Alleged iPad Air 2 Front Panel with Integrated Display Shown in New Photos

[spicynujac]

Ps. Why are you so bothered about 'organisations' having your fingerprint? Unless you're planning to commit a serious crime any time soon whereby they'd need to track you down, a fingerprint is useless information. So I guess, don't do crimes?

No reason to be snarky because there are people who care about their privacy. If wikileaks has showed us anything, it is that our governments care not for our privacy or civil liberties at all, and they have serious technical attacks available. I would like to believe Apple, but it is not unreasonable that governments are able to circumvent TouchID or similar technologies, or that they were developed in cooperation with NSA or similar groups. Look at the SSL error, which the government knew about for years, but let go unfixed, because it would allow spying. It's not about "catching" any bad guys. It's about control. And having a criminals fingerprint wouldn't do much. It's more about the issue of having an innocent person's data, web history, chats, location, etc. all tied to one specific biometric identifier (WHAT the identifier is is not really important, but in this case it is a fingerprint).

As to the question at hand, I would guess that TouchID is coming to all iOS devices, or at least the ipad, although I believe it can be disabled (if you believe it is actually disabled or not is another question!).

Personally, I don't lock my iOS devices with any kind of code or password. But at the same time technologies like TouchID bother me as well. So I fit into the unique category of "nothing to hide" but don't like being tracked either.

 

[spicynujac]

Oh, and one more thing... it seems to me that conspiracy theorists worried about TouchID suffer from the malady of self-aggrandizement. The NSA doesn't know who you are or where you live because they DON'T CARE. You aren't important enough to pique their interest. The second you would ever become remotely interesting to them they would know everything they need to know in minutes with no help from Apple. Sadly, the NSA, the FBI and the CIA are "just not that 'into' you."

This whole paragraph is completely wrong. The government's goal is to track and monitor EVERYONE and maintain large databases of call logs, connections, etc. Hence the PRISM program. Hence the Utah massive data storage facility. And Apple not only would but has assisted the government and shared data and information with them, which was revealed by Snowden. And though tech companies cooperated some, the NSA still hacked Google and Yahoo data centers for information the companies refused to release.

If you don't care about your privacy, that's fine. But to spout ignorance such as this is offensive to those of us who do. This is off topic enough, but what is the point of attacking someone who cares about their privacy and trying to convince them that they shouldn't? Send a private message if it's really that big a deal. But it is a fact that the NSA absolutely cares about tracking and locating every person it can. We know it demanded that small companies like Lavabit hand over their encryption keys so that secure messages could be read. The company closed its doors rather than do so. It's naïve to assume they had not already obtained the keys from the big boys of Apple/Google/Yahoo at that point. Records from phone companies are collected en masse. AT&T and Verizon have turned over logs of EVERY CALL MADE on their system.

If you care about changing your ignorance, read some articles such as the following. You still may not care whether or not you are spied on or tracked, but at least you will be educated on the reality of the American surveillance state.

http://www.wired.com/2014/01/how-the-us-almost-killed-the-internet/all/

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2453128,00.asp

 

[Tech198]

Can we stop with the "one more thing." cos its not just one more thing anymore..

The same happens every year, so it should be called "one regular thing"

I never go by mock-ups... Fake, cheesy, or just someone wants their name to be in lights.

 

[Max(IT)]

Please, the rumor is about iPad screen, let this non sense about memory aside...

 

[maflynn]

[MOD NOTE]
Please get back on topic

 

[Steve121178]

Next gen iPad is my next purchase. Looking forawd to it. Just have to hope my first gen Nexus 7 can hold out. She's hurtin.

Why wouldn't it hold out? It can only be a maximum of 2 and a half years old. My Dad's first-gen Nexus 7 gets hammered and is still going strong.

 

[jonnysods]

Why wouldn't it hold out? It can only be a maximum of 2 and a half years old. My Dad's first-gen Nexus 7 gets hammered and is still going strong.

It's been really buggy and leggy lately. I clear all the apps, restart it. It's never been the same since the 4.4 update.

Love the size of it.

 

[littyboy]

Stop repeating what you've heard on the internet. Try using a device. If it feels fast, it has enough RAM no matter how much Android users tell you need more. If it doesn't feel fast, I'm sure you'll be happy with any number of Android devices packing 3GB of RAM. At least that's what you can tell yourself.

The 64-bit A7 processor is the fastest mobile processor available and will soon be replaced by the A8. Yes it would benefit the A7 and A8 much more if Apple tripled the amount of RAM in iOS devices but very few apps have yet to take advantage of that much RAM. You must introduce the architecture and hardware first at an attractive price point. Only then will the developers create apps that take advantage of that architecture.

Look at it this way, Apple's developers have a full year lead on every other platform for 64-bit apps. So it might not seem like a lot right now but in a year or two, iOS apps will scream while every other platforms' apps will just be getting their feet wet in the 64-bit end of the pool.

Uh I have an ipad air.. have you tried using safari + multitab on it? 1GB is not really meant for multi-talking. Running single apps is fine and smooth. But with 1GB of ram, don't expect multi-talking and i mean ACTUAL multitasking...

 

[jctech]

Battery Technology

Those legs in the background are quite distracting....

On a more apple related note, the quest for thinness and lightness continues, surely there has to be a point where apple will stop making devices thinner and improve on battery. Or I suppose battery technology will continue to get better so they can continue to make thinner devices.... who knows

yes indeed, skinny but quite distracting!

ok, back to the subject, I agree as well that battery technology will keep getting better as time goes by. This is a good analogy on what intel has done, they don't make faster chips anymore, they make more energy saving processors.
now apply this perfect combination to the future of apple products and you'll end up with devices that provide a full 24 hours, (or more), of battery life regardless of size or application.

 

[wigby]

Uh I have an ipad air.. have you tried using safari + multitab on it? 1GB is not really meant for multi-talking. Running single apps is fine and smooth. But with 1GB of ram, don't expect multi-talking and i mean ACTUAL multitasking...

Ok. How do you know how much RAM will be in their next device? I thought only Android and PC users want actual multitasking. Or did you buy into the Samsung ads too?

 

[shandyman]

Alleged iPad Air 2 Front Panel with Integrated Display Shown in New Photos

Ok. How do you know how much RAM will be in their next device? I thought only Android and PC users want actual multitasking. Or did you buy into the Samsung ads too?

The iPads are constantly refreshing web pages on safari, when going out of safari then back in the app, I have this when only 2 tabs are open in safari and I pop to email or messages to reply, then straight back into safari. As said and proven by people in this thread, more RAM is needed. Are you ignoring those facts?

The next iPad will have more RAN, that's got to be a given. The question is, how much?

 

[Max(IT)]

The iPads are constantly refreshing web pages on safari, when going out of safari then back in the app, I have this when only 2 tabs are open in safari and I pop to email or messages to reply, then straight back into safari. As said and proven by people in this thread, more RAM is needed. Are you ignoring those facts?

The next iPad will have more RAN, that's got to be a given. The question is, how much?

No! They aren't.
I've demonstrated with self made YouTube videos several times: you can have multiple tabs on safari without reloads and with other apps running on background, like Mail.

BTW, there already was a Mod intervention. This thread is about DISPLAY, not ram.

 

[shandyman]

No! They aren't.

I've demonstrated with self made YouTube videos several times: you can have multiple tabs on safari without reloads and with other apps running on background, like Mail.



BTW, there already was a Mod intervention. This thread is about DISPLAY, not ram.

Just because you don't notice the problem does not mean it does not exist. There are people who have demonstrated it does happen.

I hadn't seen the mod intervention, I replied straight back to someone else's post.

 

[wigby]

The iPads are constantly refreshing web pages on safari, when going out of safari then back in the app, I have this when only 2 tabs are open in safari and I pop to email or messages to reply, then straight back into safari. As said and proven by people in this thread, more RAM is needed. Are you ignoring those facts?

The next iPad will have more RAN, that's got to be a given. The question is, how much?

There's no point in discussing RAM in terms of GB. Let's discuss it the way Apple would. How do we make the user experience work well without raising the price of the iPad? Apple can keep whatever they have in the iPad because I'm fine with it and so are many others. If you are fixated on RAM for just refreshing tabs then maybe you should run another browser on your iPad or just buy an Android tablet.

 

[shandyman]

There's no point in discussing RAM in terms of GB. Let's discuss it the way Apple would. How do we make the user experience work well without raising the price of the iPad? Apple can keep whatever they have in the iPad because I'm fine with it and so are many others. If you are fixated on RAM for just refreshing tabs then maybe you should run another browser on your iPad or just buy an Android tablet.

I'm not buying an android tablet just cos safari refreshes whenever i leave it and come back. It's a minor annoyance. Your suggestion is down right absurd and extreme. Apple are going to increase the RAM this year, that much is obvious. There are many that have the issue, for some people it's a big deal. For me it's not, I'm just pointing out that you're dismissing it as if it does not exist, just because you don't notice it.

 

[wigby]

I'm not buying an android tablet just cos safari refreshes whenever i leave it and come back. It's a minor annoyance. Your suggestion is down right absurd and extreme. Apple are going to increase the RAM this year, that much is obvious. There are many that have the issue, for some people it's a big deal. For me it's not, I'm just pointing out that you're dismissing it as if it does not exist, just because you don't notice it.

Apple would not be adding RAM because less than of complaints from 1%-2% of their customers. They would add RAM to unlock more potential for all of the new, power-hungry apps and an new A8 processor for all of their customers.

I never said they won't upgrade RAM. I hope they do because they're not raising the price so the end user like me would be getting more for the same price.

Apple makes big, costly moves like doubling RAM when it serves the greater good of their entire customer base. They're not known to spend much time, resources or money on addressing a minority of complaints.

 

[ron7624]

But also gone would be the inexpensive repairs of cracked glass.

Inexpensive? Only if u have AppleCare

 

[azentropy]

Inexpensive? Only if u have AppleCare

Currently DIY cost is $30-$50 to replace iPad glass and takes about 15 minutes.

 

[ron7624]

Currently DIY cost is $30-$50 to replace iPad glass and takes about 15 minutes.

I am not a DYI kind of guy when comes to electronics. Although that is good to know, I would hate to tear my baby apart LOL. I doubt I would get it back together without dust under the screen, that is if I got it back together at all. But, that's just me.

 

[rGiskard]

Having a laminated display is not about thinness - it's about significantly reducing reflections/glare on the display. Compared to the iPad, the Surface tablets have much lower reflections, and this is the main reason.

[url=http://i.imgur.com/ZbYiOHb.jpg]Image[/url]

That third reflection is due to the gap between the glass and the display panel.
It also reduces contrast in bright light conditions due to glare.

I wonder if this is actually a problem with the apps you're using. I haven't had a single app crash on my Air so far.

That said, Safari is constantly reloading tabs, so more RAM would be welcome.

Right on. Laminated displays also appear to have more "presence," to look painted on the glass. They are beautiful and I welcome the feature despite it being more expensive to replace.

Also agree about RAM. iPad should have 3 to 4 GB RAM, so when iOS multitasking is finally implemented (next year?), users with recent iPad revisions can benefit.