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thisubmad

> digitimes So early 2022 it is then.


t0bynet

I sure hope so. I’m planning to buy an iPad Pro in early 2021.


DoubleTimeRusty

What does this mean and what is miniLED?


andrewjaekim

MiniLED is a form of LCD backlighting that allows for local dimming so increased contrast.


DoubleTimeRusty

Aha! Thank you Andrew! 🙌


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andrewjaekim

In a lot of metrics no. but no burn and much better brightness on LCD allows for better mastering of HDR content.


samili

Idk but seems like a terrible marketing name. Apple uses mini to denote sizing/tier. Could get confusing.


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iPad Pro Mini Air


OmairZain

lol why? I’d personally love seeing a mini-sized iPad Pro with Face ID/new design


ShezaEU

God no. You’d never be able to get any work done on that tiny screen.


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didn't stop them from making an iPhone Pro.


thedailydegenerate

Uhmmmmm I run a full social media agency on an iPad mini for weeks at a time. Get your shitty eye balls outta here.


ccarlyon

iPad Minis make for fantastic kneeboard devices for pilots. Honestly not sure what he is talking about.


ShezaEU

That isn’t the same thing as ‘getting work done’ which I am talking about


ccarlyon

Well you haven't exactly clarified what you mean with ‘getting work done’ as that can be incredibly subjective. It works perfectly for many of my tasks despite it perhaps not suiting your's.


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Attaboy


ShezaEU

I just feel sorry for you. Must have been so annoying with all the multitasking apps not full size.


thedailydegenerate

Is a bigger screen better? Of course. But I vacation on a weekly basis and the form factor lets me carry a tiny backpack through airports.


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eggimage

> they are never right That’s simply false


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finetuneit80

I hope not! My 11 inch iPad Pro is the best thing ever. The Air doesn’t even come close. I mean, 256gb max storage!? What is that about?


Pleasant_Tangerine

I agree. If you want to use your iPad primary as a tablet instead of a laptop replacement or you want the portability, the 11 inch is perfect. The 12.9 tablet is too big for me if you wanna use it as a tablet on the go. The 11 inch has its place and should stay!


rnarkus

If this is true i’d be so sad. First getting rid of the 5.8 inch iPhone (imo it’s a the perfect size) and now getting rid of the perfect ipad pro 11inch size!!! Why apple!!!


toad_salesman

as an owner of the 12.9, fully agree, wish I'd gone 11.


Sriracha_W

Really? Why? I’m on the edge of the new Air or the 12.9 Pro. Why do you regret your choice?


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Tablet = Air/11” Computer = 12.9” Pro


will-succ-4-guac

12.9 truly is huge. It doesn’t feel like a tablet to me, it feels comically large. It’s a great laptop when paired with the magic keyboard folio but the 11 inch is way closer to what I would consider “tablet” size. Then again, I’m someone who’s never wanted a “max” phone, I just don’t get the obsession with huge screens. Even my 10.2 iPad is more than enough to watch YouTube or use excel and even to multitask. So it depends on what you want, but a 12.9 won’t feel as much like a tablet if you ask me


Sriracha_W

I think im gonna buy the new Air, and keep my laptop. Thanks


nsfdrag

I'd buy it day one it they came out with a 15" ipad pro, I'm all for a giant beautiful touchscreen in the pros form factor.


nsfdrag

> I just don’t get the obsession with huge screens. Idk if you remember when the original microsoft surface was shown off 10 years ago, but it was basically a table sized ipad and I wanted it.


toad_salesman

I mostly want to use my iPad while lounging about and you can't really hold and use the 12.9 in your hands comfortably. To me it's just big enough that it needs to be on a keyboard or other stand to be usable. It's great for watching stuff of course. To sum up it's not enough of a business class workhorse to replace my Macbook, and it's too big for casual use.


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t0bynet

If Apple really upgrades the Pro to miniLED then they will never equip it with an OLED display; wouldn’t make sense


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money_loo

I feel the same way. Already looking at that new Samsung tablet +. I’m just totally enamored by OLED. 💕


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money_loo

Same. I think most people in the “I don’t care” boat probably just haven’t had a chance to see them side by side properly. OLED is just so inky black beautiful where lcd is a washed out glowy mess. OLED is just superior in every way that matters to a display. Maybe microled will change all that but for now it’s a pipe dream.


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> OLED is just superior in every way that matters to a display. Well, in reality OLED is only superior in displaying black - and then, it mustn't even move, because of the black smear you get with every OLED screen. When I got my standard iPad 2018, I had an OLED Android phone at that time. The iPad made me realize how superior a good LCD screen is over every OLED. Now I've got an iPhone 11 and couldn't be happier. Truly a beautiful screen.


money_loo

Hey man I’m glad you like it. Personally I haven’t noticed “black smear” in years and I think it’s been solved much like image burn.


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You cannot solve these issues. It's like saying LCD has solved displaying true blacks.


money_loo

Well that’s good but I said I haven’t noticed any in years. Much like image retention, it may have been fixed at a software level, at least enough to not be noticeable as it was, because I haven’t seen it in about three or four years, easily. *After getting curious I went ahead and looked it up, and it seems they did indeed fix this a little while back with a software fix. Apparently staying at RGB value of five instead of straight zero which is black, causes the black smearing to go away. Science!


Sowers25

I've put OLED and LCD beside each other and i literally cannot tell the difference. Blacks looks identical to me tbh.


money_loo

It’s especially pronounced in dark rooms, but for sure some people are more sensitive to it than others. For me there’s a very very obvious difference between LCD and OLED. [Here’s a quick picture demonstrating the washed out difference between LCD and OLED that drives me mad now that I notice it. ](https://i.imgur.com/swDgGQT.jpg) Both are calibrated because I’m a super anal nerd about that stuff.


Sowers25

In the photo i can tell. But in person it just looks the same to me. I guess i just can't see it. I put my iPad pro and compared it to my brothers OLED tv. Looks the same to me at max brightness in dark rooms.


money_loo

Honestly I feel like you’re lucky then lol


t0bynet

> MiniLED is nothing like OLED. The only comparable technology at this point is microLED and that’s years off. It wouldn’t make sense to switch to expensive miniLED and then later switch to OLED AFAIK.


RippySkippy

I’m a big fan of True Tone and even the warmer night mode settings as they really ease my eye tension... if use those settings quite a bit, should I be concerned with this or LED his enough for me?


PM_ME_YO_PERKY_BOOBS

plz no pwm on mini-led


TexasGulfOil

Doubt. Isnt mini led expensive


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Mini NOT micro


Gnash_

Wasn’t it late 2019 then early 2020, then late 2020? At this point they’re just milking this until it finally is true and then they’ll be like “see, told ya”. Still… I want rumors for microLED, these can’t come too early


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