[spaceisballer]

I’m not surprised that the iPad has a decline. My son has a few year old 9.7” iPad and it works great still. Consume media very easily and even have games. I can notice the difference between it and my 2018 iPad Pro but I could see people are just not going buy new ones every year or two. I’d like the M1 iPad Pro but it’s not worth the jump in price.

[hollandheese]

Yeah. Until Apple presents a good software reason to upgrade an iPad, most people are just going to stick with the iPad they have until it breaks.

[_ph_]

Indeed, I think the artificial restrictions on iPadOS are the #1 reason the iPad isn't eating up a larger part of the laptop space. Until software on the iPad becomes more useful, there is less reason to upgrade.

[webmobdev]

Yeah, an iPad is mostly a "consumption" device and better screens or faster processors or more speakers aren't much of an incentive to upgrade the device when you also consider the higher cost. I guess that is why Apple has been trying to turn it into a laptop like device with the iPad Pro + keyboard. But then, when you consider the limitations of iPadOS, it's becomes very hard to justify the higher cost for the Pro when a laptop is cheaper and more productive for the same use case.

[tmp_anon_22]

Outside niche games that require performance, there is just no reason to upgrade a dumb media device.

[AlchemistCamp]

I use mine mostly for drawing.

[sillysaurusx]

Apple Pencil! iPad with procreate is bread and butter.

It was what got me to go for the pro.

[noahtallen]

The 2018 iPad 6th gen is also compatible with the Apple Pencil :)

[zuhsetaqi]

While true it's a huge difference to draw with 60 Hz refresh rate and a big gap between the glass and the screen panel versus 120 Hz and a very tiny gap

[shaman1]

My ipad mini 2nd edition works well but a number of apps are no longer available due the fact that they require a minimum os version. They will force upgrade by not providing software updates.