My 2017 ipp still working well.
Coming 3 years liao.
It's so good that i bought a second 2017 ipp for my family during clearance sale
Mine’s not so lucky as yours.
Got it as a birthday present in May 2018. A few mths later the screen has a brighter spot (known issue, abt 1” above home button). Brought it back to Apple Store to get a 1-1 replacement. Used it for another few mths, same thing happened and brought it back to get another 1-1 replacement just before warranty expires.
So I used it as per normal until several mths later the brighter spot started to appear again, but slightly less obvious. I didn’t bother about it since warranty is over, but soon after that another problem appeared and that is the touchscreen having intermittent non-response. At first only happened for a very short while then recovered on its own, but as time goes by it seems to get more frequent and I’ve to restart the iPad, even do restoration but still the same. Until one fine day in Jan this year, it died completely. The iPad can still turn on and the screen still shows images but totally no more response from touch input. So I brought it back to Apple Store and was told if needed a replacement will have to pay $600+.
I rejected the replacement and bought the 2018 Pro instead soon after that and enjoyed using it until now and it’s a lot better than the 10.5” Pro. Yes a huge hole burnt in my pocket but worth it since I’ll be using this for at least another 2 years. The latest model doesn’t tempt me since only camera and LiDAR upgrades (since I don’t use iPads to take pics) and also a slightly faster processor with wifi 6 support.
Unless the improvements are more significant, I’m stuck with my current 2018 Pro.
