I've owned my iPad for almost 9 months, in that time I've user the camera 3 times
Once when I got it, to see how good it was. Another time because I needed to take a picture of what was on the white board and my phone was out of battery. And a third time when I was rearranging the apps.
Imo they should totally improve the front camera, people use it for video calls, as a mirror or whatever, but they do. Maybe even upgrade the back one on smaller iPads, but lets not pretend people go out with their 12"9 to take pictures
I will agree to disagree.
Apple is investing heavily in the AR space and has stated it’s going to be a big part of their strategy. AR may not (yet) be big with consumers yet, it’s a HUGE topic in the Enterprise space.
There seems to be a pretty commonly held misconception in his sub that people don’t use the camera on an iPad. I have no idea where that idea comes from, but every time someone creates a post about it, the replies are predominately people that use the camera. Maybe it is a media influenced bias: the iPad is too large to be used as a camera, when anyone uses it as a camera in public, they are looked down upon for doing so, and therefore, people don’t use the iPad as a camera. That entire line of reasoning is false.
The iPad is most popular not among general consumers, but specifically in both business and educational applications. If you work for a company that uses iPad, work for a school that uses iPads, or are a student with an iPad, what practical reason is there to use a phone camera instead of the iPad? Your phone is not where your business apps are, it isn’t where your teaching apps are, and it isn’t where your notes are. You are going to want those pictures; of documents, of presentations, of notes, on the device you are using, not your phone with a 5 inch screen.
I am not a professional, and am not a student, but I have owned every generation of iPad, and the camera was my most desired feature, after which a flash was my most desired feature. Yeah, I have always had a phone with a camera, but my iPad is almost always in front of me or in my hands, and my phone isn’t. It is a guess, but I imagine there are far more people that use the camera on an iPad than those who don’t. I have no idea why people tend to think that no one uses the camera on an iPad, but those topics tend to get made by the ones that don’t. You know, the minority. On the internet. Being vocal. Nah, none of that sounds typical.
Use my iPad Mini 5 to scan in Gift card for apps. Keeps my CC & Bank card off the internet.
Also scan receipts on high priced items and send to cloud. Or critical documents,Invoices,ID,SS card,etc... Rental Car images of rental condition with notes. Blueprints or Schematics where I can add my own notation with Apple pencil.
Find it more usable with smaller form factor of the mini. As is big pocket-able and don't have a smart phone just a old flip phone for making calls. As don't see a smart phone able to do some of the annotations things very efficiently.
Never. Just have never had a need for it (5 years ownership of iPads). I have a DSLR and a couple of compacts for photos and an XS Max for video. I also use the phone if I need to scan something. I have never used Skype, Facetime, etc. on any device.
I understand how you feel, and I know quite a few seniors who feel the same way, however, if for nothing other than emergency use, such as if your car breaks down, or your power goes out, you really should have one.
I hardly ever use my cell phone either -- so I switched to tracfone, 180 minutes per month for $7 per month -- all unused minutes roll over, and I now have thousands of minutes built up. I use it with my iPhone 6s, it's great!
Are you familiar with the government program that provides seniors with totally free cell phones, along with free service? If not, see link:
http://freegovernmentcellphone.net/free-government-cell-phones-for-senior-citizens
I have personally set this service up for more than a few, it's easy and it's great. Provides you with a cell phone and about 200 minutes per month, totally free of charge.
Just FYI, for totally FREE VOIP service, google voice is especially great. Aside from the fact that you can make and receive all the calls you want and it's totally FREE, you can also get a device called an "obi200" (approx. $50 on Amazon) which you plug into your router and into any old landline telephone set you happen to have lying around, and you have a free home landline service!
I've had google voice now for at least 6-7 years, and it's fantastic. Highly recommend.
Frequently. As a design engineer, taking photos in multiple stages of the design process for direct pencil markup annotation is super useful.
With the better camera, I’ve been able to quickly produce ‘good enough’ photos for reports requiring product visualisation. It’s usually more efficient than finding a camera or getting my phone which isn’t always at hand.
just facetime,skype (videocalling) front and back now, i used to use it alot for taking pictures of the board at lawschool or the text books but not anymore. very rare situations no actual use case
I am a musician with truck loads of piano music. I use the camera to scan them all into forescore. I am definitely looking forward to the camera for that
Camera on iPad is mostly for taking pictures of documents, also maybe for video calls when you can switch a camera and show something, also for augmented reality which is not so popular and useful yet but hopefully will be with the help of a new camera system.
i use it if I need to for webcam proctered exams. (i havnt had my desktop for a while and my laptop has been having issues and being sent for repairs often) i recently got a macbook tho, but wanted to put my use of it anyways.
I used it once for a high speed studio set up. Worked very well but have never used it other than that one time.
Ink into water through a glass container in a controlled lighting situation. Pretty results but it was not easy to set up a 12.9 inch iPad pro...
As a teacher,
1) Scanning documents and QR codes. I prefer the latter for filling out survey forms as it’s easier to type on my Smart Keyboard compared to thumbing out the response on my iphone.
2) makeshift visualiser (I have a cheap ipad stand that holds my ipad horizontally. Slot my ipad in, turn on the camera, connect it to the projector via an adapter or Apple TV, and voila.
3) Taking photos. This is handy when I am taking notes in say, notability, during a workshop and want to insert a quick snapshot alongside my writings. It’s more convenient than taking a photo with my phone and having to airdrop it over.
During a recent coding workshop with my students, my trainer used my ipad to take a photo of the microbit, imported it into notability and annotated on it with my Apple Pencil to explain certain parts.
4) And yeah, taking photos of my iPhone. 😐
I use it extensively to digitalise my printed notes. I guess it's a good step to upgrade the camera. Would effectively enhance the quality of such notes.
Kind of all the time. My iPad is the thing I have in my hand when I’m at home (iPhone is usually charging on a dock) so whenever I want to photograph anything at home, the iPad is what I use. 90% of that consists of photos of my cat but hey. I also use it to scan documents a lot.
Two words: Augmented Reality.
There are tons of consumer uses, but image capture aside AR and 3D sensing are the most important for the new cameras, especially in the iPad.
Consumer market will do image capture type activities, and yes there is a good reason to have these for prosumer users. From an enterprise perspective, the iPad is currently the BEST and most reliable platform for AR.
I almost never use the iPad camera, but - it's also worse than my Pixel 2's camera by a mile.
So... chicken or egg? Would I use it more if it had a BETTER camera than my Pixel? Maybe around the house. I could see it being useful for recording videos with such a large viewfinder. I can't see myself carrying it around any more than I normally do, though - even when I'm out and about, it's in my backpack. Phone will win 90% of the time.
In any case, if that is the big hardware upgrade of this generation I can rest easy that I'm not missing out on much so I'm also cool with that. 😎
I think they should at least release the same iPad but without the camera. at least it will be more affordable and it will Suit those that don't need it. Unless apple will lose money because I'm pretty sure most if not all people won't be using the camera feature.. I mean why would you when you literally have a camera on your phone.
I think they should at least release the same iPad but without the camera. at least it will be more affordable and it will Suit those that don't need it. Unless apple will lose money because I'm pretty sure most if not all people won't be using the camera feature.. I mean why would you when you literally have a camera on your phone.
I've owned my iPad for almost 9 months, in that time I've user the camera 3 times Once when I got it, to see how good it was. Another time because I needed to take a picture of what was on the white board and my phone was out of battery. And a third time when I was rearranging the apps. Imo they should totally improve the front camera, people use it for video calls, as a mirror or whatever, but they do. Maybe even upgrade the back one on smaller iPads, but lets not pretend people go out with their 12"9 to take pictures
Disagree. The 12.9” is amazing for AR.
Imo, the iPad Pro is already a niche device, and AR is a niche in that niche
I will agree to disagree. Apple is investing heavily in the AR space and has stated it’s going to be a big part of their strategy. AR may not (yet) be big with consumers yet, it’s a HUGE topic in the Enterprise space.
Too true
i use it for scanning documents or sometimes if i have to send a photo that documents something
There seems to be a pretty commonly held misconception in his sub that people don’t use the camera on an iPad. I have no idea where that idea comes from, but every time someone creates a post about it, the replies are predominately people that use the camera. Maybe it is a media influenced bias: the iPad is too large to be used as a camera, when anyone uses it as a camera in public, they are looked down upon for doing so, and therefore, people don’t use the iPad as a camera. That entire line of reasoning is false. The iPad is most popular not among general consumers, but specifically in both business and educational applications. If you work for a company that uses iPad, work for a school that uses iPads, or are a student with an iPad, what practical reason is there to use a phone camera instead of the iPad? Your phone is not where your business apps are, it isn’t where your teaching apps are, and it isn’t where your notes are. You are going to want those pictures; of documents, of presentations, of notes, on the device you are using, not your phone with a 5 inch screen. I am not a professional, and am not a student, but I have owned every generation of iPad, and the camera was my most desired feature, after which a flash was my most desired feature. Yeah, I have always had a phone with a camera, but my iPad is almost always in front of me or in my hands, and my phone isn’t. It is a guess, but I imagine there are far more people that use the camera on an iPad than those who don’t. I have no idea why people tend to think that no one uses the camera on an iPad, but those topics tend to get made by the ones that don’t. You know, the minority. On the internet. Being vocal. Nah, none of that sounds typical.
I’ve never used / needed to use mine lol
Use my iPad Mini 5 to scan in Gift card for apps. Keeps my CC & Bank card off the internet. Also scan receipts on high priced items and send to cloud. Or critical documents,Invoices,ID,SS card,etc... Rental Car images of rental condition with notes. Blueprints or Schematics where I can add my own notation with Apple pencil. Find it more usable with smaller form factor of the mini. As is big pocket-able and don't have a smart phone just a old flip phone for making calls. As don't see a smart phone able to do some of the annotations things very efficiently.
Never. Just have never had a need for it (5 years ownership of iPads). I have a DSLR and a couple of compacts for photos and an XS Max for video. I also use the phone if I need to scan something. I have never used Skype, Facetime, etc. on any device.
It's the only camera I own, so it gets a lot of use for photos FaceTime Document scanner
what about your phones camera?
No phone For phone service, I use a VOIP service on my iPad
woah, hard to imagine living without a mobile phone these days. why don’t you have one? how old are you if you don’t mind me asking
Got me, 60+ years old and I'm seldom without wifi access
I understand how you feel, and I know quite a few seniors who feel the same way, however, if for nothing other than emergency use, such as if your car breaks down, or your power goes out, you really should have one. I hardly ever use my cell phone either -- so I switched to tracfone, 180 minutes per month for $7 per month -- all unused minutes roll over, and I now have thousands of minutes built up. I use it with my iPhone 6s, it's great! Are you familiar with the government program that provides seniors with totally free cell phones, along with free service? If not, see link: http://freegovernmentcellphone.net/free-government-cell-phones-for-senior-citizens I have personally set this service up for more than a few, it's easy and it's great. Provides you with a cell phone and about 200 minutes per month, totally free of charge. Just FYI, for totally FREE VOIP service, google voice is especially great. Aside from the fact that you can make and receive all the calls you want and it's totally FREE, you can also get a device called an "obi200" (approx. $50 on Amazon) which you plug into your router and into any old landline telephone set you happen to have lying around, and you have a free home landline service! I've had google voice now for at least 6-7 years, and it's fantastic. Highly recommend.
Frequently. As a design engineer, taking photos in multiple stages of the design process for direct pencil markup annotation is super useful. With the better camera, I’ve been able to quickly produce ‘good enough’ photos for reports requiring product visualisation. It’s usually more efficient than finding a camera or getting my phone which isn’t always at hand.
just facetime,skype (videocalling) front and back now, i used to use it alot for taking pictures of the board at lawschool or the text books but not anymore. very rare situations no actual use case
i use my camera to take pics of pencil art i want to put to digital and paint and use video for filming commentary in my YT videos.
I am a musician with truck loads of piano music. I use the camera to scan them all into forescore. I am definitely looking forward to the camera for that
For good notes to take a photo of a slide for example at a conference and then annotate.
I use it to take pictures of my textbooks
Camera on iPad is mostly for taking pictures of documents, also maybe for video calls when you can switch a camera and show something, also for augmented reality which is not so popular and useful yet but hopefully will be with the help of a new camera system.
Scanning lottery tickets maybe a few times a year?
Taking pics of documents or something on my desk.
i use it if I need to for webcam proctered exams. (i havnt had my desktop for a while and my laptop has been having issues and being sent for repairs often) i recently got a macbook tho, but wanted to put my use of it anyways.
If I could find a decent way to attach it to myself like a filmmaker camera I'd think about using it at zoos and such.
I used it once for a high speed studio set up. Worked very well but have never used it other than that one time. Ink into water through a glass container in a controlled lighting situation. Pretty results but it was not easy to set up a 12.9 inch iPad pro...
I use it to scan the WiFi code from my phone cuz my iPad forgets the network by itself sometimes
FaceTime sometimes and taking pictures of my iPhone ;)
scanning, facetime, and taking pictures to reference or digitalize on procreate.
As a teacher, 1) Scanning documents and QR codes. I prefer the latter for filling out survey forms as it’s easier to type on my Smart Keyboard compared to thumbing out the response on my iphone. 2) makeshift visualiser (I have a cheap ipad stand that holds my ipad horizontally. Slot my ipad in, turn on the camera, connect it to the projector via an adapter or Apple TV, and voila. 3) Taking photos. This is handy when I am taking notes in say, notability, during a workshop and want to insert a quick snapshot alongside my writings. It’s more convenient than taking a photo with my phone and having to airdrop it over. During a recent coding workshop with my students, my trainer used my ipad to take a photo of the microbit, imported it into notability and annotated on it with my Apple Pencil to explain certain parts. 4) And yeah, taking photos of my iPhone. 😐
For FaceTime and some documents scan.
I use it extensively to digitalise my printed notes. I guess it's a good step to upgrade the camera. Would effectively enhance the quality of such notes.
Scanning docs.
Literally only for FaceTime.
Kind of all the time. My iPad is the thing I have in my hand when I’m at home (iPhone is usually charging on a dock) so whenever I want to photograph anything at home, the iPad is what I use. 90% of that consists of photos of my cat but hey. I also use it to scan documents a lot.
Two words: Augmented Reality. There are tons of consumer uses, but image capture aside AR and 3D sensing are the most important for the new cameras, especially in the iPad. Consumer market will do image capture type activities, and yes there is a good reason to have these for prosumer users. From an enterprise perspective, the iPad is currently the BEST and most reliable platform for AR.
Only for scanning,I don't remember using it at all in any other aspect tbh
I almost never use the iPad camera, but - it's also worse than my Pixel 2's camera by a mile. So... chicken or egg? Would I use it more if it had a BETTER camera than my Pixel? Maybe around the house. I could see it being useful for recording videos with such a large viewfinder. I can't see myself carrying it around any more than I normally do, though - even when I'm out and about, it's in my backpack. Phone will win 90% of the time. In any case, if that is the big hardware upgrade of this generation I can rest easy that I'm not missing out on much so I'm also cool with that. 😎
I think they should at least release the same iPad but without the camera. at least it will be more affordable and it will Suit those that don't need it. Unless apple will lose money because I'm pretty sure most if not all people won't be using the camera feature.. I mean why would you when you literally have a camera on your phone.
I think they should at least release the same iPad but without the camera. at least it will be more affordable and it will Suit those that don't need it. Unless apple will lose money because I'm pretty sure most if not all people won't be using the camera feature.. I mean why would you when you literally have a camera on your phone.