b0r1s wrote:

SB3 starting from £1600?? Lol

Oh my heart!

Yeah, the guy in the shop that sells them would totally tell you.

Obviously it’s her choice, but with about 2 months to go I’d wait. New chipset just future proofs it for another year.

The IPad Air has a A12 Bionic chip in it, which is essentially the same as the Pro (but that version is enhanced). The standard iPad is an A10.

Given that the new Pro was only released a few weeks back. There’s not going to be a chip upgrade in the Air this year. The most you could expect is a form factor change to remove the button and bring in FaceID.

If the latest version isn’t the be all for Mrs Dino, I’d say go for it.

Ps. @Dino I’m expecting Doom Eternal back on Monday.

mistercrayon wrote:

Surfaces - depending on how you use them - can swell and their battery pushes the screen out. I think they might be okay as occasional use but I don’t like the one I have. I’d get an iPad.

The battery issue was on the Surface 4, I think the later models avoid that. But that said, if you want an ipad a surface is not the right fit. Very different beasties.

So Apple are almost about to release a new phone but I saw this thing on YouTube



(Okay this is an android but this was the first tech thread I saw) but I really want Apple to make an effort. They’re so lazy now.

This phone - the LG wing feels like my dream phone in form-handle to grip the phone vertically but full size picture for the video.

It’s a fucking monstrosity.

Apple are all about refining the user experience. Mixing up their phones visual language for shits n giggles is a great way to kill their user base.

People don’t want to relearn how to use a phone every two years.

Companies like LG need to innovate in that space as they are getting spanked by Samsung etc. So let’s dream up some weird edge case where watching a video while holding my phone vertically is a great idea. It will die a death guaranteed.

Battery life must be non existant on that.

Which is quite Apple I suppose.

“Setting the design language” does sound a lot like “doing something they haven’t tried before” to me. Apple can do new and cool things - Face ID, Apple Pay and so on. If Apple did it it could easily be the normal form of a phone within a year or two.

Yeah the moving parts are a bear. To be honest this is really a fudge of my ideal phone which is really a phone with a TShapr oled but this one has pocket fitting advantages.

The iPhone is slightly delayed this year. I think consensus is November.

Can’t help with that question, but I can say that standard Bluetooth keyboards work fine if you could make that work - prop the iPad up somewhere and just hold the keyboard?

I have the magic keyboard and it’s by far the best keyboard for an iPad, I’ve tried loads of em. But even with all the weight in it on your lap if you lower your legs it can tip back because the iPad is just so heavy in comparison.

Having said that I’ve found that If it’s just on my lap and I’m sitting up it’s fine. If I’m slobbing then I can prop it between my legs to stop it tipping too.

One thing to bear in mind is it changes how you use your iPad. So a lot of people who reviewed it said you can’t flap the keyboard around the back and use it like that. But it doubles the weight of the iPad so why would you. The way you use it is to just pop the iPad off if you want to read a book or play a game etc. It actually works really well once you realise that’s how it’s meant to be used.

Oh it’s also a good stand in bed for watching films.

I don't think that's compatible with my iPad (standard one, 2019 model). 

Which is just as well really because its £300 and I'd inevitably end up buying it.

Yeah I've been digging around and Logitech and Brydge so seem like the brands that do something decent for the £100 mark. Weighting still looks a bit of a problem on some of them. If you have space below the keyboard to rest your hands, like a conventional Macbook, you can keep it in place a bit. But a lot of them just stop dead after the space bar. I'll carry on googling.

Ooof!