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I wanted a big screen iPad for animating with Rough Animator. Ever since I sold my 2015 iPad Pro I have wanted another 12.9″ iPad for animating. I finally found a good deal on Swappa and bought it. BTW, this used iPad Pro is way better than what I animated Traveling Gringos on (video link below). Here’s the lowdown on today’s episode of the Expat Animator!
This is the tablet I used to animate Traveling Gringos:
https://youtu.be/8UL2g-c5z9Q
My “Expat Animator” video series is where I help beginners, hobbyists, and independent animators create 2D animations.
Episode 098
thank you
I bought a 12.9 ipad pro second gen 256gb yesterday, meaning 2 weeks before 2025.
@ExpatAnimator Is it eligible for iOS 18? Does it show? Or last is 17.7 / 17.6.1 ?
At the Gen 2 Hoarders 🙂 Which iOS would you say has/ had best 1. Battery Life / 2. Performance? How good/ bad is iOS 17.6.1 / 17.7 compared to that? Trying to avoid iOS 18 & its AI + Privacy intrusions.
Part of me was thinking to go upgrade to the Ipad m4 model, 1 TB space etc- with magic keyboard and all that; Think when i added it up it came up to like 2100$ USD if not more
Gonna rock my ipad 2ng gen pro till the end- I am just wary that they may stop support for it; ( Reason why this matter is that i use it personally in my job for taking notes on onenote and sync to my work laptop- which requires like latest IOS to maintain a link/ work profile- still think this is minor and i wan work around that, somewhat
Thats not worth 2500$ hahah
I like how you explained getting value for money
When this blows out,i might get the M2 or M1 ipad;
Ipads are really good , long lasting products
2017 2nd gen 12.9 inch user here still; I am wondering when they will stop giving support to this model;
Works like a charm, got my moneys worth; got one for my wife as well;
Not an ipad user (yet) but i tried something cheap first to test. Choices are between samsung spen or non existent pencil support ipad in this price range. So i bought samsung one which is kinda limited in some way but enough for my rough animator app and medibang for comic. For comparison the software is like ipadOS 14 (Android 7) but run on A6 processor still 32 bit.
The price though is interesting, 50 buck for 8 inch and 16 gig storage can be increased with sdcard. LTE support and lastly easy replaceable battery if i need to. Honestly just buy newer one from samsung like S6 lite or A 9 with spen from 2019. Thanks for making this video so i knew which ipad i can buy next time
It’s a great iPad. Still rocking mine since 2017
Excellent review I literally just bought a used 512gb 12.9 2nd gen last week loving it 2024
Great video and amazing explanation for a great point of view 👍 keep up the great work
Honest man I like you
Hi there, bit late to this video but I'm considering the 2nd gen iPad Pro 12.9 simply for eBooks/eMagazines (Readly) plus possibly drawing. I can get one for £225 which seems reasonable to myself and no PWM!! Thoughts appreciated
Hey there! I am looking into the used iPad market and I found a pretty good deal on a 12.9 inch 2nd generation iPad Pro. I’m thinking of getting it for school so it’s mainly for note taking, annotating PDFs and watching some YouTube. Would you recommend the tablet for these purposes? Thank you!
what is a cheap ,not too old ipad you would recommend? also do you buy used from CeX and other websites or brand new from apple
Are you running ProCreate on the 2017 iPad Pro ? Does that work well, too ?
I bought a very early iPad Pro with pencil and I have no intention of upgrading, rough animator works perfectly on it, I would not benefit from upgrading
Iam big fan you ❤
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