will be slow(er) because hardware-wise the whole device category, just like smart phones, is very mature now. iPad is all about the screen, basically, and the screen is just about perfect now.

I agree that 8 GB will be fine for a good long while for almost everything, but while tablet hardware is "complete", software will bcome more of a focus and besides already existing software that takes advantage of more RAM it is quite easy to imagine e.g. AI applications to run only/better/on-device with 16 GB vs. 8 GB.