Comment by jmyeet

So I agree the iPad range is more complicated than it needs to be but I'm not as enthralled by the Macbook Neo as the author.

For one thing, a base iPad is US$349. Sure you need a keyboard too but it is less than $599. And the core of the Macbook Neo is a previous generation iPhone chip whereas the latest iPad has an M14.

If anything, a better melding of these product lines looka a lot more like the Huawei Mate Book Fold [1].

My biggest issue with Apple's current lineup is actually Face ID. I dearly love my iPad Air because it's about the last Apple device I own that still uses Touch ID.

Nobody will change my mind about Face ID. It's terrible. I'm fine if others want to use it. But please just put Touch ID on the button like the iPad Air on every device, particularly the iPhone.

Face ID terrible for visually impaired people who have to look closer at the screen. This is a common cause for Face ID failures where you have to move the device away from your face for it to work. And you rack up false posiitves this way. Apple is way too zealous with how many false negatives force a passcode entry. I know in the Touch ID entry I barely have to use my passcode. With my current iPhone I have to use it many times a day.

And then Face ID just fails all the time in low light conditions such that you have to light up your face with an external light to make it work. The iPad's screen light by itself isn't enough.

So much for "seamless".

So if you solved this problem there's no real reason to separate the iPad Pro and iPad Air lines.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvXZQ4Tv-pY