ipad pro review roundup: impressive hardware held back by ios limitations – macstories

iPad Pro's display, sound and life are also top-notch, and Apple Pencil is more comfortable and easier to store...   iPad Pro is iOS device to adopt USB-C, notably, it does not work with storage devices.   The ability of third parties to write apps that allow USB storage to save to Files app is not new, and it's far cry from the convenience that system-level support could provide..   You can plug phone or Nintendo Switch into it and get up to 7.5 watts of power to charge them Apple supports both analog and audio out, huge improvement over Android ecosystem...   This new camera had to be built from the ground up because iPad Pro is too thin to have used the camera from iPhone XR or XS or even iPads...   The camera bump on the back houses f 1.8 lens and sensor — Apple says this is camera that matches the performance of iPad Pro in thinner package so it can fit behind the display.   As nice touch, iOS shows you Pencil on screen and it's the  exact  size of the Pencil.   Four hours of non-stop screen-on, GPS pinging, data transmitting, and graphics rendering later, and the 10.5-inch was down to 37% while the 12.9-inch was still at 54% ..   Apple's approach to iOS is holding that hardware back in serious and meaningful ways, it still has the same basic capabilities and limitations of last iPad Pro...   opinions differ on whether iPad Pro can replace Mac, it's clear that the hardware has advanced to the point where it exceeds many of Apple's line.   Read more