One of the biggest knocks on the iPad as a product is how difficult it is to read outdoors. I’m always moving around to create a shadow on the screen so I can see the words. It’s just how it is.
I’ll admit, I listened to Apple talk about True Tone with some skepticism. Having the power and clarity of a Retina Display and be able to see it outdoors seemed a bit much to expect.
After I unpacked my iPad and set it up, I took it outside, put in direct sunlight and sat down. To my utter amazement, I could see the screen perfectly. True Tone is like magic.
At one point the screen went to sleep—when I turned it back on, there was a couple of seconds when you could see True Tone adjusting the display for the ambient light around me, which in this case was direct sunlight. I had to look really quick to see it, but it was there.
It doesn’t matter where you are, the True Tone sensors are always monitoring your surroundings to give you optimal viewing. If you take it inside, it monitors the lighting in your house and adjusts the display for those conditions too.
As a test, I held my iPhone 6s Plus next to the iPad Pro and I had difficulty reading the iPhone screen. That’s not new, it’s just the way things are with devices in direct sunlight—I expect to shimmy around until I have a shadow on the screen so I can see it.
