This will finally be my first iPad... been waiting for a model that is a little bit thinner than the previous model iPads. Thanks Apple for always redesigning! At least trying 
Why? The Mini sells like hot cakes, they shouldn't arbitrarily gimp it. As soon as it gets a retina display it should also get the same SOC the bigger iPad uses. Anything else would be a baffling and artificial crippling of a promising form factor.
Been waiting all year. Apple's successfully "mixed it up" regarding expectations of any products.
And last year everyone mocked the secrecy thing. I haven't seen too many rumors about the next iphone, either, or this thing's features aside from a new case.
You can still buy apps in Appstore, so Apple is just fine with you.I guess I'm not Apple's target audience. I'm still finding my iPad 2 works beautifully and does everything I need on a daily basis.
The iPad Mini already sells like hot cakes with a processor introduced in March 2011, that is TWO years ago.
Of course, it sports a revised die-shrinked version of A5 which runs cooler and uses less energy. But that's the idea, it took like a year for the revised A5 to be possible.
The full iPad has a much bigger battery than the mini, and much more volume to absorb heat. They can't put the latest full iPad CPU in the mini without risking reducing the battery life and burning user's hands.
Seriously I shouldn't even have to explain this. Smaller devices don't get the latest and fastest processors compared to bigger ones, it's an obvious technical issue. Add to that the fact that the mini already has smaller margins that the stock holders would like to.
It's possible that the mini will get an A6X processor (as opposed to an A5X), but then the full iPad will likely still remain ahead with an A7X processor.
I guess I'm not Apple's target audience. I'm still finding my iPad 2 works beautifully and does everything I need on a daily basis.
I know Apple certainly knows better than I do. But I can't imagine it makes smart business sense to release their entire lineup in 1-2 sittings weeks apart. This does 1 of 2 things. Makes everyone that got new Apple gear for Christmas feel good about not being "1 upped" only months later. And it helps Apple have one monstrous Holiday quarter. But what about the rest of the year?
Earlier please. I need a memory upgrade and I'm not getting an iPad 4! I want the reduced bezel size and black slate back. And thinner and lighter would be most good. I'd consider the mini but the screen is stupidly small.
Come ON. How long to I have to wait for a full size iPad with the min form factor?
"iPad 5, it's thicker, fatter, chunkier, slower and uses more power. But doesn't it look just simply beautiful".
Thats all we see or rather hear from Apple these days.
It's not about tech advancement but all about how it looks.
Yay, give us an outdated product and convince us we need to buy it because it looks "beautiful" feels "beautiful" and we'll all "want to get our hands on it".
I guess Apple have forgotten all about iNnovation. Or do they just need an App for that.
The iPad Mini already sells like hot cakes with a processor introduced in March 2011, that is TWO years ago.
Of course, it sports a revised die-shrinked version of A5 which runs cooler and uses less energy. But that's the idea, it took like a year for the revised A5 to be possible.
The full iPad has a much bigger battery than the mini, and much more volume to absorb heat. They can't put the latest full iPad CPU in the mini without risking reducing the battery life and burning user's hands.
Seriously I shouldn't even have to explain this. Smaller devices don't get the latest and fastest processors compared to bigger ones, it's an obvious technical issue. Add to that the fact that the mini already has smaller margins that the stock holders would like to.
It's possible that the mini will get an A6X processor (as opposed to an A5X), but then the full iPad will likely still remain ahead with an A7X processor.
No problem with a release in fall; my iPad 3rd Gen still doing strong.
The mockups with thinner bezel looking good.
This will finally be my first iPad... been waiting for a model that is a little bit thinner than the previous model iPads. Thanks Apple for always redesigning! At least trying![]()
You're such a tool."iPad 5, it's thicker, fatter, chunkier, slower and uses more power. But doesn't it look just simply beautiful".
Thats all we see or rather hear from Apple these days.
It's not about tech advancement but all about how it looks.
Yay, give us an outdated product and convince us we need to buy it because it looks "beautiful" feels "beautiful" and we'll all "want to get our hands on it".
I guess Apple have forgotten all about iNnovation. Or do they just need an App for that.
First iPad: the entire product was innovation.
You just don't get it. Innovation is not about finding the most advanced technology and put it in a device. Innovation is about creating a device that people actually want and love to use. If you don't think the iPad, a device that started an industry that is slowly killing PCs, is innovative I would like to know what you think actually IS innovative.You're kidding right?...never saw that iPod Touch thing?...or that iPhone thing YEARS before the iPad?
Innovation...yeah, right. iPad = (iPhone size x 4) - phone features
MacRumors still quoting Digitimes..? Why???![]()
You just don't get it. Innovation is not about finding the most advanced technology and put it in a device. Innovation is about creating a device that people actually want and love to use. If you don't think the iPad, a device that started an industry that is slowly killing PCs, is innovative I would like to know what you think actually IS innovative.
I like to think the original was more innovative than the retina display. Innovation is about creating something new, and the iPad was new. Not just the device, but the way it implemented into the lives of people and the way they started using it. Best example: compare lecture rooms in 2009 with lecture rooms in 2011. 2009 was full of laptops, 2011 was full of iPads.Probably Retina. Something which was definitely new and never before seen on anything really.
Those small incremental upgrades are what the iPad should have had in the first place.You're such a tool.
First iPad: the entire product was innovation.
iPad 2: thinner AND lighter yet way more powerful, two cameras.
iPad 3: stunning retina display.
iPad 4: small iteration, but I think the home-brewed A6 deserves with spectacular battery life deserves 'innovation points'.
iPad 5: ???
I think every iPad has had some significant innovation when it comes to hardware, let alone the software which has been improving constantly.
The iPad is made to be actually used, that means keeping it simple yet so that people actually want to use it. E.g. Facetime, iMessage, the whole concept of the iTunes store itself which lures people into actually buying music, apps like iBooks and Garage Band, etc. Making people actually use technology, that's the real innovation. Tim Cook didn't just bash Android when he said Android tablets were in some one's drawer, he meant it to emphasize the fact that making products that people actually use is a great achievement that should not be neglected.
Maybe I'm sounding a bit harsh but I think you're an idiot for using the word 'innovation' when you don't really know what it means.
iOS 7 will disappoint you if you are expecting a revolution. It will be incremental.A big "back to school" fall event makes sense based on earlier reports that iOS 7 is taking a bit longer than expected. Hardware changes are now more evolutionary as there is only so much you can do with a piece of glass and aluminum. The size will change, the processor will speed up and the cameras will get better, but outside of the geek world, none of that will move the millions of units that Apple needs to sell in a sea of similar tablets and phones at lower prices.
Everything points to incrimental hardware updates this year, so I'm expecting iOS 7 to be the real star of the show in 2013. We should get an iOS preview in a couple of months, but I'll bet they don't release anything until iOS 7 is done, amazing and bulletproof (especially after the Maps issues and Passbook "meh" last year). Apple is smart enough to know that a revolution in the software is what will keep them on top in 2013/2014, and I don't expect any big hardware to be released until it is running iOS 7.
Seems like I finally get my first iPad![]()