New iPad Pro with M4 chip and Apple Pencil Pro

Re:New iPad Pro with M4 chip and Apple Pencil Pro by iamsam123 on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @11:30AM (#40286938)

Interesting how many different offerings they have now outside of just spending the initial ~$1000 on the ipad itself. Purchasing the pencil, usb-c, key board, smart folio, logic pro (subscription), final cut (subscription), etc...

I'd be curious to know the average age of an ipad in circulation is now. I used an ipad for school from 2012-2017, never used the apple pencil, but it always worked great for my needs. My girlfriend got one for med school and uses it with the pencil especially when shes not at home.

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Re:New iPad Pro with M4 chip and Apple Pencil Pro by cm2187 on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @11:35AM (#40287005)

The non replaceable battery is I believe the way the make old ipads obsolete.

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Re:New iPad Pro with M4 chip and Apple Pencil Pro by fckgw on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @11:37AM (#40287040)

A new battery is ~$100 parts and labor

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Re:New iPad Pro with M4 chip and Apple Pencil Pro by cm2187 on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @11:48AM (#40287227)

Not from Apple. They run it through a software that "tests" the battery and always returns "good" and tell you they can't do anything for you.

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Re:New iPad Pro with M4 chip and Apple Pencil Pro by amiantos on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @12:00PM (#40287404)

Tinfoil hat talk.

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Re:New iPad Pro with M4 chip and Apple Pencil Pro by slackfan on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @12:37PM (#40287984)

do not believe your lying eyes!

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Re:New iPad Pro with M4 chip and Apple Pencil Pro by fckgw on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @12:52PM (#40288216)

I have had my battery replaced on my iPad and on my kid's iPads. They did them both with no questions asked but they were pretty worn out.

If it's out of warranty they don't care that much.

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Re:New iPad Pro with M4 chip and Apple Pencil Pro by alephnerd on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @11:31AM (#40286958)

+1 on the med student usecase. Same with my SO.

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Re:New iPad Pro with M4 chip and Apple Pencil Pro by kylehotchkiss on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @04:03AM (#40295495)

IMO the only things you need are a screen protector and an actual protective case like the otterbox one. I would think people have old Bluetooth mice and keyboards laying around

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