Apple today revealed the all-new iPad Pro, with an edge-to-edge LCD “Liquid Retina” display, slimmer bezels, no Home Button, Face ID, and a magnetic attachment support for the new Apple Pencil. The new 11-inch iPad Pro has the same footprint as the previous 10.5-inch iPad Pro, but now with a bigger display thanks to the slimmer bezels. The 12.9-inch version is actually smaller than the previous 12.9-inch model but with the same screen size.
These look like solid updates, but if you’re smart, wait until next year when the new iOS release is announced – it’s bound to have a number of iPad-focused improvements that will really tell you where Apple wants to take the iPad. Right now, these new iPad Pros offer little over existing iPad Pros other than spec bumps, but once iOS 13 has been detailed, we’ll have a far better grip on what these new iPad Pros can do.
As I understand it, edge to edge is NO bezels, correct? Am I missing something?
No sir, you are not. WTAF is going on there?
Screens have always been edge-2-edge. Everyone with common sense talks about edge-of-device to edge-of-device, but of course Apple would re-invent everything and now edge-2-edge means edge-of-bezel to edge-of-bezel
This is the true revolution.
This is sound advice to determine if you should buy the device or not. However if you think this device is worth the buy with a future iOS release you might as well buy it now because it isn’t going to get cheaper so you might as well enjoy it a year longer
And get a year less support on devices with an ever decreasing number of years of software updates.
I am talking about buying this iPad now, vs buying this iPad next year. iPads are not on a 1 year upgrade-cycle so whether you buy it now or next year, you would still get the same amount of updates.
Also, I don’t think you are correct that we are getting fewer and fewer years of software updates. The trend for Android is going up, not down. And iOS seems to keep having the longest support*
*for mobile devices from the manufacturers. Comparing with server/desktop or 3rd party is impossible
And what is the problem?
I’m using 2013 iPad Air every day, on latest iOS 12.
I know Apple thinks that if I have 4 family members I should just buy everyone their own personal device, but I am not going to spend that amount of money!
Can Face-ID be used to recognize who wants to use the machine
Does iOS now have multi-user so my wife and I have separate accounts, passwords, mail, favorites, apps, highscores, etc?
Can I switch to a locked down “child-mode”?
Is there an even more locked down “guest-mode”?
These things used to be possible on Windows Phone 8.1 which was a far more limited OS and far more limited hardware and if iOS is ever going to replace macOS it needs these features
These ipads were developed with features for iOS 12. However, many were delayed till next year. I’m surprised this being an OSnews site, that it wasn’t mentioned. Anyhow, a mere spec bump is also a tad off. Edge to edge, new pencil, face id, new keyboard, smaller, much better cpu/graphics, and RAM boost to 6 gigs…it’s smart to buy now, cause next year will be the real spec bump.
I have the current iPad Pro 10.5″. It’s annoying to me that they are using a new connector for the new Apple Pencil so that I cannot use it. At least I’m happy with what I have, but a button on the Pencil would be useful. I have replaced my Wacom with my iPad, just wish they didn’t do this forced obsolescence every year or two.
This isn’t forced obsolescence. Everything you have bought keeps working perfectly well.
The old product was pretty bad:
* Charging connectors was ridiculous. It took up space, required a cap to hide the connector, stuck out from a port that you might need for other purposes. Even worse than the Apple mouse with the chargeport on the bottom
* Not magnetically attachable
* No eraser “button”
* Badly shaped (round)
There are now new products that solve all of the issues above. Too bad there is not a lot of compatibility, but your old pen would still work with both your old iPad and the new one, right?
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MK0C2AM/A/apple-pencil#Compatibil…
Edit: Apparently the latest iPad is gen3 and that is not listed on the compatibility list for the older pencil. Not sure if that page just hasn’t been updated or if it really won’t work.
New pen: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MU8F2AM/A/apple-pencil-2nd-genera…
Edited 2018-11-01 10:18 UTC