I upgraded from an iPad Air 2 to the new 9.7" Pro for Pencil support. I like having great image quality, but the truth is the Air 2 already looks fantastic. I only cared about doodling, I really wasn't expecting much extra out of the screen.
WOW.
Apple hit it out of the park with this one. There are times using my iPad (which I'm doing right now) where the screen starts to remind me of a Kindle reader. Thanks to retina resolution pictures look fantastic and I can't see any pixels on text. The display is so close to the face of the device (since the gaps and thick screens have been eliminated over the years) that it seems like the pictures on the surface of the device. Now with TrueTone the white point on the display seems to match what's actually in the room.
The end result of all this is that, much like a Kindle, the display seems to "disappear". It times you get this interesting little fact were you feel a bit like you're reading a piece of printed plastic. The giveaways that it's a computer screen of been minimized to such a degree that you can almost trick yourself at times.
I don't know where I'd find some images that use more than the standard sRGB to see what they really look like on this iPad, but just from what I've seen with normal content I'm quite impressed. I really hope Apple includes this technology in the iPhone 7.
There are times using my iPad (which I'm doing right now) where the screen starts to remind me of a Kindle reader.
This looks very interesting.
How are the reflections? If there is an overhead lamp, can you recognize your face on the screen and see the lamp reflection clearly?
Disclaimer: I am in the crowd who despises reflective screens but all the advertisements arrange the devices such that there is no visible reflections when in fact you are staring your own face or reflection of the lamp all the time. I find that most of the companies should be slapped with hefty fine for deeply misleading advertisements.
> The iPad Pro 9.7 has a very innovative low Reflectance screen that reflects just 1.7 percent of the ambient light by using a new Anti-Reflection AR coating. It has by far the lowest screen Reflectance of any mobile display, so its image colors and contrast in high ambient light will appear considerably better than on any other mobile display. It’s a major enhancement that reduces the reflected light glare from the screen by a very impressive factor of 3 to 1 compared to most Tablets and Smartphones.
> Our Contrast Rating for High Ambient Light quantitatively measures screen visibility under bright Ambient Light – the higher the better. As a result of its high Brightness and very low Reflectance, the iPad Pro 9.7 has a Contrast Rating for High Ambient Light of 301, by far the highest that we have ever measured. See the Screen Reflections and Brightness and Contrast sections for measurements and details.
This is very serious review. Thanks for this link.
It looks like they are admitting that the problem of reflections is a serious one and needs addressing. I think that this is very positive.
But just a number does not make any sense, so I looked up some videos. Here is the first one where he turns the tablet around quite in the beginning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RGbn2oAri8
It looks like that 1.7 percent of reflectance will still cause serious reflections. This is not good enough.
So the rating Outstanding should in fact read still far from barely satisfactory. :(
I hope that people will wise up and start demanding reflection free devices.
I don't understand - why do you care so much about seeing reflections? Why is that an issue? Why should I demand reflection free devices? I like the shiny surface - it's easy to clean and looks smart.
First of, reflections distract. If I see a movement, my instinct is to focus on the movement. I do not want that. I want to focus on what is on the screen.
When laying on the table, a reflective surface shines an overhead light source into my eyes. This forces me to carefully position the tablet when not in use. I do not want that.
Reflective surface will mirror my face, I do not want to be constantly conscious about my presence.
You could try a matte screen protector. Overall reflectance will me much higher than the stock screen, and IMO they tend to look a bit fuzzy, but it at least cuts out the mirror reflections.
The Air 2 was pretty good, and the Pro is supposed to be even better. I haven't noticed any issues, but to be honest I use my iPad at home in situations where I don't think glare would come up much. I don't notice my face, but honestly I don't remember having that issue with the Air 2 either.
I kept reading through the article, ploughing through the graphs but at no stage did the author write anything that conveyed how good it was in terms I could relate to. Some things need to be written about subjectively rather than objectively.
Thanks for putting in to words what the article didn't do, to explain that it is a truly great display on this tablet.
It's not a new idea, but a very effective one. There was an article on here a while ago where someone converted a 5K iMac screen into a "real" picture hanging on the wall, complete with wooden frame and white point shifting:
WOW.
Apple hit it out of the park with this one. There are times using my iPad (which I'm doing right now) where the screen starts to remind me of a Kindle reader. Thanks to retina resolution pictures look fantastic and I can't see any pixels on text. The display is so close to the face of the device (since the gaps and thick screens have been eliminated over the years) that it seems like the pictures on the surface of the device. Now with TrueTone the white point on the display seems to match what's actually in the room.
The end result of all this is that, much like a Kindle, the display seems to "disappear". It times you get this interesting little fact were you feel a bit like you're reading a piece of printed plastic. The giveaways that it's a computer screen of been minimized to such a degree that you can almost trick yourself at times.
I don't know where I'd find some images that use more than the standard sRGB to see what they really look like on this iPad, but just from what I've seen with normal content I'm quite impressed. I really hope Apple includes this technology in the iPhone 7.