ipad pro 10.5 lcd screen and digitizer free sample

In Union Repair store, we grade our iPhone screen into 5 different types of quality on the basis of different material assembled. The following is the full details of each condition.

It is with widely accept major complaint replacements for original parts, which keeps a right balance between price and quality. It has sustainable supplying chain in China, and all the components of the screen are copy quality. Typically, the LCD screen is from several different factories, the most popular 4 on China market are JK,AUO, LongTeng, and ShenChao. By comparing the brightness and sharpness of the LCD, we found JK is the best quality among them and the second best is AUO. No doubt, the other components on the screen are all copy.

It is better than After Market Basic cause it comes with original laminated flexes and the LCD panel. Other components like touch panel, frame(hot pressed), backlight, polarize lens, and OCA is all copy from different factories.

The core components (like LCD and flexes) is 100% original pulled from used iPhone while the frame and touch panel is copy. The touch panel and frame come together with cold pressed glue and assembled together with the LCD by the capable third-party factory which keeps its excellent quality.

No doubt, it is tear down from used iPhone with all the parts 100% original and working perfectly just like an original new screen, it has whatever the original new screen has. The only complaint about this quality is that some of the displays are with 1 or 2 scratches but still be welcome by our critical customers who are requiring good quality.

It is 100% original from Apple-authorized factories like Toshiba, Sharp, and LG. We get this kind of screen from the first level dealer. The touch panel of the screen is oleophobic coated which prevents from fingerprints when using your iPhone. And starting with iPhone 7g, the backlight from different authorized factories comes with a different code. Backlight from Sharp has the code begins with DKH/CON, from Toshiba begins with C11/F7C/FZQ, from LG begins with DTP/C3F.

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Replace a cracked or scratched front glass panel or malfunctioning LCD display compatible with a 10.5" iPad Pro. This screen and digitizer will restore your touch functions and eliminate flickering on your aging display.

Only the original home button assembly from your iPad Pro will be capable of using the Touch ID functionality. Installing a new home button will only restore ordinary home button functions, not the Touch ID features.

This fix kit includes iFixit’s reusable iOpener to aid your disassembly. Heated in your microwave and applied to your device, the iOpener softens the adhesive holding your device closed.

This product can expose you to chemicals including lead which is known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.

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There’s something about the screen of the new 10.5” iPad Pro that feels immediately novel but quickly becomes normal, and something that seems obvious at first but reveals itself as a deeper change after a few days. As a heavy user of the 12.9” iPad Pro, I’ve been pleasantly deceived by this new iPad, and the more I think about it, the more I keep coming back to the display and the story behind its new form factor.

I’ve been using the original 12.9” iPad Pro as my primary computer for the past two years. I’ve always seen the large iPad Pro as Apple’s ultimate expression of the iPad’s mission: a large multitouch canvas that can transform into anything you want – a computer that can sit on a desk as a laptop replacement and be carried around without compromise. The 12.9” iPad Pro is the iPad for those who want the power of iOS and the comfort of a notebook.

There are iPad users, however, who value the portability of iPads with a smaller footprint even if that results in a more constrained iOS experience. Looking at Apple’s iPad product line, it’s evident that the vast majority of iPad customers prefer compact sizes: while Apple has offered only one option above 10 inches, the iPad mini, iPad Pro 9.7”, and the 2017 iPad were all aimed at users who wouldn’t think twice about throwing an iPad in a bag and who wouldn’t be seriously affected by the reduction in screen real estate. Given the uncertain future of the iPad mini, the 9.7” iPad has become the model for people who want a big-enough screen with extreme portability.

To me, this is what makes the introduction of a new iPad screen size so fascinating, for a couple of reasons. First, Apple is tweaking a form factor that is perceived as the ideal one by millions of customers. More importantly, Apple’s latest iPad updates – which also include a spec-bump for the 12.9” model – bring much needed unification to the entire line that was missing since the Air/mini days: all new iPad Pro models carry the same hardware and specs; you just have to pick the size you like. The 10.5” iPad Pro and 12.9” have the same A10X chip, a True Tone display, support for wide color, a second-generation Touch ID sensor, and a four-speaker system. You simply have to choose the kind of iOS experience you’re looking for in an iPad Pro.

And as I said above, for nearly two years I’ve relied on the large iPad Pro as my everyday computer for work and pleasure. But since I’ve been curious to live the so-called MultiPad lifestyle, and after Apple provided me with a review unit of the 10.5” iPad Pro last week, I figured I could run an experiment. I set up my favorite apps and workflows from the 12.9” iPad Pro on the new 10.5” model and used it for nearly a week, doing what I usually do on the iPad – which tends to mean all kinds of tasks.

To my surprise, while I still prefer longform writing and heavy Split View-driven research on the 12.9” iPad Pro, I’ve enjoyed everything else more on the 10.5” version. A big reason for that, I believe, is the improved display technology and expanded screen size.

The first time I swiped on the 10.5” iPad Pro’s 120Hz display last week, I thought it looked fake – like a CGI software sequence. It was incredibly, utterly crisp and fast. It didn’t look like iOS belonged on the screen: after years of iPad usage, my brain was telling me that something didn’t seem normal about the way iOS was animating. Except it’s all real, and it simply takes a couple of days to get used to the new display and the work Apple has put into ProMotion for smoother scrolling and fluid animations throughout the system.

A good way to think about the iPad’s new display with ProMotion is not the difference between low-res and Retina screens, but the jump from 30fps to 60fps. You see more of every animation. Text is more legible when you scroll and doesn’t judder. It’s hard to explain and it has to be seen and experienced to be fully understood. Every scroll, page transition, and app launch animation on the 10.5” iPad Pro is absurdly smooth to the point of feeling unrealistic at first – hence the common reaction that something doesn’t quite compute. But as you spend some time with the new iPad and start using it on a daily basis, its display becomes normal and you wish that other Apple displays were the same.

I’m not even a week into my tests with the 10.5” iPad Pro, and I think scrolling on my first-gen 12.9” iPad Pro looks choppy now. I’d be surprised if 120Hz displays with ProMotion don’t expand to the iPhone later this year and other Apple computers in the future. The combination of hardware and software really is that good.

How Apple has accomplished this is impressive from a technical standpoint. Thanks to better displays and optimizations in iOS, Apple has managed to double the iPad’s display refresh rate. On first-gen Pro models, the display would always refresh at 60Hz but scan for touches at 240Hz when the Pencil was being used, so that drawing with a fine tip on screen could be even smoother and more natural than sketching with a finger.display refresh rate of 120Hz – a breakthrough in the mobile industry – with the same touch sampling rate of 240Hz when the Pencil is used.

In addition, ProMotion – the set of features underlying the new display technology – brings Pencil latency down to 20 milliseconds, and it supports variable display refresh rates to increase battery life by intelligently adapting the display to the content being viewed by the user. Because high refresh rates are taxing on the system and thus demand more power and energy, ProMotion automatically lowers refresh rates to 24Hz for still images and 48Hz for video. This way, content that doesn’t require high refresh rates for an optimal viewing experience still looks great, and the 120Hz refresh rate kicks in when the user is interacting with the iOS interface.

In practice, the result is perhaps not as easily explained as the leap from the iPad 2 to the iPad 3’s Retina display, but it’s also not as minor as the difference between regular and True Tone displays. I’d say that ProMotion sits somewhere in the middle between Retina and True Tone in terms of effect on the average iOS experience. I could work on my iPad without high refresh rates, but I don’t want to go back to a display that isn’t as fluid as the one on the 10.5” iPad Pro.

Besides the sense of increased responsiveness and improved Pencil performance, the 10.5” iPad Pro’s display simply feels nicer and looks like the future. Once you try an iPad Pro with a 120Hz display, there’s no going back.

In addition to ProMotion, the screen’s actual and perceived size plays an essential role in defining this iPad Pro. This isn’t the edge-to-edge iPad that rumors imagined earlier in the year. Apple has taken the same pixel density as the 12.9” iPad Pro (264 ppi – alas, still considerably lower than the iPad mini’s 326 ppi) and introduced a new resolution (2224 x 1668), resulting in a screen size that is nearly 20% bigger than the 9.7” iPad Pro. The 10.5” iPad Pro still has visible bezels, but they’ve been noticeably trimmed down (Apple says by nearly 40% compared to the previous small iPad Pro), especially along the longer sides of the device.

In my experience, the display itself feels bigger than it actually is. By extending towards the corners of the iPad’s body as much as possible, the display seems to disappear into the bezels, which is particularly apparent when you hold the device in portrait mode to read a book or article in Safari.

If you compare a 9.7” to a 10.5” iPad Pro side-by-side, the increase in screen size doesn’t look like a big difference, but everything feels more spacious when you’re holding the new iPad. And because a lot of small-iPad usage tends to happen in portrait as you’re focusing on content, there’s the illusion that your hands are holding a device with no bezels. Once again, it’s hard to describe, and it’s not nearly as impressive when the iPad is docked on a Smart Keyboard in landscape mode, but it feels nicer than the old 9.7” model.

I’ve been thinking about why Apple has spent so much time and effort on what is arguably a minor increase over the 9.7” iPad’s screen size, and I believe the answer lies in the exponential response to incremental improvements. At compact sizes, even the smallest tweaks can have a profound impact on the experience. Apple wanted to extract the maximum sense of niceness and spacious UI from a device that could be small enough to carry around, weigh one pound, and still target a different kind of user than the 12.9” iPad Pro.

I was curious to see if the larger screen could make the 10.5” iPad Pro a viable alternative to multitasking on the 12.9” model, but, as I imagined, working with Split View on this iPad is the same as the 9.7” version, showing enlarged iPhone interfacestwo full-size iPad apps at once. If you were expecting the same Split View experience as the 12.9” iPad Pro, the 10.5” doesn’t allow it.

This limitation is mostly due to 12.9” being a bigger jump than 10.5” is from 9.7”, but resolution is also a factor. While some had assumed that Apple would take the same 2732 x 2048 display of the 12.9” iPad Pro and condense it to a smaller size, the company has introduced a new resolution in the iOS device matrix – a decision, I think, made to hit 264ppi on a 10.5” panel while retaining UI elements that are large and comfortable to tap. Cramming the large iPad’s display into this model might have resulted in a richer multitasking experience at an even smaller scale, but I believe touch usability would have suffered. This resolution feels like the optimal one for this screen.

I’ve been testing this iPad doing what I usually do – research for MacStories articles (including my future iOS 11 review), reading in Safari and Twitter, email, and collaboration with multiple apps in Split View, including Working Copy, Slack, and Messages to communicate with other team members. Coming from a 12.9” iPad Pro, multitasking and interacting with two apps at once isn’t as flexible or fast because you’re dealing with compact UIs that have to pack more elements in toolbars at the top and bottom of the screen.

But as a successor to the 9.7” iPad Pro – which I believe will be the common upgrade path for most users – Split View is slightly superior on the 10.5”: essentially, everything’s a bit taller so you can see a couple of extra lines of text when writing or reading without having to scroll. It’s not a dramatic improvement from the old iPad Pro, but if you go back to the first model after trying the 10.5”, you’ll be able to tell the difference.

I haven’t tested apps and games that target the A10X in the 10.5” iPad Pro, but overall, the device yields unsurprisingly solid performance, which is a good thing. The original iPad Pro’s hardware has always felt too powerful for the software it was running, and I assume we’ll see more practical gains from the A10X later this year once iOS 11 apps start integrating with frameworks such as drag and drop, Core ML, and ARKit. I’ll be curious to see how running iOS 11 with three apps at once (two in Split View plus floating Slide Over) will perform on the original iPad Pro line compared to the new generation using the A10X and ProMotion. The iPad’s new hardware seems almost underused for now (my 10.5” review unit is running the latest version of iOS 10), but I have a feeling that Apple’s future-proofing strategy will pay off with iOS 11 and beyond.

The former is noticeable enough to add up over time and make you prefer the software keyboard of the 10.5” iPad over the 9.7” one. Every key is slightly larger and easier to hit, which doesn’t sound like a big deal until you get used to it and go back to the first-gen iPad Pro’s software keyboard. It’s not as delightfully PC-like as the software keyboard on the 12.9” iPad Pro, but it’s better than before.

The Pencil’s performance improvements enabled by ProMotion are real, and we’re getting closer to the point where drawing with a Pencil on screen has almost no perceptible latency and feels like writing with a marker on glass.

As I’ve written before, I don’t use the Pencil much for actual drawing because I’m not an artist, but I’ve started to enjoy the simple act of handwriting and taking notes in apps like Notability and GoodNotes. I find it relaxing and I like how the Pencil forces me to slow down and think more deeply about the words I’m typing on screen. With the 10.5” iPad Pro, I’m probably not going to benefit from the low latency and smoother ink engine as much as artists and other creative pros will, but I’ve noticed that even adding basic annotations and text comments is more fluid and responsive than it used to be, which is something I can appreciate. Looking ahead at the changes coming to Notes with iOS 11, I suspect I’ll end up using the Pencil regularly for research and brainstorming.

If you use the Pencil a lot, the combination of a lighter iPad with a bigger screen and higher refresh rate is a strong argument in favor of the 10.5” iPad Pro.

Alongside a review unit of the iPad Pro, Apple provided me with a Pencil, a Smart Keyboard, and one of the new leather sleeves that can hold both the iPad and Pencil to be carried around together.

For the Pencil and Smart Keyboard, you can refer to my original review of both accessories from November 2015 as neither sports major changes at this point.

The Smart Keyboard is slightly larger than the old version for the 9.7” iPad Pro, which should be a welcome improvement for existing users, but my overall stance hasn’t changed. My hands are too big for the Smart Keyboard, which I only use if I’m traveling and don’t have enough space to prop up my iPad on a Canopy and type with an Apple Magic Keyboard. My ideal iPad keyboard setup would be a Smart Cover combined with a backlit Magic Keyboard; unfortunately, that still doesn’t exist.

If you liked the Smart Keyboard before, you’ll like this one as well. The materials are the same, the key travel is the same, and it still pairs using the Smart Connector, which is a nicer experience than Bluetooth. I wrote and edited this entire article on the Smart Keyboard for the 10.5” iPad Pro, and I didn’t run into any issues.

The leather sleeve is an interesting idea. Apple gave me a Midnight Blue model that I’ve been using to carry the iPad, Smart Keyboard, and the Pencil together instead of having to place the Pencil in a Belkin case I purchased a few months ago. The Pencil can be placed into an inset at the top of the sleeve that protects the device and ensures it doesn’t fall off, while the iPad goes inside the sleeve that has leather on the top and microfiber lining at the bottom, where the back of the iPad is supposed to rest. To me, it feels like good quality leather and there’s even an etched Apple logo in the back; of course, I can’t judge how the material will age over the next few months.

A common misconception about the leather sleeve is that it can only fit the iPad with no cover attached, but it’s actually the opposite. The leather sleeve is best used when the iPad is attached to a Smart Cover or Smart Keyboard; otherwise, the device will be loose and it might slip out (even when the Pencil is in), which happened to me when I was testing the iPad in the sleeve with no keyboard or cover attached to it.

This leads me to believe that the leather sleeve is primarily targeted at users who keep the Smart Keyboard always on, have a Pencil, and move between offices and different locations on a daily basis for presentations, on-site interviews, and other mobile tasks. If used this way, the leather sleeve is an elegant all-in one accessory. I’ve found myself frequently using it during the week of WWDC to hold the iPad and its accessories together in my bag without having to store them separately.

I’m going to buy a black leather sleeve for every iPad we own in our household – it looks nice, and it fixes a common problem with an attractive solution.

It supports fast charging and USB 3.0 transfer speeds. The new iPad Pro comes with the same fast charging feature of the original 12.9” iPad Pro, and it packs a USB 3.0 controller in the Lightning port that allows for faster data transfers with external storage units and desktop computers. I bet fast charging will propagate to every portable Apple device.

It has a headphone jack. As long as Apple finds room for a headphone jack in their non-iPhone devices, they’re going to offer one. This makes the transition to wireless audio smoother for everyone, particularly pro iPad users who rely on external audio interfaces and music apps.

How many apps can you fit in its dock running iOS 11? Right now (beta 1 of iOS 11), same as the 9.7” iPad Pro: 13 user-added apps, plus up to 3 Siri proactive suggestions for a total of 16 app icons in the iOS 11 dock.

Can you use an old Smart Cover with it? You can attach a 9.7” Smart Cover to the 10.5” iPad, but it’ll be loose and it won’t cover the entire front of the device. You’ll have to buy a new Smart Cover and Smart Keyboard for this iPad.

Pro specs. According to GeekBench, the 10.5” iPad Pro has 4 GB of RAM; the previous 9.7” iPad Pro had only 2 GB of RAM. This could enable more powerful iOS 11 multitasking features that won’t be available to the first-generation small iPad Pro.

It’s not difficult to reach a verdict on the new iPad Pro. If you‘ve used the 9.7” iPad Pro for work every day and want the absolute best in preparation for iOS 11 later this year, you should get the 10.5” iPad Pro. Everything about this iPad is nicer, faster, and a bit more spacious than before to justify the upgrade. If you demand the best from your iPad, this is the new best you can buy.

The conclusion is different if you, like me, have preferred the 12.9” iPad Pro as a large workstation for the past two years. Even if it’s bigger than the 9.7”, the 10.5” iPad Pro can’t compete with its larger counterpart when it comes to Split View and the sheer amount of content displayed on screen. I’m not going to give up my 12.9” iPad Pro for writing articles, doing research, and working with Split View to move data between multiple apps. If you like the best and largest expression of iOS, I recommend getting the new 12.9” iPad Pro.

Personally, after a week of usage, I’ve appreciated the 10.5” form factor and new display so much, I’ve ended up somewhere in the middle. The 10.5” iPad Pro feels great to hold with one hand when catching up on Twitter, reading articles saved in Safari, and putting together advanced automations in Workflow. I’ve missed this kind of portability from the 12.9” iPad Pro, and I‘ve enjoyed having a smaller companion to more comfortably work on planes, in the car, or around the house. Plus, the screen is incredible.

I’m not sure if I’ll end up using multiple iPads in the near future, but I know this: the 10.5” iPad Pro is the nicest, most powerful iPad I’ve used to date.

See: display refresh rate and Touch Coalescing. Effectively, iOS ends up with more scanned touches from the Pencil than necessary for a 120Hz display, but these touches are used to inform iOS’ predictive algorithms and APIs. ↩︎

Even more impressive: if you’re watching a video and taking notes with the Pencil in Split View (video on the left, Notes on the right, for example), the display refreshes at 48Hz for the video, but as soon as you start drawing, the refresh rate automatically goes up to 120Hz for the Pencil. When the Pencil lifts off the screen, it goes back to 48Hz. ↩︎

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When your iPad Pro 10.5 Repair gets broken, a casual wizard won’t draw a fresh new device from his magic hat. You have to choose: you can either buy a new iPad Pro 10.5 Repair, or you can hand your limping device to professionals in high-quality repair services.

Using our iPad Pro 10.5 Repair repair service, you’ll save time and even money, as our professionals won’t accidentally damage your treasured gadget. What’s better, our technicians will always indicate other probable issues with your iPad Pro 10.5 Repair that you may not have noticed yet.

No matter how much care we take of our precious smart devices, accidents still happen. As unintentional as these accidents are, more often than not, they lead to a cracked screen — and that can really ruin your day. What can you do to fix your iPad if this happens to you?

Whether you choose to go through the manufacturer, a third-party repair center, or you make the repairs yourself, we’ll walk you through your different options if you break your iPad’s screen.

Apple’s iPad displays are built differently in different generations. Older iPads and iPad Minis feature a glass and digitizer (responsible for the touch sensitivity) assembly and a separate LCD display underneath. The newer generations of iPad and iPad Pro feature a fused glass, digitizer, and LCD or OLED display much like the newer iPhones.

If the glass on your screen is shattered but you can still the image clearly, then it’s likely only your glass/digi assembly is broken and your LCD is intact. If this is the case and you own one of the older generations of iPad, then you’re in luck, because the top glass/digi layer can be replaced without disturbing the LCD panel beneath. If you own one of the newer generations of iPad, then you’ll to replace the entire fused assembly, regardless of which screen components are broken. This, obviously, makes repairing the newer versions much more costly.

The first thing to do when you’re faced with a cracked or broken iPad screen is to find out what Apple can do and how much it will cost for the iPad maker to fix its product. Even if your iPad is still under the original one-year limited warranty, accidental damage from your cat nudging it off the kitchen table onto your stone floor at precisely the wrong angle is not covered. Apple — which markets some of the most expensive devices on the planet — also charges an arm and a leg to fix them.

Just how expensive the repairs will be depends on the model of the iPad in question — unless you were prescient enough to purchase an extended two year AppleCare Plus warranty for $99, which covers accidental iPad screen damage among many other things.

As you can see, the cost of a screen repair is reasonable under Apple Care+ but quite costly without. If you decide to go with Apple, you can order a temporary replacement iPad with Apple’s Express Replacement Service, even before you turn over your cracked device to Apple.

When you send your damaged tablet to Apple to fix, it can take the company three to five business days to send you a temporary replacement. If you have to mail it to Apple, then add a $6.95 shipping fee — or you can tote it to the nearest Apple Store and drop it off for free.You will also be responsible for any applicable taxes.

If you want Apple to fix your broken tablet, you can start a repair request directly from the Apple website. Apple notes that, “If the issue with your iPad was caused by severe damage from an accident or from abuse, you might have to pay the full replacement value.” Despite all that, having Apple fix your broken iPad screen, or replace it, is probably the best option if you can afford it because your fixed iPad is guaranteed to be be brought back to a state close to new.

While Apple’s automatic one-year limited warranty doesn’t cover accidental damage, some tiny cracks on the screen could be judged as flaws or defects in some cases. It can’t hurt to pop over to a local Apple store to find out if that’s covered. While, ideally, your iPad should be in perfect condition, if the cracks are small enough, you may not have to do anything about them. If Apple won’t cover them under warranty, you could just continue to use your device rather than shell out for an expensive screen repair. In the meantime, you could invest in a protective case or screen protector to prevent further damage.

Having a non-Apple employee lay a paw on your cracked screen automatically voids your warranty. However, if your iPad is past warranty already, there are other possibly less expensive options to consider from third-party vendors, many of which are quite reputable. Also consider the nationwide network of Apple Authorized Service Providers, which may be able to give you a price break for an iPad screen fix. But they’re often not cheap either.

When scouting around for a third-party repair company — whether Apple authorized or independent — make sure you have all the information you need before turning over your device, such as cost, time schedule, warranty, and the source of replacement parts. Always check local reviews to ensure you’re dealing with a reputable outfit.

This option is not for the faint of heart, but if you’re the adventurous type, mechanically inclined, or simply short on cash, some do-it-yourself kits for screen repair are available from iFixIt or on Amazon, and have earned some good reviews from users. Be sure you’re up to the challenge before you start taking your tablet apart. Here are a couple of pointers:

If you buy an off-the-shelf screen repair kit, make sure it is designed for the device you are repairing. One size does not fit all and not all devices have repair kits available.

Determine whether you cracked the top layer of glass or whether you damaged the touch mechanism or LCD as well. Those are separate categories of damage.

As one of the premier vendors for Apple repair, iFixit offers specific repair kits for 16 categories of iPads, which you can identify by model number. The site features a vast variety of teardown and repair videos, replacement kits, tools, and customer support Q&A. For example, the iPad 2 Wi-Fi EMC 2415 Front Panel Replacement, consisting of an iPad Wi-Fi front panel assembly replacement, has a rating of Difficult: It involves 40 steps, takes 1-2 hours, and costs $40. iFixit outlines each step in vast detail, and users can comment and offer advice at each step. Keep in mind that you may accidentally cause damage during the repair that will cost more to fix than having gone to a professional in the first place.

You’ll find lots of kits at Amazon and the prices are low, but the quality of the parts and instructions can vary greatly, so do your homework and check the reviews carefully. Here are a couple of examples:

This complete replacement kit for cracked, unresponsive, and non-functioning screens is a perfect match for the 2017 iPad 9.7 inch (model numbers A1822 & A1823). The package includes one touchscreen with a digitizer, tool kit, and instructions. Along with the necessary tools, this option also comes with a clickable home button. One caveat: The replacement button does not support Touch ID. If you want to retain Touch ID functions, you should use the original home button (provided it still works). When it comes down to a choice between a lack of Touch ID versus a completely shattered screen, we know which option we’ll take.

A solution that is custom for the iPad 2, this screen replacement kit comes with a plastic iPad 2 bezel frame and tools. The digitizer includes adhesive and a home button assembly, so you have everything you need to swap out your iPad 2’s broken screen.

Regardless of where you go for repairs — or if you decide to do the job yourself — be sure toback up your iPadbefore cracking it open. Luckily, much of your data exists in the Cloud anyway. But preserving everything on your iPad requires a bit of planning. You may also consider afactory reset on your iPadbefore handing it over to a third party.

Furthermore, you have the option to reset your iPad to protect your privacy. Before you do this, please know that doing so will immediately remove all of your data. This is why backing up your data is so crucial.  In addition, you should know that all Apple replacement devices will also be cleared. If you want to reset your iPad, it’s a relatively quick and straightforward process to carry over your backup data to your other device while you’re waiting on a repair. If you’re someone who has opted for a total replacement, it will be easy to use your backup to begin again.

You might ask if a repair merits the amount of time and effort involved. It’s essential to consider the price and difficulties of a DIY repair and potential data security concerns when a technician is working on it. Well, if it were apparent whether a repair was deserving of the investment, we wouldn’t have written an enormous blog post wholly dedicated to answering this particular question.

For those of you who currently have AppleCare and a warranty that’s still kicking, or if your device has only minor damages, we think the most beneficial thing you can do is leave the repair to the pros. If you don’t happen to have AppleCare, you’ll most likely end up with some costly repair expenses. At that point, you’d need to take some time to sit down and compare the price of a replacement with the price of a repair. The good news is, if your screen is broken or cracked, you can use that as justification to purchase the latest iPad.

Apple"s new 10.5-inch iPad Pro takes a device that was already a best-in-class tablet and makes it even better, headlined by a larger display with a stunning 120Hz refresh rate. But with a $649 starting price, Apple cuts just a few too many corners for our liking, especially when compared to the value proposition of the recently released $329 9.7-inch iPad.

Priced at $649, the new 10.5-inch iPad Pro comes in with a price tag $50 higher than its predecessor. Apple justifies the price hike with a new entry-level capacity of 64 gigabytes, helping this device to stand out as a true "pro" tablet.

Growing the standard iPad screen size from 9.7 to 10.5 inches is an excellent move from Apple made with minimal compromise. By shrinking the bezels on the sides of the device, the screen gains more valuable real estate without drastically increasing the size of the device.

In fact, when in your hand, the 10.5-inch iPad Pro does not feel perceptibly different. It weighs the same as its predecessor, and it feels similar in the hand. We didn"t really appreciate the size difference until we took a legacy iPad Air 2 with 9.7-inch screen and put it atop of 10.5-inch Pro for a direct form factor comparison.

The slightly larger screen offers one key difference: When used in landscape mode, the onscreen keyboard is now a full-size keyboard, rather than the previous, slightly shrunken typing space. If you"re a touch typist on a regular keyboard, this makes a big difference when tapping out an email onscreen with the iPad Pro.

While the larger screen is appreciated, it"s the entirely new display technology that impresses. Dubbed ProMotion, the technology found in the new iPad Pro enables the screen to run at a stunning 120Hz.

It"s difficult to appreciate the difference this makes in the fluidness of iOS without experiencing the new iPad Pro in person. Simple acts such as scrolling on a website or switching between home screen pages now happen more fluidly, with details and letters crisp as the content moves.

The ProMotion display isn"t quite the upgrade the Retina display was for Apple"s products, but it"s significant. And unlike the True Tone option that launched with the 2016 iPad Pro, we think the 120Hz ProMotion display is a true selling point that will allow the new 2017 model to stand out from the pack even further.

That selling point is especially valuable if you"re an avid Apple Pencil user. The 120Hz display allows the screen to be even more responsive when used with the Apple Pencil, making it feel even more like writing on paper when using the wireless stylus.

Apple says the latency on the new iPad Pros has been reduced to just 20 milliseconds, making it the best in the industry. Simply put, if you"re an artist who wants to draw on a tablet, you want a 2017 iPad Pro.

And thanks to some behind-the-scenes technical wizardry, the higher bandwidth and processing power required for the ProMotion display do not affect battery life. Apple says the display refresh rate adjusts automatically to match the movement of content, in turn reducing power consumption when necessary.

As such, the new 2017 iPad Pro is rated with a 10-hour average uptime on a single charge, and in our testing we found that usage of the new iPad was comparable to past models. We had no problem getting through a couple of days of consistent and heavy usage before needing a recharge.

Finally, the screen is the brightest yet for an iPad. It also carries over the True Tone feature introduced in 2016 for color accuracy, it has an antireflective coating for better use in sunlight and bright rooms, and it"s the first iPad display capable of displaying HDR video content.

The display has always been the centerpiece of the iPad, used for both viewing and interacting with content. The 2017 10.5-inch iPad Pro does not disappoint.

It"s hard to find much fault with the rest of the iPad Pro hardware. At this point, the design has been refined and perfected to a point where there is little much else Apple could possibly do with current technology.

Largely unchanged from the 9.7-inch 2016 iPad Pro, the larger 10.5-inch model boasts the aforementioned thinner bezels. On the bottom it continues to have a physical home button — and unlike the iPhone 7 series, this button still clicks.

Apple says the iPad Pro"s Touch ID sensor has been updated with a second-generation model that is twice as fast, first introduced on the iPhone 6s. Our repeated side-by-side tests showed a new iPad Pro unlocking at the same speed as a 2015 12.9-inch iPad Pro, so we could not tell any difference.

It also has the same same cameras as the iPhone 7, notably a 12-megapixel rear shooter. And yes, the camera bump remains. We question whether such a high quality camera is even necessary on a tablet, particularly if the result is the strange protrusion on the back of the device, but it"s a minor quibble.

Inside is the new A10X processor, which somehow blows away the performance of last year"s iPad Pro and A9X CPU. Apple"s chip design department is operating on another level, so much so that there isn"t really much in the way of software that truly taxes even last year"s iPad Pro, let alone this year"s major upgrade.

We ran the assorted Geekbench benchmarks and saw a multi-core CPU score of 9,322, and a single-core performance of 3,942. The compute Metal score clocked in at 27,288.

An Octane 2.0 browser benchmark returned a score of 31,062, and finally the 3D Mark Slingshot Extreme score was 4,014. RAM has also been bumped to 4 gigabytes.

Frankly the horsepower of the 2017 iPad Pro is absurd, and seems almost unnecessary given the state of tablet software at the moment. We hope the extra overhead pushes developers to truly take advantage of the A10X in the months and years to come.

Oh, and the Lightning port on the bottom features USB 3 speeds, meaning connected accessories can transfer data more quickly, and the device can also charge faster. About that quick charging, though...

Sure, the 120Hz display is, in fact, stunning. And the A10X Fusion chip is more powerful. And the 10.5-inch form factor, with smaller bezels, is an improvement.

But at $649, the 2017 iPad Pro ships with a paltry 12-watt charger, even with faster USB 3.0 charging speeds capable through the updated Lightning port.

This is admittedly less of a concern on the 10.5-inch model with 30.4-watt-hour battery than the 12.9-inch iPad Pro and its 41-watt-hour battery. But regardless, for both models, it is a nearsighted move that should have been addressed in the box.

Apple sells a 29-watt power adapter, albeit with a USB-C connector, that is capable of charging the new iPad Pros much faster. Why didn"t Apple include this in the box? It could be a cost cutting measure, which would be a shame considering the entry price has gone up again.

As a consolation for the $649 price tag, Apple has increased the entry-level capacity to 64 gigabytes, which helps to justify the "Pro" branding. But the Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard remain sold separately.

If you intend to get the most out of the new 10.5-inch iPad Pro, Apple"s 29-watt adapter is $49, a 1-meter USB-C to Lightning cable is $25, Apple Pencil is $99, and the Smart Keyboard (for the 10.5-inch iPad Pro) is $159. Add in all of those accessories, and suddenly a $649 iPad Pro comes to $981.

We"re not saying that Apple should include the Pencil or keyboard in the box, of course. But consumers should consider the extra costs of these accessories, and Apple should consider making the 29-watt power adapter standard, in the box, for all iPad Pro models going forward.

But considering the fact that the iPad Pro is intended to be a standalone device, not dependent upon a full-fledged computer, it"s time for Apple to make the jump with this product line.

The Smart Connector remains a great addition to the iPad Pro, but support for it is limited. It is unclear whether the lack of accessories are a result of Apple restricting access to it, or a lack of interest from third-party manufacturers.

Regardless, the Smart Connector port is there, and if you wish to pony up the extra money for Apple"s Smart Keyboard, it offers a vastly improved text entry experience.

New additions launched earlier this month from Logitech in the form of their Slim Combo keyboards. The 10.5-inch version is more affordable than Apple"s keyboard, at $129.95, and includes a protective case that covers the rear of the iPad.

We tried using our Logitech Base Smart Connector charging station with the 10.5-inch iPad Pro, and it did not work. It is unclear if any changes were made to the Smart Connector with this year"s hardware, but one AppleInsider reader using a new iPad Pro running the iOS 11 beta found that Logitech Base charging dock works as expected, suggesting it could be a software or firmware issue.

Update: Without any changes to the iPad or Logitech Base, Smart Connector charging began working again. Officials from Logitech said the 10.5-inch iPad should work fine with the Base, and Apple said no changes were made in the latest version of the Smart Connector, so we"re chalking it up to a random bug.

Outside of Apple"s Smart Keyboard and a trio of accessory options from Logitech, the potential of the Smart Connector remains untapped. We would like to see more accessories compatible with the magnetic port, including different keyboards and docking station configurations, or whatever else accessory makers can think up.

If you"re in the market for a tablet and you"re weighing your options, the best case against the 10.5-inch iPad Pro comes from Apple itself. Launched earlier this year, the $329 iPad with 9.7-inch Retina display, quite frankly, offers a better value proposition than the 2017 iPad Pro.

Sure, corners were cut to achieve a $329 price. But if you have no intention of buying an Apple Pencil, and you"re content with the many Bluetooth keyboards available for the 9.7-inch frame, we think most buyers will be more than happy with the cheaper model — especially considering the hefty $649 starting price of the iPad Pro.

If you opt for the $329 iPad, you"ll see a reduction in storage from 64 gigabytes to 32. But for just $100 more, and still $220 cheaper than the iPad Pro, you can quadruple that to 128 gigabytes.

Other sacrifices that come from sticking with the entry-level model include the smaller 9.7-inch display, thicker bezels, poorer cameras, and a lack of True Tone and 120Hz ProMotion technology. The screen on the budget iPad also has a slight but noticeable gap between the display and the cover glass, while the iPad Pro display is laminated to the glass.

The A9 chip isn"t quite as beefy as the A10X either, but it"s more than capable of delivering great performance for most users. And most importantly, the A9 will deliver all of the new features coming to the iPad this fall with iOS 11.

We didn"t install iOS 11 on the new 10.5-inch 2017 iPad Pro for the purposes of this review, as we wanted to focus on the current out-of-the-box experience for users running the latest public release of iOS. However, this review would not be complete without at least noting what is to come in the future.

Having beta tested iOS 11 on a 12.9-inch iPad Pro for a few weeks now, we can assuredly say it is a game changer for Apple"s tablet lineup. Going from iOS 11 back to iOS 10 felt like a step backwards in many ways as we tested the new device.

If you buy a new 10.5-inch iPad Pro, you"ll be tempted to install the iOS 11 beta on it, though you probably should not, at least yet — especially if your iPad is a mission-critical part of your daily workflow. Beta software exists for a reason, and in its current pre-release state, iOS 11 still has a number of bugs to iron out.

At the very least, prospective buyers looking to take advantage of all iOS 11 has to offer should wait for the first public beta of the upcoming operating system, which is expected to arrive before the end of the month. But most users who rely on their iPad for day-to-day use should exercise patience and wait for the release of iOS 11 this fall, likely in September.

Your patience will be rewarded, as iOS 11 — and in particular the new app dock and multitasking modes — bring a great deal of professional-grade capabilities to the iPad Pro. We won"t ding the 10.5-inch iPad Pro for running on iOS 10 right now, and we don"t think you should wait for the operating system"s release if you need an iPad right now, but you should know that the experience on the device will be vastly improved in just a few short months.

Last year, we gave the 9.7-inch iPad Pro a score of four out of five. Some of our issues with that release — 2 gigabytes of RAM, a USB 2 speed Lightning port — have been addressed.

The $599 entry price for the 2016 9.7-inch iPad Pro felt steep, especially when previous iPads had debuted at a $499 price. This year, Apple went in the opposite direction, increasing the base cost to $649.

There"s more value in that price, including the 64-gigabyte entry capacity, and the stunning new 120Hz display. But the lack of a 29-watt power adapter in the box is a nearsighted omission that will actually hurt user experience, and asking customers to spend $75 more to gain faster charging capabilities is frankly a mistake.

Those are really the only issues we have with the 2017 10.5-inch iPad Pro. If you typically leave your iPad charging overnight, as we would guess many customers do, then this likely is not a concern for you. You may not notice or care about the faster charging option.

You will, however, notice the 120Hz ProMotion display and its fluid response time. You will notice the world-class hardware design. You"ll notice how fluid iOS runs, how light and thin the iPad Pro is in your hand, and how much impressive technology has been packed into an incredibly thin chassis. And if you want to use the Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard, the iPad Pro is the way to go.

You could get some of that — but not all — for nearly half the price, with Apple"s $329 9.7-inch iPad. The sacrifices you would make would be small but noteworthy. The money you save would also be noteworthy.

If last year"s impressive iPad Pro lapped its true tablet competition, this year"s updates to both the iPad Pro and the 9.7-inch iPad would appear to bump large touch-focused tablets off of the course entirely. In the tablet race, Apple is now essentially competing with itself.

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I couldn’t really find any good information, so here are my thoughts. All photos shot on default iPad Pro 10.5 app/camera, no filters/post-processing (straight out of camera):

The iPad Pro 10.5 inch also has a flash, but based in my experiences, it doesn’t look that great. If you’re thinking about upgrading your iPad to just get a flash; don’t bother.

Do you remember when the iPad first came out, and you saw all these Asian tourists taking photos with the iPad, and how we would make fun of them? Well — you don’t see that too much anymore (because everyone is just shooting with their iPhones or their iPhone pluses).

I actually found shooting on the iPad to be a quite enjoyable experience, in the sense that it is like shooting with a large-format camera: the “viewfinder”/LCD screen is MASSIVE! Which is a unique experience: you see your subject-matter larger-than life. It helped me feel more “immersed” in the photo-making process.

Also shooting on an iPad was good to help me “fill the frame” when composing/framing the scene. Furthermore, it helped me be more conscious about my composition when shooting.

The dynamic range of the camera on the iPad is OK — when you shoot straight into the sun, you don’t have much image fidelity; meaning, it is very easy for the highlights to get blown out (if you still want to capture things in the shadows).

But I found this: if you under-expose your photos when shooting into bright situations, the camera did extremely well. Thus, when you’re shooting on your iPad/iPhone, make sure to expose your scenes properly, and you will find the image quality will look far better.

I also found the color of the tones (when you’re shooting in good light) to look fantastic on the camera. For example, most of the photos I shot in Osaka when testing the iPad Pro camera was during sunlight: when the light was nice and golden. If you’re shooting when the light is too harsh in the middle of the day, your image quality isn’t going to look so good.

The autofocus of the camera is pretty good, and in terms of responsiveness, the camera lags a bit– maybe half a second too slow, when shooting street photography. This is of course when shooting with the default camera app.

You can use third-party apps like “ProCamera“, where you can pre-focus your camera, so there is no camera lag. Try out the ProCamera app if you plan on using your iPhone (or even iPad) for street photography.

In all practicality, I only use the iPad to read ebooks, PDF’s, write in IA Writer, to look at photos, listen to music, etc. I every once in a while use the iPad’s camera to snap photos of random stuff I have lying around for reference, but would never use it seriously as a main camera.

The iPad/iPhone camera quality is very good, but when you see it on the Retina iPad Pro screen, it shows too much of the imperfections of the slightly inferior iPad/iPhone image quality (when compared to the larger image sensors/quality of APS-C, Micro 4/3rds, and full-frame).

Highly recommend iPad 10.5 Inch Pro for other creative outlets (writing on IA writer, drawing sketches/traces on ProCreate app, and looking at photos (the retina screen is amazing on it).