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Apple Suppliers Gearing Up to Produce New iPads, Larger Model to Feature Anti-Reflective Coating
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Exactly.
Anyone who thinks there isn't plenty of room for improvement in the hardware, as well as the software, has a very poor imagination.
Usually I post it in an iPhone 6 article. It is on topic and valid discussion. In this thread it was a joke.
Agreed. I read this on bloomberg before reading it here and in the context of the whole article it seems like this is just one concrete piece of info the author wanted to throw in. I certainly didn't get the impression that the iPad Air 2 would be the exclusive recipient of such a feature.
Also is it sad that anti-reflective glass actually makes me wish I could upgrade from my iPad Air? I love the idea of an iPad that is easier to use in sunny situations. (but I will try to have will power).
Ridiculously enough, this could be the 3rd iPad I buy. I had a gen 3, gave it to my mom for Christmas and bought a Mini retina last year, and now want a bigger screen again (especially if a 5.5" iPhone comes out) as I mainly use it for magazines and books. I do hope Apple starts to bring some more customized software to the iPad. I actually quite like some of the things the Surface Pro 3 tries to do.
This would be at the top of my hardware wish list too. I already take notes with a capacitive stylus but it just isn't good enough to take notes quickly during a meeting or lecture. My dream would be to replace pen and paper with an iPad completely. Right now Apple is like 80% there but they need to make this happen. It could be huge in education and business if there was a good first party solution.
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I'm all in for this revamp. My old iPad, a model II I think, can stand a new big, brother.
I'm all in for this revamp. My old iPad, a model II I think, can stand a new big, brother.
I sort of don't buy that a coating process will only be used on the larger iPad, given that glass is glass (unless the glass for the mini has to be thinner, but even then, I sort of doubt the validity.
Otherwise, I feel like the A8 and TouchID (along with maybe improved cameras/optics, additional wireless capabilities that we never really needed before but will be nice to have down the road) will be the focus here. Nothing to make owners of the current iPad Air feel bad about not waiting for.
I am hoping that in addition to some, if not all, of those improvements, the third generation iPad mini gets a retina screen with a better color gamut as the current retina screen pales in comparison to the vibrant one of the current iPad Air (and fourth/third generation iPads as well).
Otherwise, calling the next iPad Air the 'iPad Air 2' is dumb as is calling the next iPad mini with retina the 'retina iPad mini 2'. For the mini, it's the THIRD generation. Period. First one had an A5 and a non-retina display, second one had an A7 and a retina display; third one will presumably have an A8, TouchID, and a (hopefully better) retina display. Plus, it's not like the iPad Air couldn't also be considered the fifth generation iPad, because it technically is. It'd be the second generation of nothing other than a stupid naming convention.
Speaking of naming conventions, I'm hungry for some 12.2" 'iPad Pro' rumors.
Otherwise, I feel like the A8 and TouchID (along with maybe improved cameras/optics, additional wireless capabilities that we never really needed before but will be nice to have down the road) will be the focus here. Nothing to make owners of the current iPad Air feel bad about not waiting for.
I am hoping that in addition to some, if not all, of those improvements, the third generation iPad mini gets a retina screen with a better color gamut as the current retina screen pales in comparison to the vibrant one of the current iPad Air (and fourth/third generation iPads as well).
Otherwise, calling the next iPad Air the 'iPad Air 2' is dumb as is calling the next iPad mini with retina the 'retina iPad mini 2'. For the mini, it's the THIRD generation. Period. First one had an A5 and a non-retina display, second one had an A7 and a retina display; third one will presumably have an A8, TouchID, and a (hopefully better) retina display. Plus, it's not like the iPad Air couldn't also be considered the fifth generation iPad, because it technically is. It'd be the second generation of nothing other than a stupid naming convention.
Speaking of naming conventions, I'm hungry for some 12.2" 'iPad Pro' rumors.
I'm expecting these new iPads to be the most powerful and innovative yet. Touch ID alone will be worth the upgrade for every iPad user out there.
Penultimate and any decent pen will do the trick. I was trying it with the Wacom Bamboo 2nd Gen yesterday and it is just like writing on paper. My handwriting is exactly the same.
This is the one I got
And this is me trying it for the first time
I agree,both iPad Air and Retina Mini can definitely benefit from 2GB Ram,I have an iPad Air and I'm sick and tired of random app and Safari crashes due to low memory.to this day I've been unable to truly enjoy the iPad because of these annoying low memory crashes,they happen at least once a day.
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More importantly : the necessary RAM upgrade..
Due to advances in the A8 architecture, rumor has it they will drop the RAM down to 512MB because thats all normal users need.