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12.2-Inch 'iPad Air Plus' May Launch Between April and June 2015 With A9 Processor

keysofanxiety said:
This. Why people won't realise this and keep asking for OS X on a touchscreen is beyond me.
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For me, as I navigate around my iMac with a touchpad, which is essentially like using a touchscreen (except my fingers don't cover the screen as I move the mouse), and I like the windowing, and buying apps once, rather than one for iOS and one for OS X.

I have an iPads, and iPhones, and to me, a device of this size needs to be so much more than "another row of icons", or just a faster iPad. I would like it to bridge the gap between a Mac and a touch device, and have it lean towards the Mac side of things. I guess the Surface (I've played with those, and in true MS fashion, Surface 3 seems to be where they get it all together) model looks to be where it's at.
 
This is going to look good, but you'd probably see start seeing users holding these "picture frames" up to take photos in concerts too..

Now, its really disturbing, as not only would it block your view, but most others too..

I can't understand why people still do that..... They must "know" how big it is compared to a smaller iPhone 5s.
 
Renzatic said:
Which the iPad Pro better damn well have. A merely bigger iPad, even with better hardware specs, won't be a compelling enough option in and of itself when compared to the competition.
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One would hope so. Just *another* size iPad is not quite enough. (to me) It needs to be something more then just larger.
 
Intel skylake and OSX-mobile will do wonders for the iPad Pro. And it will make sense with the "Pro" name. current Ipads are basically larger iphones with the same crappy mobile apps holding back both iOS and Android.
 
Seen the actual gazillion dollars piling up, I'm sure that Apple will get away just patching a "Pro" or "Plus" label on a larger screen, obviously with a 100/200 dollars price incremental from the present line-up
 
The price will be just short of last year's model MacBook Air, but you can't have more than 4 tabs open or they'll start reloading.
 
Mtmspa said:
Apple Maps has worked fine for me. But that could be because I know how to use it.
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Was a joke

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Mac Fly (film) said:
Your username is so good perhaps they should hire you.
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Oh my name calling now. How grown up

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winston1236 said:
Agreed.I really don't like the 'plus'naming.sounds cheap.
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Makes it feel more like a Microsoft product , where Microsoft don't have any design style now apple have lost their cool naming style. It's easier to add something. Just slap it on take no skill at all :(
 
mrbyu said:
I can completely understand the mass dissatisfaction of the people who WANTED to buy an iPad mini 3 and hoped for a major hardware upgrade, but as for the people who actually bought it it's quite pathetic from them to go mad about the fact that a refreshed model might bring some serious improvements quite soon. It's pure envy, in my opinion.
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This. It's the 'I've got a cool new gadget and you don't' mentality, rather then buying the gadget because it's useful to you/something you want.

Although I guess we all want to get the most for our money. I'd hate to buy a MacBook and then a month later a new, faster macbook comes out. You want the absolute best machine in your price range.
 
The words 16GB should be NOWHERE in sight for something like this. I picked 32GB for my phone back in 2009 because I was not so sure about 16GB. In 2014 that's not even a contest.
 
oliversl said:
I won't be surprised if Apple copies the Microsoft Surface 3 Pro. They already copied the Samsung Phablet thingie
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Apple did not copy anyone's 'thingie' (whatever that is). Apple invented the smartphone as we know it, and they had the largest screen as well. But they waited until they were able to make a brilliant 'phablet' before moving to that market. The proof that they were right to wait is that their 'phablet' is now crucifying Samsung.
 
What is Apple doing? They're just saturating their product line so we are spoiled for choice. Please Apple. Don't add more. Keep it simple, as you always have.
 
Doesn't really make much sense to me unless you get a completely redesigned iOS which includes more MacOS than Today. The other thing that worries me is the ease of use. It seems uncomfortable to hold so it will be interesting to see if Apple will go the same route as Microsoft goes with their Surface line.
 
JackANSI said:
Do you really think Corning makes all the glass for all the mobile devices out there? or that they are the only one that can make strengthened glass?

If your goal was to add nothing to the conversation and up your post count by one, you succeeded. Nothing you could ever say will sway my thoughts on this though, sorry.
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OH, tell me all those companies that already have a solid business relationship with Apple, rumors that had Apple switch suppliers (you think this thing wouldn't leak out) and can produce hundreds of millions of screens. I'm sure the list may exceed "one", maybe.

Your unsubstantiated affirmation is less likely than my informed, guess so you're sure you should be trying to "burn" me with such a weak sauce...
 
Include stylus or ask Wacom to make one for the iPad and it's an instant buy. Not fake Bluetooth crap. I want real stylus support and include a clean way to add a keyboard... Yes, very similar to MS Surface. That is what I want in my iPad. As everyone mention we need multitasking. If it can't do that then there is no point of having an iPad for me.
 
This may validate Microsoft Surface Pro strategy!

If this becomes true, then Microsoft strategy of leaving behind consumer Tablets and focusing on Pro quality Super UltraBooks like Surface comes out as a good choice. But Microsft probably blew it with their pricing strategy which is going to hurt them unless they simplify and be competitive with pricing. Apple clearly using its storage as the ONLY differentiation in the same family products.

MacBook Air(if not MBPro) and iPad would merge at some point except for very hard core Pros who may want very high-end Laptops. This might very well kill iPad since its usage becomes lesser and lesser for many people who are adapting Phablets and other Ultrabooks. Ipad excited the crowd initially but people found out that there is no point in upgrading your iPad every other year and even the first or second gen iPad may very well serve most of the crowd!
 
acblue94 said:
My iPhone 6 plus screen isn't blown up. I see more things on apps now. What are you talking about?
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You must have been late to the game. On launch day, many popular apps had terrible UIs. Look it up.

Mtmspa said:
So may opinions here stated as facts...
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Tell me about it.

What may be worse is the baseless facts. Like the poster above that had no clue as to what the iPhone 6 plus UI looked like at launch day. I can understand the ignorance if they got their phone a 6 weeks or two months out, but for the first week, if it wasn't an Apple iOS app the UI needed serious work.

Going from 9.7" to 12.2" and only making the apps bigger would be a huge mistake.
 
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