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I have the 4th gen (2020) iPad Pro with the A12X Bionic, the same chip they put in the Apple Silicon transition dev kits. With iPadOS 26 it's become barely usab
by thewebguyd 1y ago
I have the 4th gen (2020) iPad Pro with the A12X Bionic, the same chip they put in the Apple Silicon transition dev kits. With iPadOS 26 it's become barely usable, despite still being performant as ever on iPadOS 18. I'm talking huge drop in performance, stutters and slow downs everywhere.
I was considering just replacing the battery and keeping it for several more years but now I feel forced to upgrade which has me considering whether I still want/need an iPad since I'd also have to buy a new magic keyboard since they redesigned it, and they bumped the price ($1299 now vs. $999 when I got the 4th gen) so I'd be looking at $1700. Trying to hold out for an iPad Air with ProMotion.
I may be in the minority here, but I think 5 years is too short of a lifespan for these devices at this point. Early days when things were advancing like crazy, sure. But now? I have 8 year old computers that are still just fine, and with the M-series chips I'd expect at least 10 years of usable life at minimum (battery not withstanding)
- qingcharles 1y agoThat's weird. I have an 8th Gen iPad, the slowest device that can run iPadOS 26, and everything is fine on that old thing. (except the OS takes up the majority of the storage)
- thewebguyd 1y agoInteresting. Might try a factory reset then and see. There's noticable lag for me, it's especially slow when switching apps or bringing up the keyboard, as well as on first unlock. Interacting within a single app is still fine, it's interacting with the OS that's really sluggish.
- gosub100 1y agoTotal guess but is there a tiny fan inside that got filled with dust? Maybe it's thermal throttling.
- sgerenser 1y agoApple has never made an iPad with a fan
- NetMageSCW 1y agoHow long have you been running on 26? Every iOS/iPadOS update takes a few days to stabilize.
- yencabulator 1y ago> Every iOS/iPadOS update takes a few days to stabilize. What in the actual world of software engineering?
- radnor 1y agoIt's not new. With every new iOS release the device can often spend a day or two churning and indexing stuff.
- dwood_dev 1y ago8th Gen iPad is about the same on iPadOS 26 as 18 for me, which is slow. The 32GB really handicapped it for even being usable as to even upgrade it, I have to factory reset it first. I'm replacing it with a Mini. The iPad Air 13 with a M3 is a really nice experience. Very fast device.
- techstrategist 1y agoweird, my iPaid Air 3 which should have the same specs has been really for at least a year. Plenty of free storage, not so many apps, all visual enhancements turned off.
- qingcharles 1y agoI think you accidentally a word?
- cgh 1y agoI have a 3rd Gen iPad Pro from 2018 and iPadOS 26 runs fine.
- misiek08 1y agoI have perfectly fine Mini 2 Retina, but because they blocked Safari updates and faked AppStore connectivity issues - I have just perfect display with still good battery than can be used as bread cutting board :(