Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2017) unboxing and first look

1. TerryD (Posts: 516; Member since: 09 May 2017)

Maybe slightly off topic here but I'm expecting the iPad Pro new versions to get a pretty solid 8.0. I cant see any massive improvement over the last ones but to be honest I'm not that interested in them so I'm not reading much on them. I suspect that it'll get an 8.0 because of the 'processing power upgrade', which is the point I want to make.

Where is feels like you're getting better value for money when you get a 30% speed boost over the previous version, Multicore performance is 80% better apparently. What you're actually getting in the long term is a device that will become obsolete quicker assuming that those speed increases continue in the future. Do you actually need all that extra power to run your apps on your iPad? Do you notice that its 30% quicker? Obviously progress is a good thing so you cant complain too much.

3 years down the line, the new device is more than twice as fast as yours. Mutlicore performance is more than six times better. The latest iOS is optimised for the new device and Apple doesn't really care for your few generation old model, in fact they'd be much happier if you upgraded.

Just saying, little performance increases probably mean that your device will have a longer life, which seems to have happened with the Intel/PC market.