Hi People
Now that apple have released a few new toys EG new iPhone, iPad Pro and iPad mini 4 I am planning on buying either a iPad Pro or iPad mini 4 over the next few months.
I plan on buying one of these as a device for development and testing of IOS apps I am trying to develop along with using the iPad as a general device for learning about IOS 9 features and any IOS apps I want to learn. I would like this device to be future proof for at least 2/3 years aswell
Here is the dilemma, which one do I choose. Do I spend a smaller amount of money on a iPad mini 4 and live with what the iPad mini 4 can do or do I spend more money on the iPad pro and get the all singing dancing device. I don't have any experience of running developed apps on hardware devices as yet but want to make the right decision when getting one before I spend my money, but I also don't want to over spec on a device if there is no need to.
I also have a food for thought which may push me to wards the iPad pro even though I have not read any info on this at all and it just my own thoughts. If the iPad pro is aimed at the enterprise market do people have any knowledge or thoughts on the possibility of apple releasing a version of xCode that could run on the iPad pro, and would it be accessible with voice over if they did release a version for the iPad pro.
I have posted this just to try and get a general brain storm on the subject and I would appreciate any thoughts on this even if they are just peoples own thoughts.
Many Thanks
John
Comments
The Mini is probably fine
Hello,
The Mini will very probably do what you want. It's nearly as powerful as the Air 2, and offers all the latest features--Apple Pay (I believe), Touch ID, and so on. It will be a very capable device for a long time. The only question is whether it will support side-by-side apps, but even if it doesn't, developing for that shouldn't be hard. You'd just use size classes anyway.
Xcode for iOS is, I feel, unlikely, but that's my own opinion based on nothing solid. Accessibility is a good question, and one I can't really answer.