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Re: iPad Pro

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Post by screye »

dpark wrote: post #197
ghostly_s wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"mostly acceptable teardrop everyone else standardized on."?

Yeah, that's pretty delusional. I don't think anyone has created a phone with a notch that would accurately be characterized as a teardrop shape. The closest was probably Essential (which inexplicably had a notch and a chin). The Pixel 3 notch is a V shape. The OnePlus notch pretty much looks like an iPhone notch. There's no "standard" and certainly no "standard teardrop shape".

I don't blame you. The one plus 6T released yesterday with the teardrop notch.

It is trend among chinese phones (Huawei,Oppo, Vivo, OP ..basically BBK electronics)

OP 6T is the first phone popular in the west with this style, and I find it to be amazing.

Still like the MiMix 3 the most, with no notch. But, the OP 6T is the first one that's not egregious.

Re: iPad Pro

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Post by roordan »

briatx wrote: post #127
ppeetteerr wrote: post #13

I really like where the iPad is going. I play Civ 6 on a Pro with an Apple Pencil all the time, and I wish the screen was bigger. It is now, but that price... I could get a gaming rig for the cost of a 12in. My only question is where is the mini with FaceID?

> I really like where the iPad is going. You mean becoming more and more like a Surface Pro?

This is what I am hoping for. I want to have my tablet mode with iOS apps and interface. Then I want to switch into laptop/desktop mode, being able to spin up any desktop application.

Even more a dream state: would want a docking station that allows me to use my multi monitor setup.

Re: iPad Pro

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Post by agumonkey »

adamweld wrote: post #169
calgoo wrote: post #123

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Am I the only one who actually like to have an edge on my devices so they dont break by looking at them? At least if there is a metal edge it can take some of the force and you have a chance of not breaking the screen. I dont understand why metal is bad and glass is somehow good? Also, I need to grab my ipad, move it around, spin it, grab it with the other hand etc. I see the edges / bezel's as very useful in these c…

You're not the only one. I also like a bit of a bezel or "chin" on my phones, because it makes holding the device with one hand for e.g. taking photos much more secure.

Eww you're touching your devices. Your only allowed to swipe.

Re: iPad Pro

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Post by collinf »

jrochkind1 wrote: post #332

How long til they stop selling laptops or developing MacOS (as opposed to iOS), ya think?

I would have to imagine that they have a huge market share of Developer laptops. Unless they are willing to jeopardize all of that or integrate developer first productivity into a tablet which nobody has done yet, MacOS will stay.

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Post by woolvalley »

wishinghand wrote: post #227
throwaway413 wrote: post #216

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Then they need to start shipping iPhones with Lightning to USB-C cables and swap out the port on the wall chargers. There needs to be some bridge between the two categories of devices that they currently are not providing. This should come in the box with every iPhone: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MQGJ2AM/A/usb-c-to-lightn...

I would never be able to plug that in correctly in the dark on the first try.

Touch wise the connectors feel different. I think you would

Re: iPad Pro

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Post by uxamanda »

reacharavindh wrote: post #139

Do you all use iPad for serious work? Curious what apps you use? Other than Apple Notes(with Apple Pencil), and watching NetFlix, I dont make good use of it. I'd love to get some recommendation for useful apps to try...

I recently wrote an article[0] about how I use my iPad. A few of my favorites are: I write in Apple Notes and Working Copy[1] (for markdown). I wireframe and do basic layout design with Keynote. Keynote is surprisingly good for this, especially because I can collaborate easily with other team members. I also use Procreate[2] for sketching. I do some server management (mainly connecting to a RaspberryPi I carry) using Blink[3].

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[0] https://medium.com/@headquartershq/how-to-use-your-ipad-to-d... (fyi: there are some links to products we carry in this article, all app links are non-affiliate.)

[1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/working-copy/id896694807

[2] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/procreate/id425073498

[3] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blink-shell-mosh-ssh/id11567...

Re: iPad Pro

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Post by andrepd »

calgoo wrote: post #123
tyingq wrote: post #41

"The new Liquid Retina display goes from edge to edge" I've never owned an iPad, perhaps I'm missing something here. How does the above statement reconcile with the pictures I see on the page where there's clearly a black bezel? Do they just mean there's not an area at the bottom with a physical button?

Am I the only one who actually like to have an edge on my devices so they dont break by looking at them? At least if there is a metal edge it can take some of the force and you have a chance of not breaking the screen. I dont understand why metal is bad and glass is somehow good? Also, I need to grab my ipad, move it around, spin it, grab it with the other hand etc. I see the edges / bezel's as very useful in these c…

Very much agreed. Plus, it looks better. Compare e.g. my phone [1] with its symmetrical shape, with "chin" abominations like half of new phones being released.

[1]: https://www.gsmarena.com/lenovo_zuk_z2-pictures-8125.php

Re: iPad Pro

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Post by bunnycorn »

georgeecollins wrote: post #241
SllX wrote: post #24

From the keynote, Cook claimed the new A12X Bionic[1] is faster than 92% of portable PCs[2] (in English, laptops, Surfaces) sold in the past year, including some i7 models. - 8 core CPU (4 low and 4 high power cores) - 7 core GPU - HEVC encoding/decoding - Neural Engine (they haven't made any comparisons to the A12 sans X neural engine, so at this point I think it's the same) - Audio DSP, Storage controller, Image Si…

Yet 90% of the apps that people will use on it are optimized for a phone with lower specs. If I use a laptop with GPU I know I am going to use games or productivity apps (Photoshop, modeling software) that uses the available computing power. With an iPad I am not so sure.

What's the difference? iPad apps use the full potential of the machine, like in any computer.

Yes, most iPads in existence are much slower than this iPad Pro, and yes, most people will be buying the inferior sub $400 one.

But also, most people have PCs with an Intel GPU, or a really low end discrete GPU... that doesn't stop game makers to make games that can't run on most machines, or Adobe to stop making photoshop.

Let's see what happens with the iPad.

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Post by OkGoDoIt »

ppeetteerr wrote: post #13

I really like where the iPad is going. I play Civ 6 on a Pro with an Apple Pencil all the time, and I wish the screen was bigger. It is now, but that price... I could get a gaming rig for the cost of a 12in. My only question is where is the mini with FaceID?

The mini with FaceID is the iPhone XS Max, more or less.

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Post by saagarjha »

metafizikal wrote: post #267
saagarjha wrote: post #260

Earlier quoted context omitted.

iPad Pro has 4 GB of RAM. There are Macs with that much RAM that can run Xcode.

But iOS doesn't have a concept of swap like a traditional PC OS like macOS or Windows does, does it?

No, but iOS can kill apps in the background during times of high memory pressure.
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