kdupuis77

Freaking awesome! Copied my folder of NES, SNES and N64 ROMs into my new iPad and up and running!

First of all, I’m sure Apple themselves destroyed a solid amount of each new iPad for their own durability testing sake before release anyhow. If a couple of YouTube tech channels want to funnel a bit of their click money into funding apple products for the same kind of testing, who cares? Yeah, you won’t catch me trying my hardest to snap my new iPad Pro in half, but I’m glad there is some 3rd party testing available for free for my own reassurance these things can handle average everyday usage.

JerryRigEverything even complemented how much stronger this year’s model is compared to the last one he broke in half a good deal easier. His methodology is always the same on the numerous products he tests which is nice for an apples to apples comparison for tons of tech products, including those not made by apple. It makes financial sense for him as well since his clicks pay for the product and then after he completes his cursory tear down, he will then clean up and photograph the device for his skin collaboration with dBrand.

i don’t care for the videos of people randomly destroying expensive tech for clicks, but these type are at least informative in their nature and allow a first look at the innards before iFixit finishes putting their more in depth videos together.

“Consequently, it can be used in particularly remote places on Earth.”

Though it is an awesome feature, satellite SOS comms only work in approved markets at this time. I haven’t found an Asian country it works in yet nor does it work anywhere in the open Pacific at this time. I’m very excitedly awaiting global satellite coverage being normalized someday as a merchant mariner that spends half the year at sea.

I've been playing with mine and I quite like the 3-position adjustment of the new Smart Folio quite a bit as well... Takes a small amount of sting out of the additional $79 upfront lol. The new iPad Pro OLED screen is awesome!

I'm sure the next iteration will be 4x better, lighter, have better battery life and even cost a bit less. This is why I have to push myself to not be an early adopter on new products haha. I still remember enjoying my brand new shiny $499 iPad and then 3 months later the iPad 2 came out and wrecked it haha. Still, I also remember having to pay $1799 for base model iBooks in early 2000s dollars... So for someone who has been buying Apple products for a bit over 20 years now, and given inflation over those years, combined with typical Apple re-sale values, I think we are still doing quite well with what they are offering us. I so badly want to grab the AppleVision Pro, but I'm gonna wait for the better bang for the buck mass appeal version that will inevitably be released.