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iPad Pro: Should you buy it? (CNET Top 5)

2018-11-05
should you buy an iPad fro we're going to count down five reasons you shouldn't we'll also give you some reasons to take the plunge just be aware this list could change after the full review of the iPad pro let's start with a negative side and number five is the newish iOS if you're coming from the previous generation of iPad pros you might have to do some learning the iPhone 10 assured in the era of a gesture-based iOS yes swipey gestures came to iPads as well but if you kept using your home button for things there will be an adjustment period it doesn't matter how powerful or fast the new iPad pros are if you're struggling to interact with a new interface at number four is courageous omissions for whatever reason Apple ditched is proprietary lightning port from the new powerful iPad pros if you've invested in lightning adapters or lightning cables to charge your previous iPad both are not directly usable USBC is now the darling of Apple's I in the future USBC will be all that's left but right now it's the present what about the headphone jack Apple spent a great deal of time trying to blur the line between its tablets and more traditional pcs that seems to be odd since Apple has kept the headphone jack on its Mac line of laptops if you want to quietly edit your creative masterpieces on the new iPad pro enjoy getting a dongle or using that pair of bluetooth headphones because the standard headphone jack is gone coming in at number three is future apps Apple had Adobe come onstage and show off what was called real Photoshop on an iPad pro that means lots of control layers and Adobe's wealth of tools that could be really great eventually in the future if you pick up an iPad pro immediately you're not going to get real Photoshop until next year it'll probably take other developers some time to take full advantage of the new iPad pros so if you're looking to use the new iPad pro to its fullest maybe wait a little bit and number two you got burned did you buy into the dream of a pro level iPad in the past and get a keyboard and a pencil I've got some bad news the smart connector placement has changed meaning you'll need a new smart connector keyboard for the latest iPad pros the older pencil accessory is not compatible with the new iPad pro according to Apple site the original pencil works with the older iPad pro models oh and that new magnetic Apple pencil is compatible only with the redesigned iPad pros before we get to number one let's talk about reasons to pick up the new iPad pro that redesign is sleek and modern the new iPad pro fits large screens into smaller bodies making the biggest iPads more portable Apple also packed in what it called advanced face ID into the iPad pro this should make it easier to log into the device without having to rotate it too much the move to USBC could be a great sign for the iPad pro can you imagine using standard cables maybe hooking up gadgets easily to the iPad pro we'll have to see what Apple allows to work with that port and the best reason to pick up the newest iPad pro has to be the internal horsepower the demos at Apple's events like games Photoshop and augmented reality looked really slick Apple packed lots of power into its latest tablet there's also Gigabit LTE inside if you opt for the cell version and now let us return to the dark side and the number one reason to stay away from the new iPad pro is price creep the iPad pro starts at $7.99 for the base config if you want more storage than 64 gigabytes that's gonna cost you if you max out all the specs on the iPad pro you're looking at a price tag of one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine dollars if you want to use an iPad pro more like a traditional laptop enjoy shelling out up to one hundred and ninety nine dollars for the new smart keyboard folio plus that new pencil is extra with that kind of money you can pick up a new MacBook Air or MacBook Pro so choose wisely now you can decide whether to plunk down your hard-earned cash or not Amaya Zach huh and I'll see you online
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