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Even with its 12.9-inch Retina display, the largest and most capable iPad ever is only 6.9mm thin and weighs just 1.57 pounds. It has a powerful A9X chip with 64-bit desktop-class architecture, four speaker audio, advanced iSight and FaceTime HD cameras, Wi-Fi and LTE connectivity¹, iCloud, the breakthrough Touch ID fingerprint sensor, and up to 10 hours of battery life.² It also includes great apps for productivity and creativity, as well as many more incredible apps available in the App Store. And with powerful new features in iOS 9 like multitasking, iPad Pro can do things no iPad has done before.
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iPad Pro: The Product Replacer
After watching weeks’ worth of peoples’ impressions, unboxings, and reviews of the iPad Pro online, I finally went out and purchased my very own. Despite the very large amount of negative feedback its receiving, I must say, I am satisfied with mine. To begin, I’m going to introduce myself as a 19-year-old college student who has never owned an iPad. I didn’t see the point of buying a tablet since I owned a laptop and an iPhone already. If I wanted the convenience and speed of a mobile app, I could use my phone. If I wanted the power and productivity of a big screen and keyboard, I could use my laptop. But when I heard the iPad Pro would receive major hardware upgrades, I thought about how useful this tablet would be for me, and how many other products it can replace.
Allow me to elaborate on the major hardware upgrades I’m referencing. For instance, the iPad Pro has quad speakers. Apple claims these speakers are three times louder than their second-newest tablet, the iPad Air 2, and I believe them. These speakers are louder than any of my friends’ laptops that I’ve compared with. In fact, my friends and the strangers listening to our comparison from afar were all blown away at how much volume this behemoth can produce. Additionally, as if the speakers weren’t great enough, the Pro’s speakers alternate the bass depending on which position you choose to hold it in, landscape or portrait. Although I have to admit, especially if you’re buying a keyboard (which I consider a must), you will very rarely be using your iPad in portrait mode, so you probably won’t appreciate this feature as much as someone would who was using, say, an iPad Mini, or even the medium-sized iPads. So, this iPad can compensate the user for their purchase of an external speaker because their laptop or phone was just too quiet. That’s one produce replacement.
Another major hardware upgrade is, obviously, the humongous and beautiful screen. Although Apple is trying to hype up the screen because of how many pixels is inside the screen (5.6 million), this iPad has the same pixels per inch as the iPad Air 2 (264 ppi), and less ppi than the iPad Mini 4 (326 ppi). Therefore, if you’re wanting an iPad mostly for the beautiful screen, the mini should be your first thought. But, regardless, the Pro’s screen is amazing, and I am very satisfied when watching videos on it. Furthermore, the big screen combined with loud speakers can allow for watching movies for tv shows rom a fair distance, like a television. Of course, I wouldn’t recommend a family of five replacing their mounted 52” flat screen for this 13” tablet to be put on a stand and viewed in the living room. However, if you’re a student living in a dorm, like myself, or if you live in a small apartment with one or two roommates, all of you could very much enjoy watching movies together on the iPad from a distance, if you find a way to stand it up at a decent 90 or 100 degree angle. The angle at which both the Smart Keyboard and Logitech CREATE Keyboard sits the iPad up at makes the tablet lean back slightly too far, which might annoy some people (like me). I personally do use this iPad as a television replacement while living in my dorm because I do not own a television. I can stand up the iPad on my bed on a few well-placed pillows so that it will mimic the viewing angle of a television. With the speakers on full volume, I can walk around anywhere in my dorm, make food to eat, clean the dorm up, all while still being able to see the iPad and hear it sufficiently. I can even read the subtitles from a distance, if the font is on large. All in all, this iPad is big enough that it can be a television replacement for a singular person who only uses their tv for cable (not gaming) considering there are free websites that allow anyone to stream their favorite tv shows, and most, if not all, television stations have their tv schedules online for anyone to view; they are usually even detailed and reveal which season and episode is currently playing on television. That’s two produce replacements.
The iPad Pro has an insanely high amount of battery power. Apple claims 10-hour, all-day battery life, and I believe it. Every Tuesday and Thursday, I have 4 consecutive classes from 11 am to 4:45 pm. The first day of classes with my new iPad was a major success. I started the day by typing math notes that I would normally write down on a sheet of paper. I took about 30 minutes worth of notes for that class. Then, for my second class, I used the iPad to reference an essay my professor printed off and handed out in class to discuss for the majority of the class. I realize this wasn’t completely necessary since my professor handed out physical copies, but, if you’re like me, you prefer electronic versions over paper. Next, in my third class, I took notes again on the iPad for about 1 hour straight this time. Lastly, in my fourth and final class of the day, I used it for social media and gaming with the volume off while my professor lectured. The last class of the day is always rough, guys. So, after 4 consecutive classes with the iPad Pro, using it in each and every class, you might thinking surely this tablet is at 20% and dying, right? Wrong. By the end of all my classes, when I was heading back to my dorm, the iPad was just shy of 70% charged. I then returned to my dorm and started gaming and entertaining myself with videos and social media for a large portion of the evening. Finally, by the end of the night when I was ready for bed, the iPad was at about 10%. I was amazed it still had juice in it considering I never touched my laptop and my phone was in the 70% region. For a comparison, my phone used to always be under 20% by the end of the night before buying this tablet. Therefore, clearly, this tablet replaced my laptop and phone, mostly. However, I cannot determine if it would do the same for you. I still use my laptop to play some games that require Java, and I store my documents and important files on my laptop (even stuff I created on the iPad I will save to my laptop). But other that, this iPad has replaced my laptop. That’s potentially three product replacements.
Moving from hardware to software, iOS 9 allows for split screen viewing of many vital applications. This feature makes the iPad a true productive device, especially for students. I recently wrote a research paper on the iPad, with the help of the Logitech keyboard, and with split screen, I could save the articles I was going to use in my paper to iBooks, open Microsoft Word or Pages (I find them to be equally as good), and split screen my research paper draft, and the research in iBooks that I have to read in order to write the paper, side-by-side. This helped tremendously for when I wanted to copy a sentence or more that I found in the articles that were worth quoting. Although it’s true that not many apps currently support split screen viewing, the ones that do are the main ones you would need, such as all the native iPad apps. Besides, in a short amount of time, I’m confident a large portion of the apps from the app store will be updated to support iPad Pro/iOS 9 and all their great features.
Of course this is just the beginning of what this new iPad is capable of becoming. In the near or distant future, Apple or a third-party company could release a new accessory for the smart connector or create an app of epic proportions that could replace another product you may or may not own. There are other products this iPad could replace that I haven’t mentioned, a number of digital drawing tablets, if you buy the Apple Pencil, for example, but I will end here. These are all product replacements I have noticed the iPad could replace within the short amount of time I’ve owned it. Again, these product replacements are not possible for everyone, but definitely a decent-sized audience. I am excited to see what app developers and Apple have in mind for the iPad Pro in the future.
Allow me to elaborate on the major hardware upgrades I’m referencing. For instance, the iPad Pro has quad speakers. Apple claims these speakers are three times louder than their second-newest tablet, the iPad Air 2, and I believe them. These speakers are louder than any of my friends’ laptops that I’ve compared with. In fact, my friends and the strangers listening to our comparison from afar were all blown away at how much volume this behemoth can produce. Additionally, as if the speakers weren’t great enough, the Pro’s speakers alternate the bass depending on which position you choose to hold it in, landscape or portrait. Although I have to admit, especially if you’re buying a keyboard (which I consider a must), you will very rarely be using your iPad in portrait mode, so you probably won’t appreciate this feature as much as someone would who was using, say, an iPad Mini, or even the medium-sized iPads. So, this iPad can compensate the user for their purchase of an external speaker because their laptop or phone was just too quiet. That’s one produce replacement.
Another major hardware upgrade is, obviously, the humongous and beautiful screen. Although Apple is trying to hype up the screen because of how many pixels is inside the screen (5.6 million), this iPad has the same pixels per inch as the iPad Air 2 (264 ppi), and less ppi than the iPad Mini 4 (326 ppi). Therefore, if you’re wanting an iPad mostly for the beautiful screen, the mini should be your first thought. But, regardless, the Pro’s screen is amazing, and I am very satisfied when watching videos on it. Furthermore, the big screen combined with loud speakers can allow for watching movies for tv shows rom a fair distance, like a television. Of course, I wouldn’t recommend a family of five replacing their mounted 52” flat screen for this 13” tablet to be put on a stand and viewed in the living room. However, if you’re a student living in a dorm, like myself, or if you live in a small apartment with one or two roommates, all of you could very much enjoy watching movies together on the iPad from a distance, if you find a way to stand it up at a decent 90 or 100 degree angle. The angle at which both the Smart Keyboard and Logitech CREATE Keyboard sits the iPad up at makes the tablet lean back slightly too far, which might annoy some people (like me). I personally do use this iPad as a television replacement while living in my dorm because I do not own a television. I can stand up the iPad on my bed on a few well-placed pillows so that it will mimic the viewing angle of a television. With the speakers on full volume, I can walk around anywhere in my dorm, make food to eat, clean the dorm up, all while still being able to see the iPad and hear it sufficiently. I can even read the subtitles from a distance, if the font is on large. All in all, this iPad is big enough that it can be a television replacement for a singular person who only uses their tv for cable (not gaming) considering there are free websites that allow anyone to stream their favorite tv shows, and most, if not all, television stations have their tv schedules online for anyone to view; they are usually even detailed and reveal which season and episode is currently playing on television. That’s two produce replacements.
The iPad Pro has an insanely high amount of battery power. Apple claims 10-hour, all-day battery life, and I believe it. Every Tuesday and Thursday, I have 4 consecutive classes from 11 am to 4:45 pm. The first day of classes with my new iPad was a major success. I started the day by typing math notes that I would normally write down on a sheet of paper. I took about 30 minutes worth of notes for that class. Then, for my second class, I used the iPad to reference an essay my professor printed off and handed out in class to discuss for the majority of the class. I realize this wasn’t completely necessary since my professor handed out physical copies, but, if you’re like me, you prefer electronic versions over paper. Next, in my third class, I took notes again on the iPad for about 1 hour straight this time. Lastly, in my fourth and final class of the day, I used it for social media and gaming with the volume off while my professor lectured. The last class of the day is always rough, guys. So, after 4 consecutive classes with the iPad Pro, using it in each and every class, you might thinking surely this tablet is at 20% and dying, right? Wrong. By the end of all my classes, when I was heading back to my dorm, the iPad was just shy of 70% charged. I then returned to my dorm and started gaming and entertaining myself with videos and social media for a large portion of the evening. Finally, by the end of the night when I was ready for bed, the iPad was at about 10%. I was amazed it still had juice in it considering I never touched my laptop and my phone was in the 70% region. For a comparison, my phone used to always be under 20% by the end of the night before buying this tablet. Therefore, clearly, this tablet replaced my laptop and phone, mostly. However, I cannot determine if it would do the same for you. I still use my laptop to play some games that require Java, and I store my documents and important files on my laptop (even stuff I created on the iPad I will save to my laptop). But other that, this iPad has replaced my laptop. That’s potentially three product replacements.
Moving from hardware to software, iOS 9 allows for split screen viewing of many vital applications. This feature makes the iPad a true productive device, especially for students. I recently wrote a research paper on the iPad, with the help of the Logitech keyboard, and with split screen, I could save the articles I was going to use in my paper to iBooks, open Microsoft Word or Pages (I find them to be equally as good), and split screen my research paper draft, and the research in iBooks that I have to read in order to write the paper, side-by-side. This helped tremendously for when I wanted to copy a sentence or more that I found in the articles that were worth quoting. Although it’s true that not many apps currently support split screen viewing, the ones that do are the main ones you would need, such as all the native iPad apps. Besides, in a short amount of time, I’m confident a large portion of the apps from the app store will be updated to support iPad Pro/iOS 9 and all their great features.
Of course this is just the beginning of what this new iPad is capable of becoming. In the near or distant future, Apple or a third-party company could release a new accessory for the smart connector or create an app of epic proportions that could replace another product you may or may not own. There are other products this iPad could replace that I haven’t mentioned, a number of digital drawing tablets, if you buy the Apple Pencil, for example, but I will end here. These are all product replacements I have noticed the iPad could replace within the short amount of time I’ve owned it. Again, these product replacements are not possible for everyone, but definitely a decent-sized audience. I am excited to see what app developers and Apple have in mind for the iPad Pro in the future.
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Even with its 12.9-inch Retina display, the largest and most capable iPad ever is only 6.9mm thin and weighs just 1.57 pounds. It has a powerful A9X chip with 64-bit desktop-class architecture, four speaker audio, advanced iSight and FaceTime HD cameras, Wi-Fi and LTE connectivity¹, iCloud, the breakthrough Touch ID fingerprint sensor, and up to 10 hours of battery life.² It also includes great apps for productivity and creativity, as well as many more incredible apps available in the App Store. And with powerful new features in iOS 9 like multitasking, iPad Pro can do things no iPad has done before.
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5 out of 5
5 out of 5Great addition to Apple family
By AppleMan
I totally love it. Worth every penny spent on it. Ten times better than the Microsoft Surface Pro!
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November 21, 2015
The iPad Pro isn't ten times better than the Surface Pro 4, I agree, but when comparing movie watching, book reading, music listenig, app downloading, and gaming on the iPad Pro to on the Surface Pro 4, the iPad Pro is superior. The why is simple, because the iPad Pro is a tablet before it is a laptop. Apple designed the touchscreen to have priority over anything else. Think of the iPad's touchscreen as the MacBook's trackpad. Apple will always improve those parts of the tablet/laptop first, then think of additional parts to upgrade. So, for a business guy like yourself, you probably will prefer the Surface Pro 4 over the iPad Pro because the Surface is a laptop before it is a tablet. And for plenty of people, that creates some major drawbacks to the product because they're coming with different perspectives.
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Even with its 12.9-inch Retina display, the largest and most capable iPad ever is only 6.9mm thin and weighs just 1.57 pounds. It has a powerful A9X chip with 64-bit desktop-class architecture, four speaker audio, advanced iSight and FaceTime HD cameras, Wi-Fi and LTE connectivity¹, iCloud, the breakthrough Touch ID fingerprint sensor, and up to 10 hours of battery life.² It also includes great apps for productivity and creativity, as well as many more incredible apps available in the App Store. And with powerful new features in iOS 9 like multitasking, iPad Pro can do things no iPad has done before.
Overall
4 out of 5
4 out of 5iPad Pro: The Product Replacer
By Dakota
After watching weeks’ worth of peoples’ impressions, unboxings, and reviews of the iPad Pro online, I finally went out and purchased my very own. Despite the very large amount of negative feedback its receiving, I must say, I am satisfied with mine. To begin, I’m going to introduce myself as a 19-year-old college student who has never owned an iPad. I didn’t see the point of buying a tablet since I owned a laptop and an iPhone already. If I wanted the convenience and speed of a mobile app, I could use my phone. If I wanted the power and productivity of a big screen and keyboard, I could use my laptop. But when I heard the iPad Pro would receive major hardware upgrades, I thought about how useful this tablet would be for me, and how many other products it can replace.
Allow me to elaborate on the major hardware upgrades I’m referencing. For instance, the iPad Pro has quad speakers. Apple claims these speakers are three times louder than their second-newest tablet, the iPad Air 2, and I believe them. These speakers are louder than any of my friends’ laptops that I’ve compared with. In fact, my friends and the strangers listening to our comparison from afar were all blown away at how much volume this behemoth can produce. Additionally, as if the speakers weren’t great enough, the Pro’s speakers alternate the bass depending on which position you choose to hold it in, landscape or portrait. Although I have to admit, especially if you’re buying a keyboard (which I consider a must), you will very rarely be using your iPad in portrait mode, so you probably won’t appreciate this feature as much as someone would who was using, say, an iPad Mini, or even the medium-sized iPads. So, this iPad can compensate the user for their purchase of an external speaker because their laptop or phone was just too quiet. That’s one product replacement.
Another major hardware upgrade is, obviously, the humongous and beautiful screen. Although Apple is trying to hype up the screen because of how many pixels is inside the screen (5.6 million), this iPad has the same pixels per inch as the iPad Air 2 (264 ppi), and less ppi than the iPad Mini 4 (326 ppi). Therefore, if you’re wanting an iPad mostly for the beautiful screen, the mini should be your first thought. But, regardless, the Pro’s screen is amazing, and I am very satisfied when watching videos on it. Furthermore, the big screen combined with loud speakers can allow for watching movies for tv shows rom a fair distance, like a television. Of course, I wouldn’t recommend a family of five replacing their mounted 52” flat screen for this 13” tablet to be put on a stand and viewed in the living room. However, if you’re a student living in a dorm, like myself, or if you live in a small apartment with one or two roommates, all of you could very much enjoy watching movies together on the iPad from a distance, if you find a way to stand it up at a decent 90 or 100 degree angle. The angle at which both the Smart Keyboard and Logitech CREATE Keyboard sits the iPad up at makes the tablet lean back slightly too far, which might annoy some people (like me). I personally do use this iPad as a television replacement while living in my dorm because I do not own a television. I can stand up the iPad on my bed on a few well-placed pillows so that it will mimic the viewing angle of a television. With the speakers on full volume, I can walk around anywhere in my dorm, make food to eat, clean the dorm up, all while still being able to see the iPad and hear it sufficiently. I can even read the subtitles from a distance, if the font is on large. All in all, this iPad is big enough that it can be a television replacement for a singular person who only uses their tv for cable (not gaming) considering there are free websites that allow anyone to stream their favorite tv shows, and most, if not all, television stations have their tv schedules online for anyone to view; they are usually even detailed and reveal which season and episode is currently playing on television. That’s two product replacements.
The iPad Pro has an insanely high amount of battery power. Apple claims 10-hour, all-day battery life, and I believe it. Every Tuesday and Thursday, I have 4 consecutive classes from 11 am to 4:45 pm. The first day of classes with my new iPad was a major success. I started the day by typing math notes that I would normally write down on a sheet of paper. I took about 30 minutes worth of notes for that class. Then, for my second class, I used the iPad to reference an essay my professor printed off and handed out in class to discuss for the majority of the class. I realize this wasn’t completely necessary since my professor handed out physical copies, but, if you’re like me, you prefer electronic versions over paper. Next, in my third class, I took notes again on the iPad for about 1 hour straight this time. Lastly, in my fourth and final class of the day, I used it for social media and gaming with the volume off while my professor lectured. The last class of the day is always rough, guys. So, after 4 consecutive classes with the iPad Pro, using it in each and every class, you might thinking surely this tablet is at 20% and dying, right? Wrong. By the end of all my classes, when I was heading back to my dorm, the iPad was just shy of 70% charged. I then returned to my dorm and started gaming and entertaining myself with videos and social media for a large portion of the evening. Finally, by the end of the night when I was ready for bed, the iPad was at about 10%. I was amazed it still had juice in it considering I never touched my laptop and my phone was in the 70% region. For a comparison, my phone used to always be under 20% by the end of the night before buying this tablet. Therefore, clearly, this tablet replaced my laptop and phone, mostly. However, I cannot determine if it would do the same for you. I still use my laptop to play some games that require Java, and I store my documents and important files on my laptop (even stuff I created on the iPad I will save to my laptop). But other that, this iPad has replaced my laptop. That’s potentially three product replacements.
Moving from hardware to software, iOS 9 allows for split screen viewing of many vital applications. This feature makes the iPad a true productive device, especially for students. I recently wrote a research paper on the iPad, with the help of the Logitech keyboard, and with split screen, I could save the articles I was going to use in my paper to iBooks, open Microsoft Word or Pages (I find them to be equally as good), and split screen my research paper draft, and the research in iBooks that I have to read in order to write the paper, side-by-side. This helped tremendously for when I wanted to copy a sentence or more that I found in the articles that were worth quoting. Although it’s true that not many apps currently support split screen viewing, the ones that do are the main ones you would need, such as all the native iPad apps. Besides, in a short amount of time, I’m confident a large portion of the apps from the app store will be updated to support iPad Pro/iOS 9 and all their great features.
Of course this is just the beginning of what this new iPad is capable of becoming. In the near or distant future, Apple or a third-party company could release a new accessory for the smart connector or create an app of epic proportions that could replace another product you may or may not own. There are other products this iPad could replace that I haven’t mentioned, a number of digital drawing tablets, if you buy the Apple Pencil, for example, but I will end here. These are all product replacements I have noticed the iPad could replace within the short amount of time I’ve owned it. Again, these product replacements are not possible for everyone, but definitely a decent-sized audience. I am excited to see what app developers and Apple have in mind for the iPad Pro in the future.
Allow me to elaborate on the major hardware upgrades I’m referencing. For instance, the iPad Pro has quad speakers. Apple claims these speakers are three times louder than their second-newest tablet, the iPad Air 2, and I believe them. These speakers are louder than any of my friends’ laptops that I’ve compared with. In fact, my friends and the strangers listening to our comparison from afar were all blown away at how much volume this behemoth can produce. Additionally, as if the speakers weren’t great enough, the Pro’s speakers alternate the bass depending on which position you choose to hold it in, landscape or portrait. Although I have to admit, especially if you’re buying a keyboard (which I consider a must), you will very rarely be using your iPad in portrait mode, so you probably won’t appreciate this feature as much as someone would who was using, say, an iPad Mini, or even the medium-sized iPads. So, this iPad can compensate the user for their purchase of an external speaker because their laptop or phone was just too quiet. That’s one product replacement.
Another major hardware upgrade is, obviously, the humongous and beautiful screen. Although Apple is trying to hype up the screen because of how many pixels is inside the screen (5.6 million), this iPad has the same pixels per inch as the iPad Air 2 (264 ppi), and less ppi than the iPad Mini 4 (326 ppi). Therefore, if you’re wanting an iPad mostly for the beautiful screen, the mini should be your first thought. But, regardless, the Pro’s screen is amazing, and I am very satisfied when watching videos on it. Furthermore, the big screen combined with loud speakers can allow for watching movies for tv shows rom a fair distance, like a television. Of course, I wouldn’t recommend a family of five replacing their mounted 52” flat screen for this 13” tablet to be put on a stand and viewed in the living room. However, if you’re a student living in a dorm, like myself, or if you live in a small apartment with one or two roommates, all of you could very much enjoy watching movies together on the iPad from a distance, if you find a way to stand it up at a decent 90 or 100 degree angle. The angle at which both the Smart Keyboard and Logitech CREATE Keyboard sits the iPad up at makes the tablet lean back slightly too far, which might annoy some people (like me). I personally do use this iPad as a television replacement while living in my dorm because I do not own a television. I can stand up the iPad on my bed on a few well-placed pillows so that it will mimic the viewing angle of a television. With the speakers on full volume, I can walk around anywhere in my dorm, make food to eat, clean the dorm up, all while still being able to see the iPad and hear it sufficiently. I can even read the subtitles from a distance, if the font is on large. All in all, this iPad is big enough that it can be a television replacement for a singular person who only uses their tv for cable (not gaming) considering there are free websites that allow anyone to stream their favorite tv shows, and most, if not all, television stations have their tv schedules online for anyone to view; they are usually even detailed and reveal which season and episode is currently playing on television. That’s two product replacements.
The iPad Pro has an insanely high amount of battery power. Apple claims 10-hour, all-day battery life, and I believe it. Every Tuesday and Thursday, I have 4 consecutive classes from 11 am to 4:45 pm. The first day of classes with my new iPad was a major success. I started the day by typing math notes that I would normally write down on a sheet of paper. I took about 30 minutes worth of notes for that class. Then, for my second class, I used the iPad to reference an essay my professor printed off and handed out in class to discuss for the majority of the class. I realize this wasn’t completely necessary since my professor handed out physical copies, but, if you’re like me, you prefer electronic versions over paper. Next, in my third class, I took notes again on the iPad for about 1 hour straight this time. Lastly, in my fourth and final class of the day, I used it for social media and gaming with the volume off while my professor lectured. The last class of the day is always rough, guys. So, after 4 consecutive classes with the iPad Pro, using it in each and every class, you might thinking surely this tablet is at 20% and dying, right? Wrong. By the end of all my classes, when I was heading back to my dorm, the iPad was just shy of 70% charged. I then returned to my dorm and started gaming and entertaining myself with videos and social media for a large portion of the evening. Finally, by the end of the night when I was ready for bed, the iPad was at about 10%. I was amazed it still had juice in it considering I never touched my laptop and my phone was in the 70% region. For a comparison, my phone used to always be under 20% by the end of the night before buying this tablet. Therefore, clearly, this tablet replaced my laptop and phone, mostly. However, I cannot determine if it would do the same for you. I still use my laptop to play some games that require Java, and I store my documents and important files on my laptop (even stuff I created on the iPad I will save to my laptop). But other that, this iPad has replaced my laptop. That’s potentially three product replacements.
Moving from hardware to software, iOS 9 allows for split screen viewing of many vital applications. This feature makes the iPad a true productive device, especially for students. I recently wrote a research paper on the iPad, with the help of the Logitech keyboard, and with split screen, I could save the articles I was going to use in my paper to iBooks, open Microsoft Word or Pages (I find them to be equally as good), and split screen my research paper draft, and the research in iBooks that I have to read in order to write the paper, side-by-side. This helped tremendously for when I wanted to copy a sentence or more that I found in the articles that were worth quoting. Although it’s true that not many apps currently support split screen viewing, the ones that do are the main ones you would need, such as all the native iPad apps. Besides, in a short amount of time, I’m confident a large portion of the apps from the app store will be updated to support iPad Pro/iOS 9 and all their great features.
Of course this is just the beginning of what this new iPad is capable of becoming. In the near or distant future, Apple or a third-party company could release a new accessory for the smart connector or create an app of epic proportions that could replace another product you may or may not own. There are other products this iPad could replace that I haven’t mentioned, a number of digital drawing tablets, if you buy the Apple Pencil, for example, but I will end here. These are all product replacements I have noticed the iPad could replace within the short amount of time I’ve owned it. Again, these product replacements are not possible for everyone, but definitely a decent-sized audience. I am excited to see what app developers and Apple have in mind for the iPad Pro in the future.
FYI: This review was made weeks ago. I accidentally posted this review on the cellular version, which I do not own, and have just decided to post it on this product (the one which I do own) after BestBuy sent me an email telling me to review this product that I bought.
Dakota
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December 31, 2015
Firstly, thanks for your kindness. Secondly, the iPad Pro sounds like something you'd get a lot of use out of, since you want to use it to edit PDF documents. There's this great app that I got for free called PDF Expert. It does a great job for marking up and/or writing on the PDF documents. However, it is normally $10. I'm unsure if it is still on the App Store for free, or if it is back to it's original $9.99. Also, in order to mark up the PDF document accurately, I recommend spending an extra $100 on the Apple Pencil, which I now own -- at the time of my review, I did not own it (it's hard to obtain). It is an amazing product for whatever you use it for; drawing, using it as a stylus, using it to edit documents, or anything else that I haven't used it for, I imagine. Good luck with your decision. :)
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Do any tablets allow for online java games to be played?
Do any tablets allow for online java games (i.e. pogo, bestcrosswords, etc.) to be run? Perhaps Windows tablets?
The Surface Pro 4 allows for online Java games to be run, because it is laptop before it is a tablet. It runs a full-blown windows 10 desktop system, rather than a mobile system like a tablet is supposed to run. If you're wanting to use it as a tablet, I think you'll find yourself disappointed a lot of the time. If you use it as a laptop, you'll probably love it. Just something to keep in mind.
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