incredibly sluggish ? I guess it is all relative. I didn't experience that when comparing.
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What makes the iPad Pro .... Professional?
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incredibly sluggish ? I guess it is all relative. I didn't experience that when comparing.
Sigh... and what makes your iPad Air airy?
Incredible that you couldn't find an answer for this on this forum when the product is what now - 2 years on the market?
maybe something to do with with it being lighter than previous ipads before the Air generation
the only thing the pro models can do over my air 2 is pencil
there is nothing that won't run on it and run well in the app store
Owning a Air 2 before my current 12.9 Pro(2017) ,I can field this question folks. What prevented my Air 2 from being a replacement from my Mid 2012 MacBook Pro was mainly the screen size, when your split viewing two things and trying to work the 9.7 inch screen is simply too small to work efficiently. The Pencil is also a big plus allowing me to digitize my notebooks for school. The new iPad Pro simply elevates the entire iPad experience to another level to the point were it really can replace the laptop for some people.
TLDR: The new iPad Pro is on another level performance wise compared to the Air 2, something that has been needed, you are finnaly seeing Mac app devs bringing their full apps to iOS with parity to MacOS and optimized for touch ui of iOS.
Also
* Much improved Display
* Better Battery Life
* Qaud Speakers
* Pencil
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That's not true the newer apps definitely run smoother and quicker on the iPad Pro's compared to the iPad Air 2, please get your head out of the sand
of course they will run faster with a faster processor...its all relative on how fast do you need. All I said was everything in the app store runs just fine on Air 2. Show me something that doesn't and I'll kindly get my head out of the sand.
just fine vs faster/smoother , two different things, please get head out of @#$
From what I have hear Affintiy Photo doesnt run very well on the iPad Air 2, but they may have improved that since launch. I thought you were saying the Air 2 ran everything as well as the newer iPads did which isnt true, but yah for now at least the Air 2 still runs most apps but soon you will begin to probaly see app features entirely omitted from the Air 2 either because the CPU or GPU limitations compared to the Pro models.
Where does that leave the 2017 iPad? The air 2 multicore performance is on par with that.
That is true, I think like with the Macs, the iPad Air 2 and iPad will continue to receive support from iOS and apps alike albeit they will function a degree slower and overtime that performance gap will simply widen to the point were people would want to upgrade simply because the old one is too slow. Needless to say the next 2-3 years will be very interesting for the iPad.
THE ONLY THING PRODUCT X CAN DO THAT PRODUCT Y CAN NOT IS ITS KILLER FEATURE!
no one could ever have different needs to myself, they're just stupid
replace "romans" with "ipad pro" and that's how some of you sound...
apart from the 120hz screen, the true tone, the fast charging, the pencil support, the 4 speakers, the massively faster cpu, the more storage, the better cameras, the smart keyboard and the amazing battery life.... what has the ipad pro ever done for us??
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Is that not how generational shifts work?
First you try to force the new tool to fit the old workflow, and then the new tool creates a new workflow. Both parts are painful and full of denial, but the new model is ultimately much better than the old.
I teach with my iPad in the classroom. Pray tell me what good mouse and keyboard support is when I am walking around the room with iPad in hand? And I prefer the simplicity and fluidity of iOS compared to a more bloated and cumbersome desktop OS. I was writing on PDFs in notability using my finger long before the Apple Pencil came out, but there's no denying the pencil has made a very significant improvement in the whole writing experience.
So yes, I agree with the user that the onus is ultimately on the user to make the device pro. That you find it paradoxical says more about you than it does about the people who are using their iPad meaningfully in their everyday lives.
The price, everything else is just peripherials (sp) which cost an additional fortune.
Screen, space, speed are just a natural evolution of hardware but by calling it "Pro" they were able to maintain the price point of an iPad using old hardware while making the "new one" more expensive. Pretty smart move from a business standpoint to be honest.
- Sent from my new iPad Pro 10.5 with a smart keyboard
Screen, space, speed are just a natural evolution of hardware but by calling it "Pro" they were able to maintain the price point of an iPad using old hardware while making the "new one" more expensive. Pretty smart move from a business standpoint to be honest.
- Sent from my new iPad Pro 10.5 with a smart keyboard
If you're an illustrator, photo editor or someone who creates vector graphics - the Pencil makes iPad Pro a leapfrog product. When people say things like "the only thing the iPad Pros are better at is the Pencil", I answer with: it's enough, believe me.
I can't draw on iPad Air - while the Pro is the best drawing device on the market. I can't precisely edit photos on Air, while the Pro is great for that.
Also, the Smart Keyboard is good, at least I like it. When I need to do office stuff, I attach it and iPad Pro is almost as good as a MacBook.
So, I agree with everything you said except your conclusion because there are lots of people using non-Pro iPads in their day to day work that would not see much benefit from the Pro features. For example, most office jockeys do not draw or use illustrator apps. It just depends on the individual's workflow. Likewise, I am sure there are some folks that make frequent use of the Pencil and Smart Keyboard, so the cost premium for the Pro plus accessories is worth it to these people.
I really don't care if Apple uses the "Pro" moniker to differentiate their product line, but people shouldn't be bamboozeled into the belief that they can't do real work on a standard iPad just because it lacks this moniker. That's just ridiculous. Most of the user experiences is driven by the operating system, and both Pro and standard iPad models use the same OS.
Just because you dont use a feature doesn’t mean it doesn’t deserve the ‘Pro’ moniker. It just means you don’t need the features personally.
Be it my G2 12.9, the 10.5 or the Air I'm not able to detrimentally determine any difference between them in the performance arena. Both the pros are more fluid without question, but that's the refresh rate on the screens.
And the MacBook Pro can hardly do anything more than a regular MacBook. So what. How is this news? These are just marketing terms, something to name the product after that helps create a nice feeling for the buyer. And years old ideas at that too.
Well yeah that and it's just like a marketing code word for "this is our flagship super nice iPad. The best version we've got". It's a good separator between it and just the regular cheapo "ipad". I mean...I guess they could have named it "iPad with keyboard port, Pencil and other stuff", but "Pro" rolls off the tongue a bit better
Many good replyes, but how about color management? I have tested a number of 10.5 Pro iPads, they all have the same very blue display with true tone OFF, with on the had a very yellowish tone...booth setting useless for photo editing. Guess they need a proper white point setting function to be called Pro!!
Lol. no i got the 10.5 first as i preferred that size, but one of the kids iPads died so he claimed that.
When i went back to my local apple store the 10.5s where out of stock so i ended up with a 12.9
When i went back to my local apple store the 10.5s where out of stock so i ended up with a 12.9