The embargo has lifted on the new 12.9-inch iPad Pro and all the usual suspects have posted. I’ll update the post as I find more. Feel free to let me know which one’s I’ve missed in the comments.
The Verge – The fastest iPad is still an iPad
Wired – Review: iPad Pro (2018)
Engadget – Early signs point to a powerhouse with potential
Mashable – iPad extreme
CNET – iPad Pro (2018) review
Daring Fireball – The 2018 iPad Pros
Techcrunch – The iPad Pro and the power of the Pen(cil)
iMore – iPad Pro (2018) Review
Washington Post – Nope, Apple’s new iPad Pro still isn’t a laptop
The Independent – iPad Pro Review: New Tablet Is The Most Beautiful Apple Has Ever Made
Ars Technica – 2018 iPad Pro review: “What’s a computer?”
“The irony of all these ‘iPads can’t replace your PC’ arguments is that for the great majority of people a smartphone has already done that. The reason iPad sales aren’t higher isn’t that it’s not capable enough but that that the smartphone is already capable enough.”
Benedict Evans
Except… no. Not really. Try to work on an iPhone for a week. Even the XS Max. Or just go read the story of a guy who tried this (on Motherbord dot vice dot com, awkward dots because links F up comments).
For work, agreed. Many (most?) people can’t do what they need on an iPhone. But a lot of those people can’t use an iPad either, which raises the question of how big the market is for $1500+ iPads…
For home/personal use though, I think Evans is onto something.
Why does everyone seem to think that Apple is trying to make the iPad the same as a laptop? They already make laptops.