what about the new IPAD PRO 9.7 ? i need a new tablet, my ipad air 1 is getting old.

  • JTL replied to this.

    Riktor It's only 2 years old 😛 What features would you get with a new one that this one doesn't have?

      iPad Air is 3 years old, iPad Air 2 is 2 years old. I assume me and Riktor are referring to the iPad Air 1 (at least I was in my post) but your point still stands. This tablet is snappy and performs its functions reasonably well. The biggest limitation is that it has half the RAM of the iPad Air 2. For me this only becomes an issue if I have a large number of tabs open.

      8 months later

      got the new Ipad Pro 10.5 in post today.
      while i run the setup, i became headache and eyestrain 🙁 shit - already got case and screenprotector.
      now i have to send it back.

      so my old IPAD 1 is still the best.

        hector

        btw. my old username is Riktor 😃
        forget the mail and password.

        but the speed compared to the old one is increadable. the 4 loudspeakers too.

          the refreshrate is higher, but the motion blur is higher too than my old ipad air 1. cheap screen.

          I tried both of the previous model of iPad Pros and found them to cause mild headaches. The iPad Air 2 is the best I've found. Not perfect but somewhat tolerable.

          I've yet to check out the new model Pros.

          I stopped even trying to use iPads after the iPad2. Which yes, is now 5 years old.

          I heard a rumor that the new ones were ok, but the first Air as well as the iPad4 were BAD for me, that's pretty much where I threw in the towel.

          My son has whatever the first one to use Lightning was... and it's almost usable, much like an iPhone 5 is almost usable.

          • KM likes this.

          has some tried the new IPad - non pro ?

          I can use an iPad 2 and an iPad 3 ONLY with a Techarmor matte anti glare screen protector. With that on, zero eye strain. With it off, instant eye strain. I have never been able to determine what it is doing to the display to make it tolerable

          • Gurm replied to this.
            a month later

            i have tried the "old" ipad pro 9.7 - headache after 2 min.
            then ordered the new IPAD 9.7 (normal, the cheap one). better then ipad pro, but still get problems with it.

            now my beloved ipad air 1 stuck in recovery mode after trying to downgrade from IOS11 beta and i cant use it anymore 🙁
            maybe i will order the old Air 2.

            ensete I find it interesting that there are definite camps in iPhone land. There are those who could tolerate anything up to the iPhone 4s and iPad 2... and find the iPad 3 and iPhone 5 to be uncomfortable and the iPad 4 and iPhone 6 to be downright excruciating... that's the group I fall into. But there are others such as yourself for whom even the iPad 2 (and presumably iPhone 4/4s because it's the same display tech) were problematic.

            My suspicion? I'm not actually sensitive to Retina displays in particular but in SOMETHING they started doing with CERTAIN retina displays. The fact that I can use my GF's iPhone 7+ for brief periods with NO brightness modulation and NO blue-light reduction and NO matte protector, and that I can use my buddy's iPhone 7+ with a matte protector for long enough to fiddle with an app, take a picture... means that these displays are all very different.

              20 days later

              me again.
              ipad air 2 - poor screen 🙁
              reactiviated my ipad air 1 again. tried some other tablets from lenovo but still get problems.

              I've had mild eye strain with all of them I've owned.

              1, 3, Air 2, Pro 9.7 and 12.9. (I returned both of the Pros due to eye strain). The Air 2 has been the best of the bunch, but certainly not perfect.

              Initial tests with the 10.5 suggest it's no good either.

              5 days later

              iPad air (1st generation) with iOS 10.3.3

              Night shift is always on

              This is the best screen I have ever used. I can look at it for as long as I want.
              I read whole books on it, black text on white background, very comfortably.

              13 days later
              5 months later

              Any updates/recommendations on this? I have a 1st gen 12.9 iPad Pro and an iPhone 6s. One would think a bigger screen is much easier on the eyes but my experience shows otherwise. The 6s is quite tolerable however the 12.9 pro gives me bloodshot and dry eyes quite easily.

              4 days later

              My experience has been:
              iPad 3 - plenty of eye strain
              iPad Air 2 - not too bad but some strain after 20 minutes
              iPad Pros (9.7 and 12.9) - both pretty bad causing sustained but low level symptoms

              iPhone 4S - fairly useable
              iPhone 5S - similar
              iPhone 6S - best so far (or I've grown used to it)
              Spot tests with iPhone 7, 8 and X suggest more eye strain - mirroring my experiences with recent iPads.

              I'm going to do some more testing with the iPhone 8 and X over the next few days.

              It’s strange how the best iOS devices seem like being the worst when it comes to eye strain. iPad pros and now the iPhone X with its pwm factory oled screen .

              Waiting for your update but I bet the X will be the worst of all.

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