iPad Pro Lightning port capable of Up to 5Gbit transfer speeds? WHAT!

[spwath]

If only the ipad pro ran OSX...

 

And dont tell me its not powerfull enough, I have a 450mhz, 256mb ram computer here runing OSX (Granted, an oldish version of OSX)

[AlTech]

If only the ipad pro ran OSX...

 

And dont tell me its not powerfull enough, I have a 450mhz, 256mb ram computer here runing OSX (Granted, an oldish version of OSX)

It's incompatible. OS X doesn't support ArM. And OS X wasn't designed for touch

[spwath]

It's incompatible. OS X doesn't support ArM. And OS X wasn't designed for touch

Yeah, but they could have made it non arm. And optimised it for touch. IMO the ipad pro is a useless device

[Samfisher]

Are you sure it's 5GB/s...? Your title is so click baity... 5GBp/s is EIGHT TIMES slower than 5Gbp/s... GigaBYTE and GigaBIT, such a vast difference.

[TechGod]

Its really laughable that Apple hasn't implemented a user accessible file system into iOS even by their own gimped standards of just managing use folders like documents and pictures, it wouldn't hurt them at all if someone could move its own files to different user folders.

Hell, if they just have a unified location where things are kept that would be great. Allow all photo apps to access a unified location. If they don't want to give us an user accessible file system, at least make sure apps can *really* have deep linking with the OS. I made a list the other day of all the improvements that they could make to iOS and the iPad Pro to make it worthy of the "Pro" tag.

 

In no particular order:

#

 -Support for a trackpad/mouse (could be used as a substitute for 3D touch if there are technical limitations for not including it in the first generation.) They could have a "right click" on an icon make the contextual menu appear that gets shown when you hard press on icons on the iPhone

-Offer 64GB, 128GB and 256GB configs and maybe lower the price, alternatively keep the same pricing but include the pencil for free with it

-Allow the Pencil to be used more like an integral part of the iOS experience by giving it a button that can act as a macro key where the user can map pretty much any function they want to (e.g. a single press may launch an app of your choosing or to activate Siri and long pressing can do something else, double pressing it does something else

-Microsoft jabbed Apple during their Surface event, but they're right, the Apple Pencil is missing a freaking eraser.

-Allow people to change the tip of the Pencil so it has the right level of friction they want. 

-Actually optimise the iOS homescreen for the damn size...allow more apps per page.

-Support external hard drives via the Type C port they should add to the Pro instead of Lightning(change all their products to Type C too) I'm sure Apple is smart enough to ensure it won't affect security or people' security 

-Let apps "overlay" one another like how PiP does but allow it for any app of your choosing. Again, Apple is smart, they could find a way to make it work elegantly. 

-Allow cellular for the base model as well unlike how it is now

-Allow more keyboard shortcuts within iOS and then update their keyboard accordingly. E.g. Volume and brightness controls are the most basic ones I can think of. 

-Allow folders in folders for better organisation of apps 

-Allow even deeper app linking than what was introduced in iOS 9

-Speed up animations

-Allow app hiding from home screen

-Introduce a completely dark mode like this

-Spruce up their iOS iWork suite with more features (I don't know, maybe more shortcuts?)

-I don't know if opening up APIs allow this, but maybe allow the developer to incorporate their own custom shortcuts for the keyboard.

-To go along with the theme of optimising for the iPad, find more gestures to implement beyond the basic multitasking ones to make it more productive or allow *some* gesture mapping functionality 

-Find a way to bring XCode to iOS and allow it to sync to the Mac via iCloud 

-Allow the setting of default apps 

-Allow a customisable Control Centre with downloadable toggles from the app store maybe(the icons left over by the install won't be a problem if we're allowed to hide icons)

-FIX THE KEYBOARD APIS SO THEY'RE NOT SO BUGGY!!!!

-Other crap I can't think of 

[AlTech]

Are you sure it's 5GB/s...? Your title is so click baity... 5GBp/s is EIGHT TIMES slower than 5Gbp/s... GigaBYTE and GigaBIT, such a vast difference.

WHAtever. IDK. Maxed Out USB3 speed. Yeah you can thank Linus for me becoming so click baity (Too much exposure to Linus clickbait made me this way)

[AlTech]

 

Hell, if they just have a unified location where things are kept that would be great. Allow all photo apps to access a unified location. If they don't want to give us an user accessible file system, at least make sure apps can *really* have deep linking with the OS. I made a list the other day of all the improvements that they could make to iOS and the iPad Pro to make it worthy of the "Pro" tag.

 

In no particular order:

#

 -Support for a trackpad/mouse (could be used as a substitute for 3D touch if there are technical limitations for not including it in the first generation.) They could have a "right click" on an icon make the contextual menu appear that gets shown when you hard press on icons on the iPhone

-Offer 64GB, 128GB and 256GB configs and maybe lower the price, alternatively keep the same pricing but include the pencil for free with it

-Allow the Pencil to be used more like an integral part of the iOS experience by giving it a button that can act as a macro key where the user can map pretty much any function they want to (e.g. a single press may launch an app of your choosing or to activate Siri and long pressing can do something else, double pressing it does something else

-Microsoft jabbed Apple during their Surface event, but they're right, the Apple Pencil is missing a freaking eraser.

-Allow people to change the tip of the Pencil so it has the right level of friction they want. 

-Actually optimise the iOS homescreen for the damn size...allow more apps per page.

-Support external hard drives via the Type C port they should add to the Pro instead of Lightning(change all their products to Type C too) I'm sure Apple is smart enough to ensure it won't affect security or people' security 

-Let apps "overlay" one another like how PiP does but allow it for any app of your choosing. Again, Apple is smart, they could find a way to make it work elegantly. 

-Allow cellular for the base model as well unlike how it is now

-Allow more keyboard shortcuts within iOS and then update their keyboard accordingly. E.g. Volume and brightness controls are the most basic ones I can think of. 

-Allow folders in folders for better organisation of apps 

-Allow even deeper app linking than what was introduced in iOS 9

-Speed up animations

-Allow app hiding from home screen

-Introduce a completely dark mode like this

-Spruce up their iOS iWork suite with more features (I don't know, maybe more shortcuts?)

-I don't know if opening up APIs allow this, but maybe allow the developer to incorporate their own custom shortcuts for the keyboard.

-To go along with the theme of optimising for the iPad, find more gestures to implement beyond the basic multitasking ones to make it more productive or allow *some* gesture mapping functionality 

-Find a way to bring XCode to iOS and allow it to sync to the Mac via iCloud 

-Allow the setting of default apps 

-Allow a customisable Control Centre with downloadable toggles from the app store maybe(the icons left over by the install won't be a problem if we're allowed to hide icons)

-FIX THE KEYBOARD APIS SO THEY'RE NOT SO BUGGY!!!!

-Other crap I can't think of 

 

Last  I checked IOS was for old people or technically illiterate or for potato heads. And 256GB eMMC is not available (Standard iPad and Ipad mini use this). I think iPad Pro uses NVMe which is stupidly expensive.

[TechGod]

Last  I checked IOS was for old people or technically illiterate or for potato heads. And 256GB eMMC is not available (Standard iPad and Ipad mini use this). I think iPad Pro uses NVMe which is stupidly expensive.

Uh, excuse me? I have an iPhone 6 and I like it very much. I'm not tech illiterate, I'm not a potato head and I most certainly am not old. 

[AlTech]

Uh, excuse me? I have an iPhone 6 and I like it very much. I'm not tech illiterate, I'm not a potato head and I most certainly am not old. 

I was talking mainly to iPad owners. Sorry

[Samfisher]

WHAtever. IDK. Maxed Out USB3 speed. Yeah you can thank Linus for me becoming so click baity (Too much exposure to Linus clickbait made me this way)

At least make the click bait...accurate.

[AlTech]

At least make the click bait...accurate.

Which one is which? GB/s Gbit/s ?

 

 

Is USb3 5Gbit?

[TechGod]

I was talking mainly to iPad owners. Sorry

...I also have an iPad 2 I used for the week for note taking and making projects when my laptop went into repair...

[Samfisher]

Which one is which? GB/s Gbit/s ?

 

 

Is USb3 5Gbit?

It's Gigabit.

[Sauron]

Why is this not taken for granted on a device that expensive? Why is it not usb-c? Not that it matters since you can't use external drives or peripherals through it. And it's the only port on the entire device.

[simson0606]

renember when you could run android on iOS 4?

<3

i ran idroid on my iphone 3g goold ol times

[RagnarokDel]

Dude...if you jailbreak an iPad Pro....I'm salivating over the possibilities it opens up....explorable file system, sideloading, downloading from Safari, themes, flu.x and way way more that I can't think of right now.

Or you could use a surface pro and do that without the hassle...

[TechGod]

Or you could use a surface pro and do that without the hassle...

What if I also want to use the amazing iOS apps? People call iOS a toy OS which is somewhat understandable but some of the apps available for it are so good...

[ShadowCaptain]

Last  I checked IOS was for old people or technically illiterate or for potato heads. And 256GB eMMC is not available (Standard iPad and Ipad mini use this). I think iPad Pro uses NVMe which is stupidly expensive.

 

Just not true, there are PLENTY of tech literate people that use iPads, stop spreading this bullshit

 

And yeah not seen any benchmarks but since the iPhone 6s uses NVME I assume the Pro will too, which is insanely aweosme

[Valentyn]

Once they allow the Ipad Pro 2 to use OSX, I'll grab one for my mother most likely, and possibly one for myself. Love the OS, damn shame I had to sell my Mac Pro because they were too slow at updating the hardware again, and the new one just can't be upgraded in the graphics department.

 

Come on Apple, you know people really want these things.

[BHS4K]

I would rather take USB Type C any day

[NumLock21]

ipad pro uses smart connector which looks like contact pads.

Ok there is also a lightning connector.

[squirtle4287]

If only it had a non-mobile OS...

[RagnarokDel]

What if I also want to use the amazing iOS apps? People call iOS a toy OS which is somewhat understandable but some of the apps available for it are so good...

run an emulator.

Just not true, there are PLENTY of tech literate people that use iPads, stop spreading this bullshit

 

And yeah not seen any benchmarks but since the iPhone 6s uses NVME I assume the Pro will too, which is insanely aweosme

once you built the nvme "controller" does the cost increase while increasing the storage capacity of the ssd?

[Mew]

Its a usb cable with a proprietary connector with a chip so they can force you to only use licensed cables.

And how's that any different from that Google employee publicly shaming third party type c cables? At least when you buy a mfi cable, you know it's safe and reliable.

[CTR640]

Apple are buttholes