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Wow the 10.5 is the one! How could it be any better?
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In what world is a 12.9” tablet too small? Lol. These Pro’s are meant to serve as a mobile computing device that sits at closer viewing distance than the traditional laptop, and while it might work for some, the 12.9” is just to unwieldy to be that for most.
I agree...that is why I bought this for my 10.5 + Pencil
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If Apple incorporated a solid-state button into a future iPad, then that would likely require haptic feedback similarly to the iPhone 7 with a Haptic engine. So in theory, the new iPad would have also have a Haptic engine along with a solid state button.
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The one thing I wish it did have is the iPhone's raise to wake.
I agree. I'm still using my ipad mini 2....but the physical home button doesnt work anymore. Its out of warranty too, so i had to set up a virtual home button in settings. It works, but is a pain. I plan to upgrade to the 10.5" ipad pro, but was kinda bummed that even on the pro ipads, Apple hasnt gotten rid of the physical home button and replaced it with the solid touch one on the iphone 7. Especially on the pro ipads. I mean youre spending a lot of money for the pro ipad, you'd think Apple would give you the best components. The physical home button is definitely the weakest point of the current ipads. It takes a lot of abuse and is prone to failure eventually.
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It was never needed...
Longpress was fine. They didn't want to so obviously copy android though.
Their pride made them put this large vibrator in their phones, severely reducing space for batter and headphones jack that are actually needed.
This is completely untrue. When 3D Touch was incorporated into the iPhone 6s first, Tim Cook commented on the difficulty of manufacturing 3D Touch on to a smaller display with the 6S, and the Haptic engine is not that large. Apple did not sacrifice any battery power when it launch on the 6s , and the headphone jack was still included with the iPhone 6s as well.
It was with the iPhone 7 that they removed the headphone jack, which actually had an additional two hours of battery life over the iPhone 6s and still had 3D Touch. The headphone jack had nothing to do with 3D Touch or the battery life on iPhone 7.
No need to argue this. Look at the teardowns. They speak for themselves.
I'm not referring to any teardowns. I'm simply correcting what you stated was incorrect about the battery life and Nor did Apple copy Android. And the only reason They deleted the headphone jack, was to make way for the AirPods. They made that clear during the last year's keynote. (Hence how Apple made the claim about the battery life being extended an additional two hours.)
1. No, there isn't enough capacity yet to do that.
2. No, that would mean switching to a nearly bezeless design, which for a large screen device like iPad is a bad choice at this point. A phone can be held in one hand, and iPad can't.
3. No, iOS will stay Lightning, MacOS will stay USB C. Keeping the lines seperate.
4. No, the iPad has touted 10 hours battery since day one. It may GET 15 hours, maybe, but they will still advertise 10 hours.
5. Maybe..
why bother with OLED anyway? The current display on the new pro models look among the best if not the best in mobile devices.
It's called innovation. After OLED is readily available they'll move on to the next new shiny tech...
Otherwise we'd still be in the DVD age with dial up speeds and listening to music on bulky CD players that last 5 hours on a charge.
Same here. I ordered a 10.5 iPad Pro today that will replace my iPad Air. The old Air was getting sluggish and the battery life had degraded significantly. Throw in the iOS 11 stuff and it seemed like the time to upgrade. I hope that I like it. I use my iPad every day, so it seemed like a worthwhile upgrade.
If OLED doesn't happen, then perhaps Micro-Led. But I estimate Micro-Led is at least three years out or perhaps longer. But OLED seems like the next direction if yield rates stabilize.
It is very good. I would prefer it to be a little larger, but it is very good as is. Upgrading from my iPad Air, I bought and returned a 9.7 Pro, open box 10.5 Pro (that had a noticeable grainy "band" across the width of the screen above the home button), a 12.9 Pro, and finally decided that, for my usage, the 10.5 Pro would be best, picking it up at Costco last night. I don't plan to make use of Costco's generous 90-day return policy with this one.
Having a 15" rMBP, the 10.5 is the best size for me doing "tabletry" things.
Having a 15" rMBP, the 10.5 is the best size for me doing "tabletry" things.
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Care to elaborate why you feel it could be better? And why are you can justify the 10.5 iPad being 'better' with a $200 lower price point?
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until the birth of mp3/CD players with a good amount of RAM I never owned a portable CD player that didn't skip like crazy if I tried to exercise with it.But I miss my SONY Sport CD player. It was virtually indestructible.
