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Repair iPad pro '18 or buy new iPad air or mini, Need opinion

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tcwan	Dec 23 2021, 04:31 PM Return to original view \| Post #1
Getting Started Junior Member 152 posts Joined: Dec 2011	QUOTE(Masculine @ Dec 23 2021, 12:51 PM) So I have been having this iPad pro '18 11in for almost 2 years with 512gb storage... I use it for note taking at work, microsoft team, outlook, watching video, editing video from my insta360 and gopro Editing photo from my dslr... playing game... listening to apple music... watching youtube and everything.. you name it... I'm very deep into apple eco system... mac m1, old iMac, iphone 13 pro, AW7, airpod pro, appletv, homepod and very long list... recently into homekit... So here my dilemma... my iPad pro develop a problem and no more warranty... parts of the screen are no longer responsive... note taking is no longer possible with apple pencil...there are 2 stripes about 1 cm wide that are not responsive to touch.... I did inquire about repair cost... screen replacement almost RM2k... and I'm considering options Repair the ipad pro or buying new ipad air or the new ipad mini but too many things to consider... the old ipad pro is nice screen... 120Hz.. watching youtube and playing games is nice... can you notice the difference on 60Hz screen??? Limitation of storage on the ipad air and mini.... my old ipad pro has 512gb.. even though I haven't cross 200gb yet... I subscribe to apple 2TB icloud... [COLOR=red]Processor.. I notice that my old iPad pro only using A12Z or something... the air and even the mini are using A15... Budget... Hmm.. I'm willing to spend 3k.. So need opinion... from all otai2 apple user here... help for the insight really appreciated. Thanks I had a similar issue with my iPad Pro 9.7". Battery died and repair/replacement cost is just too much. I've been using it constantly for online meetings so it might have stressed the battery a lot as well. In contrast, I also have an iPad 3 which is still working fine with good battery life. The newer models don't seem to last very long, and no battery replacement policy (battery replacement basically is whole unit replacement) means it is not worth repairing. It pretty much depends on your use case. If you are not doing any graphics design then I think even the latest low-end iPad should be more than enough. It might be more worth it to save the money and spend it on a set of BT speakers if you want to have stereo sound. This post has been edited by tcwan: Dec 23 2021, 04:32 PM
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tcwan	Dec 24 2021, 10:34 AM Return to original view \| Post #2
Getting Started Junior Member 152 posts Joined: Dec 2011	QUOTE(Masculine @ Dec 23 2021, 04:39 PM) Well to be honest... I'm a 54 year old person who among other things like technical stuffs... like apple stuffs unlike most of my over 50 year old counter parts Going to retire next year... and my intention is to take up some classes that require lotsa note taking. Then come lotsa hobbies like cycling, motorcycing and local travelling that may put my existing dslr, gopro and insta360 working and producing video and photo that require little bit of editing for my own amusement... Now my tendency is more towards latest ipad mini due to portability and better processor. I do have a original homepod for my speaker. I love it Notetaking is fine with the low end iPad, it uses the Gen 1 Apple Pencil though. As for the video and graphics editing, I guess having a higher end iPad would be necessary. However, given that video editing will use a lot of storage, I'm not sure that 256 GB would be sufficient for this use case. I think using iPad as the primary video/graphics editor will be pushing the storage capacity. I have not used the latest iPad Pro with USB-C, so I'm not sure if it will support exernal storage solutions. However, for your usecase I suspect you'd be better off with an iPad Pro with USB-C. Then you can also attach an external monitor to it.
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