When Apple
introduced a smaller iPad Pro, we knew it would either
be the best iPad Apple could make, or some oddity that had no home in the
tablet ecosystem. It’s essentially a mixture of the Air 2 and 12.9-inch Pro,
which could either confuse or delight — or maybe both.
Hardware
The same weight and dimensions as the Air 2, the Pro
9.7-inch (which I’ll just call the Pro for this article) is familiar in the
hand. It’s basically an upgraded iPad Air 2 with quad speakers and a
unique screen assembly.
The Pro
also has Apple’s latest A9x SoC and 2GB RAM
powering it along. The Air 2 uses an A8x chipset.
The screen is different for two reasons: Apple
Pencil and True Tone display. True Tone uses light
sensors to get a feel of your surroundings to adjust the screen color
temperature. Apple thinks it will make looking at the screen more comfortable
for long periods (spoiler: it does).
Apple Pencil requires some extra sensors, so the display is
a different assembly from the Air 2. It’s got the same 2048 x 1536 resolution,
but a wider color gamut with up to 25 percent more saturation than other iPad
models — and it’s gorgeous.
Quad speakers seem gimmicky (at least to me) until you
stream media. Turn on a Netflix movie or play a game, and the sound
difference between the Pro and Air 2 becomes glaring. It’s also loud — really
loud if you want it to be — and crisp. For a device of its size, the speaker
arrangement packs a punch.
Should you buy the Pro, or the Air 2?
That really depends on one thing: do you want the Apple
Pencil?
If your experience with an iPad leans on the Apple Pencil,
you’ll definitely want the Pro. I’m personally not fond of the Pencil as an
input device; I only find it handy when editing photos, and that’s not
compelling enough.
It’s comparably specced to the Air 2, so performance is
essentially the same. The Pro also has the smart keyboard to lean on, but you
can get keyboard covers for the Air 2 — they just use Bluetooth to connect
rather than Apple’s new three-dot Smart Connector.
The Pro also has Apple’s best camera, a 12 megapixel
shooter. Combined with the better screen, videographers might fall in love —
except that it’s so large.
And if you’re a fan of 3D Touch (
like me!), there’s no point of buying any iPad right now —
and the Pro seems to err towards the Apple Pencil rather than 3D Touch. It’s a
polarizing choice.
Apple Pencil on the smaller Pro is also a bit laggy for my
liking. It didn’t lose any input during normal use, but writing faster than a
stylus can recognize only punctuates why we prefer keyboards and fingers for
input, by and large. It’s fantastic for mark-up or sketching, but is not a
note-taking tool in my eyes.
source: http://thenextweb.com/apple/2016/04/22/review-ipad-pro-9-7/#gref
by Nate Swanner
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