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smr posted:So, I'm kinda bummed that Apple got rid of the one-piece Smart Case for the Mini 4. I just side-migrated from an Ipad Air 2 to a Mini 4 due to the better form factor for me, and I'm burning with envy at my wife's Mini 3 with the full one-piece case. I have the Smart Cover, but I really do not like the newer hinge construction (floppier) and the open-side of the cover's lip now extends past the tablet itself like it's expecting the back piece to be there to line up with. Literally every case is better than the apple ones as far as utility. I don't find any useable stand angles with the Smart Cover / case, as it's just not stable. Look around a bit, there are plenty of options, including leather.
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:the smart cover is a great cover but a lovely stand and it's starting to annoy me
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I've had a smart cover since the original version of it. I've used it as a stand nearly daily as long as that. I've literally never had it fall over unless I like smack it or pull on the power cord by accident or something. I seriously have no idea what in the gently caress other people are doing "wrong". While I don't like the current 3-panel smart cover as much as the old 4-panel one, it's still perfectly serviceable.
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Oct 27, 2015 17:13
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wooger posted:Literally every case is better than the apple ones as far as utility. I should've been more clear; I'm always holding my iPad, I never prop it up via the stand on anything. It's just not how I use it. Given that, the Apple smart case, with the good leather and fit and good latch, was perfect. That's what I'm looking to replicate. I've got the Mini 4's Smart Cover and picked up the Smart Case yesterday and they're okay but what the gently caress is with this lip that rises a good 2-3mm above the edges of the actual iPad face now? Christ, Apple, you had this sorted, why you gotta ruin a thing.
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ddogflex posted:I've had a smart cover since the original version of it. I've used it as a stand nearly daily as long as that. I've literally never had it fall over unless I like smack it or pull on the power cord by accident or something. I seriously have no idea what in the gently caress other people are doing "wrong". While I don't like the current 3-panel smart cover as much as the old 4-panel one, it's still perfectly serviceable. i guess the answer here is "touching the iPad". It is not strong enough to touch, swipe or generally use for most purposes the upright orientation. It is at too low and angle, and still not solid enough in the typing orientation. Other stands actually hold the ipad at a useful angle, and allow you to perform any action including pressing the home button without it falling over.
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wooger posted:i guess the answer here is "touching the iPad". I can't think of a situation where I would want to use it for more than watching a video standing up, which I've never had a problem selecting an app, video, playing it, pausing it. It's entirely possible I'm weird. It works completely fine pressing any buttons as hard as you want if you have it on the low angle either way though.
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ddogflex posted:I can't think of a situation where I would want to use it for more than watching a video standing up, which I've never had a problem selecting an app, video, playing it, pausing it. It's entirely possible I'm weird. It works completely fine pressing any buttons as hard as you want if you have it on the low angle either way though.
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I use the case standing up for productivity stuff involving touching the screen all the time. It's never collapsed on me unless I bump it somehow. Get whatever case you want, but I really like my mini smart case.
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Planning to replace my iPad 3 soon. Should I shoot for iPad Air 2 or iPad Mini 4? Probably going to skip iPad Pro due to price, and looking for something less bulky than iPad 3. iPad Mini 4 to be about as powerful as Air 2 (although much smaller of course), but are there any hardware concerns/issues known for either? DontMindMe fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Oct 31, 2015 |
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Oct 31, 2015 01:56
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DontMindMe posted:Planning to replace my iPad 3 soon. Should I shoot for iPad Air 2 or iPad Mini 4? Probably going to skip iPad Pro due to price, and looking for something less bulky than iPad 3. DontMindMe posted:Planning to replace my iPad 3 soon. Should I shoot for iPad Air 2 or iPad Mini 4? Probably going to skip iPad Pro due to price, and looking for something less bulky than iPad 3. The Mini 4 and Air 2 are identical other than size.
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The Mini 4 actually only has the A8 instead of the A8X, but they're both just completely overpowered for what an iPad needs to do anyway.
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e.pilot posted:The Mini 4 and Air 2 are identical other than size. Different processor and GPU. But like Aphrodite says, either is more than enough for anything you want to throw at an iPad.
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flosofl posted:Different processor and GPU. But like Aphrodite says, either is more than enough for anything you want to throw at an iPad. This is right. Picking between them has everything to do with preference and usage style. I wanted to be able type on mine for longer stretches without an external keyboard, as well as knew I'd watch plenty of TV and movies, so I went with the Air 2.
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its no big deal posted:This is right. Picking between them has everything to do with preference and usage style. I wanted to be able type on mine for longer stretches without an external keyboard, as well as knew I'd watch plenty of TV and movies, so I went with the Air 2. The typing thing seems much harder on an air than a mini but you're right.
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tuyop posted:The typing thing seems much harder on an air than a mini but you're right. Interesting. I find the Air easier to type on than the Mini, at least in landscape mode. It's amazing how much personal preference and usage can determine the best option for what to buy!!!!!!!!! For the OP, seriously just think about how you use them. Go test them in store and decide if $100 means. Anything to you for the bigger size.
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its no big deal posted:Interesting. I find the Air easier to type on than the Mini, at least in landscape mode. It's amazing how much personal preference and usage can determine the best option for what to buy!!!!!!!!! Did you type this on the iPad 
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its no big deal posted:Interesting. I find the Air easier to type on than the Mini, at least in landscape mode. It's amazing how much personal preference and usage can determine the best option for what to buy!!!!!!!!! Yeah, carry on. buddy!!,,,,
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flosofl posted:Did you type this on the iPad tuyop posted:Yeah, carry on. buddy!!,,,,
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Thanks. After trying them out in store I ended up going for Air 2
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DontMindMe posted:Thanks. After trying them out in store I ended up going for Air 2 good choice i've been really happy with mine
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DontMindMe posted:Thanks. After trying them out in store I ended up going for Air 2 Nostalgia4Butts posted:good choice Me too. The real question is did you end up with the correct choice of color?
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its no big deal posted:Me too. The real question is did you end up with the correct choice of color? space gray or death
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:space gray or death I did in fact get space gray
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Does anyone feel like now that they are making the iPad Pro they may discontinue the original iPad size and stick with mini versus pro sizing? It is seems why they didn't refresh the ipad air this year, they wanted people to focus on the pro.
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No, that's ridiculous.
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The Pro's price point is too high to cut out the regular size.
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its no big deal posted:This is right. Picking between them has everything to do with preference and usage style. I wanted to be able type on mine for longer stretches without an external keyboard, as well as knew I'd watch plenty of TV and movies, so I went with the Air 2. It literally hadn't occurred to me until now that people type for more than 20 seconds on their Airs. I have one and would liken typing on it to, say, getting your hand stuck in a bear trap, or having your face covered with fire ants.
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Dumb question incoming probably, but, there's no issue of me connecting a standard, official, Apple Bluetooth Keyboard to an iPad Mini right? I don't care about how it looks, just wanted to get a quick double check on it it could be done. Fake edit: what about on the literal first generation IPad 1? While I can fly on the glass keyboard, it eats to much screen, and also makes your fingertips uncomfortable if you're at it full speed for an hour. Thanks E2: oh, apparently people have already been curious as well. I have the old black crsppy Apple cover on my iPad 1, a full wrap smart over on the mini. I don't mind about it not being propped up enough. But will it work? :shibon: eightysixed fucked around with this message at 06:56 on Nov 2, 2015 |
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Taima posted:It literally hadn't occurred to me until now that people type for more than 20 seconds on their Airs. I have one and would liken typing on it to, say, getting your hand stuck in a bear trap, or having your face covered with fire ants. I actually like typing in portrait mode, the keyboard is perfectly sized for thumb typing.
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eightysixed posted:Dumb question incoming probably, but, there's no issue of me connecting a standard, official, Apple Bluetooth Keyboard to an iPad Mini right? I don't care about how it looks, just wanted to get a quick double check on it it could be done.  . They work fine, but if you pair to another machine first (like plug into a Mac) you have to delete the pairing on the machine to get it to enter pairing mode again.One annoyance with hardware keyboards is that iOS is still a touch based interface, so if you need to hit a button or something you have to reach up (unless the app was updated to use keyboard shortcuts). Not a huge deal, but it can be annoying vs having a trackpad or mouse right there like on a regular desktop/laptop setup. Also most of my posts are touch typed on an iPad mini screen  . On a regular iPad I can type pretty much normally since the size is pretty close to a standard keyboard (cause the non letter keys they cut off the sides), but I've developed a jacked up method on the mini where I don't seem to use my right ring or pinky fingers at all, while I'm on and off with my left pinky.
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How does the iPad air 2 fare against the 6s plus from a performance standpoint?
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shrike82 posted:How does the iPad air 2 fare against the 6s plus from a performance standpoint? Anandtech released their 6s/+ review today. They don't include iPad Air 2 on their graphs, but you can look at its review and compare, though it's using iOS 8, so they might not be quite 1:1 comparisons (and it looks like there may have been some performance improvements with iOS 9, since the 6/+ benchmarks are better across the board than they were on the Air 2 review). All that said, the 6s/+ outperform it in pretty much every benchmark.
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If that November 11 rumor is true, I have to assume at this point that there would be no preorders at all given that we'd likely have heard about it, yeah?
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Has anyone seen a photo of the Pro, Air2 and an iPhone 6+ - just for comparisons sake?
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Heres a website that scales things to their actual size on your monitor if that helps The iPad pro is super huge
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hatty posted:Heres a website that scales things to their actual size on your monitor if that helps Holy christ. I'm on an 11" Air and - fuckkkkk. This is going to be the perfect replacement for this Macbook and my Air2. I have a Mini at home and an iMac at work, so removing in to do work is going to loving rock.
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Pro-Talk: looking like Friday 13th. [ed] That was based on a Sam's club preorder link. 9-5 Mac is reporting multiple sources say On Sale @ Apple on Weds. Crazy to not have announced it yet if so... Feenix fucked around with this message at 06:11 on Nov 7, 2015 |
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Feenix posted:Pro-Talk: looking like Friday 13th. Apple has been really weird and low key about iPad releases lately.
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e.pilot posted:Apple has been really weird and low key about iPad releases lately. Not only that but the 6S, ATV, Pro all kind of just came out one after another and I guess they'd want to steal their own spotlight by refocusing attention too soon.
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Is there a rear skin with corners that aren't those little wrap-around tails? I had a Skinomi skin on my last iPad and I liked it, except that those corner pieces peeled up very early. I was going to try a matte bestskinsever, but it looks like their corners are the same way.
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