They might make some changes, but I can't see the shape and size changing
Maybe a processor tweak and screen
Maybe a processor tweak and screen
I wonder if they ipad 4 release was just a special case so that their entire lineup of iOS devices can be on the same lightning cable standard. Perhaps they continue with the annual March releases as normal here on out.
I think that view also depends on the capability of the "lower-end" devices and the need for "higher-end" devices.
Umm..nope.
Why would apple do that twice?
Make Ipad out-of-date within 6 month. In future, no one would buy Ipad again.
Why would apple do that twice?
Make Ipad out-of-date within 6 month. In future, no one would buy Ipad again.
Totally agree with that, besides there is just too much competition for Apple to do a 12 month iPad refresh. On the iPod side it's easier to get away with a longer refresh because the iPod still has a huge marketshare.The days of technology staying "current" for more than 6 months are over. All of the people complaining are going to have to get used to it.
Operating systems used to last 3 or 4 years before being replaced, now they get replaced every 12 months (both Microsoft and Apple are on yearly updates now).
I think that view also depends on the capability of the "lower-end" devices and the need for "higher-end" devices.
The processing is already faster in a top iPad than it was on a 2004-model Mac notebook. Aside from connectivity, the iPad has a smaller form and greater capability; however, the iPad's OS doesn't allow it to function quite as versatile as an older notebook.
Yet.
Processor development is rocketing for the iDevices. Within a few years we could have some extremely strong processing in tablets as the nm's decrease and power consumption lowers. Couple that with a lack of necessity for most people to own or use a desktop, because the tablets can do everything (sooner or later) that 99% of the market needs to do on a computer.
It will be a long time before we see desktops vanish. Probably never. Within this decade the tablet will be strong enough to bump off the tabletops in most homes, if companies are smart enough to develop the tablet as a desktop-mobile solution.
People already speculate that Apple could make a fusion OS in the future. I get the feeling iOS will overtake their products as iOS inflates usefulness, while the OSX platform will be wedged into "professional" computing. We'll probably see a full iOS-within-OSX platform in the next couple years.
If the notebook didn't kill the desktop, the tablet CERTAINLY won't. The desktop isn't going anywhere. A lot of people actually enjoy sitting at a desk while working, surfing, etc. on a large monitor.
Maybe it didn't kill the desktop, but it sure seems like the desktop took a beating!
Soon we'll just hook super smartphones with laser keyboards into monitors.
Idiotic statement of the month award goes to...!
Search for old thread!!! and see how people react to apple cutting out Ipad 3 after six month and remove them from the store. Macrumors need to have approval system from new comers.
I think that view also depends on the capability of the "lower-end" devices and the need for "higher-end" devices.
The processing is already faster in a top iPad than it was on a 2004-model Mac notebook. Aside from connectivity, the iPad has a smaller form and greater capability; however, the iPad's OS doesn't allow it to function quite as versatile as an older notebook.
Yet.
Processor development is rocketing for the iDevices. Within a few years we could have some extremely strong processing in tablets as the nm's decrease and power consumption lowers. Couple that with a lack of necessity for most people to own or use a desktop, because the tablets can do everything (sooner or later) that 99% of the market needs to do on a computer.
It will be a long time before we see desktops vanish. Probably never. Within this decade the tablet will be strong enough to bump off the tabletops in most homes, if companies are smart enough to develop the tablet as a desktop-mobile solution.
People already speculate that Apple could make a fusion OS in the future. I get the feeling iOS will overtake their products as iOS inflates usefulness, while the OSX platform will be wedged into "professional" computing. We'll probably see a full iOS-within-OSX platform in the next couple years.
They must stick to this new cycle or they're going to create headaches for themselves. Three short lived cycles in a row could permanently kill the iPad hype machine. I don't think Apple is this stupid, and if they suddenly do become this stupid, we're in for sad times.
It simply cannot happen, and if it does, I may just lose a whole lot of faith in Apple.
No, not because I'll be all uptight about having my device prematurely discontinued, but because if they start getting unpredictable with their iPad releases, they lose the hype. The queues, the buildup, nobody really knew the iPad 4 was coming until it did (some people still don't know, but that's another matter entirely...). Hype equals sales.
If they make it five in March, it will be without a new chipset (A7X) because they must debut the standard A7 first, probably in the iPhone 5S which at this stage looks set to stick with its usual Q3 cycle. This means they would have to update the iPad AGAIN in Q3 or 4 to include an A7X, creating another year with two iPad releases, resulting in them having pissed off everyone who bought the iPad 3 in the seven months before the iPad 4, the iPad 4 in the five months before the iPad 5, and the iPad 5 in the six/seven months before the iPad 6.
They must stick to this new cycle or they're going to create headaches for themselves. Three short lived cycles in a row could permanently kill the iPad hype machine. I don't think Apple is this stupid, and if they suddenly do become this stupid, we're in for sad times.
Would Apple then move to twice yearly software updates too? I still don't understand this need to have new product every 6 months. Is there really that much revolutionary stuff happening in tech that warrant such frequent product refreshes?Pure speculation. If we get accustomed to seeing Apple products twice a year we may wonder how we ever got along with yearly updates. The product in the stores will always be new.
Updates twice a year smooths out the production cycle. Instead of a huge burst once a year the factory has two smaller increases to deal with.
It also helps Apple combat the competition. Not many can keep up with this schedule at the volumes needed to be a world wide competitor.
Note, I have no idea if Apple is moving to a twice yearly update schedule, though that is the rumor.
We're not really that far from this scenario, are we? I mean, our laptops are really quite powerful - I've just ordered a big monitor for my MBA 11" so I can enjoy the big screen at my desk with a quite small laptop that is actually much more powerful than my "long in the tooth" iMac desktop. Next is that we'll connect our tablets in some similar manner and use them as "desktops". The term "desktop" in the future will mean a monitor, keyboard and pointing device on a desk you plug some other device into - the CPU will be laptop (today), tablet (tomorrow) and/or phone (just a smaller tablet, right?). You could come home, plug your iPhone in and have a full-sized keyboard, mouse/trackpad and monitor that runs apps we only used to run on a powerful desktop. We're getting there and it won't be long, will it, till we see this? How exciting.