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Thinner, Lighter 5th Generation iPad to Arrive in March 2013?
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Agreed, but by making the screen bigger rather than shrinking the body. I can actually see the iPad become 12". That would be great!
5th Generation iPad....
Currently I am thinking of mini iPad. But after seeing this thread I have to wait for 2-3 months if 5th Generation device will come.
Don't worry, the cycle will eventually be a new ipad every 3 days at $1000 a pop, and what's the bet people (read fanboys), will still all get excited. rolleyes:
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I can't believe people still spout this BS. The only thing Apple is missing without Steve is an über salesman that could make everything seem magical.
I wish people on here would realise that you don't need to get every generation of ever Apple product. So you some of you have only just got the 3rd or 4th iPad or iPad mini, so what, you don't need to change that 6 months later just because a new one is out, yours still works just as well as the day you bought, it does everything it did on the day you got it. Stop grieving, update it when it's necessary and you can afford too, not the day Apple releases a new version.
Look at this:
http://gdeluxe.com/ipad-mini-black-white-unibody/
Ipad mini has a stunning back like Iphone 5.
The sooner this becomes real and a 9.7" tablet the better!
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Also just spotted this Ipad 4 with a slate black design:
http://www.policymic.com/articles/1...-features-apple-now-controls-the-ebook-market
Must be fake as I think Apple would make it thinner than that.
http://gdeluxe.com/ipad-mini-black-white-unibody/
Ipad mini has a stunning back like Iphone 5.
The sooner this becomes real and a 9.7" tablet the better!
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Also just spotted this Ipad 4 with a slate black design:
http://www.policymic.com/articles/1...-features-apple-now-controls-the-ebook-market
Must be fake as I think Apple would make it thinner than that.
So because they have increased the product cycle timelines it means they are less innovative?
This sounds like sour grapes to me. Loads, most manufacturers are now gluing things together so you can't fixit/upgrade it, it's they way the world is going, this means the little computers stores on high streets go out of business because they can no longer fix stuff, it means you have to visit and Apple or Microsoft store instead. Apple are guilty of only the same thing everyone else is. How long do Dell take to bring out new PC's?, how long does a computer stay on the bench inside a store?, how often do Samsung bring out a new phone? The answers, all the time, not long, weekly maybe, every 6 months their leading handset is replaced, S3, then the note (larger version of the S3), and now the S3 mini, before long the S4 will be out.
I have an iPad3 and I'm going for the Mini with Retina when it comes out.
For the size and form factor, it's just a superior portable device and you really don't lose much screen real estate between the two sizes...I was kinda shocked when comparing them side by side in Best Buy. Being able to just throw it in a jacket pocket or average size purse it pretty key. The 7'ish inch form factor is where it's at for a lot of people.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Apple increase the iPad screen size to 11" and make it the more "at home/at work" tablet (while possibly somehow making an OSX version of it down the road).
Mini is going to be best seller now over the iPad.
For the size and form factor, it's just a superior portable device and you really don't lose much screen real estate between the two sizes...I was kinda shocked when comparing them side by side in Best Buy. Being able to just throw it in a jacket pocket or average size purse it pretty key. The 7'ish inch form factor is where it's at for a lot of people.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Apple increase the iPad screen size to 11" and make it the more "at home/at work" tablet (while possibly somehow making an OSX version of it down the road).
Mini is going to be best seller now over the iPad.
Well I bought a previous Macbook Air release (2010 model) when the 2011 model came out. It was cheaper by a few hundred dollars. Up to today, I am still happy with it. I have bought a host a new apple products but have never felt the need to have the latest and the best of each product category.
In order to determine whether the super thin and light weight iPad is innovative or not, we need to find out how many new patents filed on this new product (by Apple and/or components vendors)
I hope Apple did not file patents on "thin" or/and "lightweight".
I sort of look at this like PCs in the late 1990s and early 2000s. HP, Compaq, Dell - all those brands, they had multiple models coming out every 3 months or so, with bumped specs like a faster CPU, more HDD space, and a CDRW drive or something. It was like every single day the new Compaq Presario had the latest and greatest in it.
Everything was just getting better and better each and every time until finally it reached plateau.
Expect the same in the tablet world in the upcoming years.
Everything was just getting better and better each and every time until finally it reached plateau.
Expect the same in the tablet world in the upcoming years.
Dear Santa,
please bring me the thinner, lighter, faster, sharper, longer lasting iPad 5 with IGZO screen! March delivery is fine! Heh hehhh!!
I'd like to upgrade to Retina from iPad 2. But it must have IGZO or something similar as I want a less power hungry device. Thinner doesn't worry me so much, power consumption does.
Anyway, Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to everyone!!!
May Santa bring you lots of nice iPresents!
please bring me the thinner, lighter, faster, sharper, longer lasting iPad 5 with IGZO screen! March delivery is fine! Heh hehhh!!
I'd like to upgrade to Retina from iPad 2. But it must have IGZO or something similar as I want a less power hungry device. Thinner doesn't worry me so much, power consumption does.
Anyway, Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to everyone!!!
May Santa bring you lots of nice iPresents!
Software updates are a totally different game. Folks are acting like the iPhone 4 just up and stopped working because the 4s was announced and so on.
This is a huge damned if they do or they don't game. If they update every six months to keep up with advancing tech they are griped at for updating too much
If they stick to the one year they are griped at for having 'old' parts when something new is out.
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Think a big iPad mini. That's what they are saying the design of the 5 will be
Not really a flaw but a design decision. Retina displays require about twice the battery of a non and the iPad mini had a battery that is only like 60% the size of the one in full sized iPad. Given that battery life is very important in a portable device, Apple picked keeping that over the 'better' display.
And ask yourself this, had you not read those reviews would you say that the Mini has a flawed display. Or would have been happy with it as it is even though the dpi is only like 70% of a retina display
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And how much battery life will be killed powering a device with a display that doesn't look any better to the common person than one with a 350ish dpi
I know they want to update their release cycle partially because people stop buying devices a few months before the expected release of new ones causing weak selling quarters and less stable revenues.
But I feel like coming out with a new one every five months is just going to get people to keep putting off their purchases for the new one around the corner.
But I feel like coming out with a new one every five months is just going to get people to keep putting off their purchases for the new one around the corner.
Samsung and Asus make great products.
Knocking other companies is fine when they make crappy stuff. But you're just adding to this abrasive Apple cult mentality that rubs everyone the wrong way.
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LOL, your iOS products have most of the hardware made by Samsung as well. Your iOS products are only ASSEMBLED BY APPLE'S CONTRACTED MANUFACTURER
Stop buying Apple iOS products then
Are we talking about overall product quality now?
I said some tablets have better displays than the iPad, you were like prove it.
I listed a few which are notable good and now your just dismissing your previous post.
Also Apple products are designed by Apple, use mostly parts made from Samsung, and is assembled in China.
LOL
For every person who bought the ipad 4, there's 5 more who have the ipad 2 or who don't have an ipad at all. Apple will sell the ipad 5 to them - if that bothers you, too bad.
Apple is in the continual pursuit of excellence. I don't care if they release a new one every 6 months. I won't buy them all but I'll pick and choose my upgrades when there's a noticeable change or improvement. Case in point - I bought the 2011 Sandy Bridge macbook air. Then they released the ivy bridge the next year. I didn't go out and sell my macbook and buy the newest version. However when intel releases new cpu's that can compete with discrete graphics, I'll probably upgrade. Maybe I'll get haswell, maybe the one after that - who knows. It's still the best laptop I've ever owned. When I bought it, ultrabooks didn't exist. The closest thing in the pc market was much more expensive. It was worth what I paid and I don't regret my purchase one bit.
Apple is in the continual pursuit of excellence. I don't care if they release a new one every 6 months. I won't buy them all but I'll pick and choose my upgrades when there's a noticeable change or improvement. Case in point - I bought the 2011 Sandy Bridge macbook air. Then they released the ivy bridge the next year. I didn't go out and sell my macbook and buy the newest version. However when intel releases new cpu's that can compete with discrete graphics, I'll probably upgrade. Maybe I'll get haswell, maybe the one after that - who knows. It's still the best laptop I've ever owned. When I bought it, ultrabooks didn't exist. The closest thing in the pc market was much more expensive. It was worth what I paid and I don't regret my purchase one bit.
With more & more sources reporting iPad 5 in March it seems this may indeed happen. What's particularly disturbing is the precedent it sets, if only for Apple. If lighter as reported lots of iPad 3 & 4 owners excluding myself will be pissed. Whether you want one or not it's adverse to resale values.
Also it's likely Apple will drop support for past models earlier than is already the case. It's a trend that is not in Apples best interest. Yet they know exactly how much they can take advantage of us & suffer no consequences. At least in the short term.
Here's the link.
Rumored iPad 5 to be thinner -- and land in March
http://www.latimes.com/business/tec...er-and-land-in-march-20121224,0,2607697.story
Also it's likely Apple will drop support for past models earlier than is already the case. It's a trend that is not in Apples best interest. Yet they know exactly how much they can take advantage of us & suffer no consequences. At least in the short term.
Here's the link.
Rumored iPad 5 to be thinner -- and land in March
http://www.latimes.com/business/tec...er-and-land-in-march-20121224,0,2607697.story
LOL, your iOS products have most of the hardware made by Samsung as well. Your iOS products are only ASSEMBLED BY APPLE'S CONTRACTED MANUFACTURER
Stop buying Apple iOS products then
Just because some companies make some good parts, does not mean that their attempt at a finished product is commendable.
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I didn't mean Samsung's products are all commendable, buy we all have to accept the fact that Apple products contain lots of Samsung hardware.
Hating Samsung doesn't always make Apple looks cool.
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