I think we can remember Angela as one of the worst Apple executives ever.
Worse than John Sculley but maybe somewhat better than Michael Spindler.
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I think we can remember Angela as one of the worst Apple executives ever.
Worse than John Sculley but maybe somewhat better than Michael Spindler.
Any pencil updates need to start and end with serviceable battery.
Just mix the 2 editions, Apple pencil 2 (magnetic charging) with physical port at the end and a serviceably battery. Add some other feature in there if you like but that's all I need.
Just mix the 2 editions, Apple pencil 2 (magnetic charging) with physical port at the end and a serviceably battery. Add some other feature in there if you like but that's all I need.
Apple probably didn't have an event this month because they couldn't come up with a way to explain their unfathomable product decisions.
Landscape camera on the entry-level but not the Pro? 🤷🏼♂️
Function keys for the entry-level but not the Pro? 🤷🏼♂️
USB-C iPad with a Lightning Apple Pencil? 🤷🏼♂️
Still no miniLED on the 11" Pro? 🤷🏼♂️
Good colors for the entry-level iPad but pretty much nothing else? 🤷🏼♂️
Landscape camera on the entry-level but not the Pro? 🤷🏼♂️
Function keys for the entry-level but not the Pro? 🤷🏼♂️
USB-C iPad with a Lightning Apple Pencil? 🤷🏼♂️
Still no miniLED on the 11" Pro? 🤷🏼♂️
Good colors for the entry-level iPad but pretty much nothing else? 🤷🏼♂️
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Sure. The Pencil 2 being better doesn't mean the Pencil 1 didn't have a clever charging design.
Currently I think the new 10th gen iPad is a great new device, aside from the price and the recycling of Pencil 1.
I don't find it clever. I find it incredibly awkward in real-world usage. And it makes you feel like it's going to break off if anyone bumps it.
It only takes like 10 minutes to charge it, put it on your desk and top it off in the morning while you get your cup of coffee.
But I agree that selling a Lightning Pencil to use with your USB-C iPad is silly.
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Probably an even smaller update than the 2018 to 2020 was. The 2022 iPad Pro makes no sense over a discounted 2021.
Maybe I am the only one here using my iPad Pro usually in portrait orientation, so I like current camera placement. And I‘ll get the new one. 🙂
Over here it went from € 379 to € 589, a 55% increase. This includes 21% tax.
The answer is: money.
It seems supply-chain and manufacturing efficiencies (read: profits) are tipping Apple's priority scales further and further from the side of innovation and customer satisfaction.
They used to have a nice balance. There have been an increasing number of instances where the sacrifices in the name of profits are hard to ignore.
I mean nice but FFS everyone except Apple has known for a decade that portrait mode is NOT the default orientation for iPads (they probably knew it, because they have the data on user orientation, but refused to accept it).
Because... it's a placeholder update until the new form factor arrives, perhaps with OLED, and function keys on the keyboard.
Even Apple knows it…. As can be seen by how they optimized the Mini 6 jelly screen to not be jellylicious in landscape
My guess is that Apple knows how many folks may want to upgrade to taht iPad but not upgrade the pencil, so those folks can continue to use their old pencil with their new iPad.
This was the ONE feature I wanted on the new iPad Pro 11. Well, glad my 2018 11 Pro still works great.
My only concern with this is that this device doesn't support Apple Pencil Gen 2 which likely means they couldn't fit charger and camera in that same spot... or they just didn't want to.
The new, 10th-generation iPad is the first-ever iPad model to feature a landscape front-facing camera orientation.
As expected according to rumors, the new iPad's front-facing camera is now located in the middle of the right bezel of the device. This means that when held in landscape or connected to accessories like the Magic Keyboard Folio, the camera is directly in the center of a user's eyeline. From Apple's press release:The 10th-generation iPad's front-facing camera is otherwise identical to that of the ninth-generation iPad, which remains available from Apple, with the exception of support for Smart HDR 3. The new 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models continue to feature a portrait front-facing camera.
Article Link: 10th-Gen iPad Features Apple's First-Ever Landscape Camera Design on an iPad
The 1st generation pencil always has had a dongle. There was a male lightning port if you wanted to charge by having it hanging out of your iPad, or an adapter to give it a female port so you could charge with a lightning-cabled charger.
The second generation eliminated the port and the dongle by going magnetic wireless charging.
Angela Ahrendts' tenure at Apple could be viewed as unsuccessful, depending on one's viewpoint, but she was certainly one of the most qualified people Apple could have hired to run Apple's retail presence. She has extensive luxury retailing and fashion industry experience. If anything, the Apple Store's "failure" during her time could be laid at the feet of Jony Ive, whose vision was to transform Apple from a tech company to a high-end lifestyle brand. And anybody who follows Apple knows Angela, not Sir Jony, would be the one to be pushed out in any major fight during that period.
2024 is when iPad Pro is supposedly getting OLED displays. So that's the year when the next major change for iPad Pro will most likely happen.
Understanding that life has its own schedule, I'd also ensure that any time I need to use my devices are preceded by a decent charge cycle ahead of said needed use.