I disagree. I do a whole lot more than watching movies on my iPad and would hate a 16:9 ratio for all the things I do that aren't movies.
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I disagree. I do a whole lot more than watching movies on my iPad and would hate a 16:9 ratio for all the things I do that aren't movies.
Same here. I already had an Air 2 I bought last year when it was released and I just upgraded my wife to one since I was able to pull it for a good price. I just don't see a need to update it this time around because the Air 2 is extremely fast.
No, they really don't. 16:9 makes portrait use terrible on a screen that size.
It's not worth a much worse portrait experience all round just for better video support.
Will be interesting to see if they do iPad Air 3 or change the name to iPad [insertname]. There was never an iPad 3 from the original round (referred to as the new iPad but many people outside Apple called it the 3) .
This would require they re-write all iOS apps. That's not going to happen. They have the reasons they have for using the current screen sizes and I don't see them changing all of it just so a couple people can watch videos a little better.
If an iPad Air 3 comes out or not soon it doesn't bother me. Since some people think a new version is being released, they are selling them cheap on eBay. I picked up a great deal on eBay for the iPad Air 2 128gb 4G for $560. Besides Force Touch, I can't see any reason to upgrade to another 9.7" iPad.
This makes absolutely no sense to me. For the 1st time Apple is paying some attention to iPads through the upcoming release of iOS 9. This new release will only run on the iPad Air 2 - that's it one iPad iteration ONLY.
Does that seem like good planning by Apple - an all new iOS 9 with a UI targeted to iPads and it'll only be used on a year old iPad version.
Give your heads a collective shake.
Does that seem like good planning by Apple - an all new iOS 9 with a UI targeted to iPads and it'll only be used on a year old iPad version.
Give your heads a collective shake.
Perhaps this is the year for a reduction in the price for the full lineup in order to spark new sales and upgrades?
The last "incremental update" brought a lot of speed and split screen multitasking. It'd say "worth it"
i'm still on a 2011 ipad 2. I'm really tempted to upgrade this year though.
People like to behave like cattle... If something once changes the standard, then their world crumbles and all of them lose their minds.
That's pathetic.
That's pathetic.
In the face of six successive quarters of declining sales, it's just as well that Apple have seen fit to skip upgrading their flagship iPad.
What could make more sense?
What could make more sense?
I fully expect a new iPad Air 3 is coming next month but I could see Apple keep the Air 2 as the mid range iPad and not updating the internals so as to not canabalize sales of the upcoming iPad pro.
The lineup I could see them going with is:
iPad mini 3 -$229 (16GB)
iPad mini 4 -$399+ (16, 32, 64, 128GB)
iPad Air 2 -$399+ (16, 32, 64, 128GB)
iPad Pro -$699+ (32, 64, 128, 256GB)
The lineup I could see them going with is:
iPad mini 3 -$229 (16GB)
iPad mini 4 -$399+ (16, 32, 64, 128GB)
iPad Air 2 -$399+ (16, 32, 64, 128GB)
iPad Pro -$699+ (32, 64, 128, 256GB)
I got rid of my iPad Air 2 and got me a Dell Venue 11 Pro tablet with broadwell M CPU and real stylus support. Been a few months now and I haven't missed the iPad even once. The ipad is good if all you do is play games, but I don't have time for that. Also, its nice to plug in my tablet to a foldable dell travel keyboard and be able to type and use an actual mouse on it. Now that I got the free Windows 10 upgrade on it, you realize what a waste of money the ipad was.
What Apple needs to do is have true stylus support for notetaking and be able to plug it in a real keyboard and use a real mouse. Also they need to add file manager support like in windows. Right now its not much more than a big iPhone and since I already got an iPhone 6+, the ipad kinda becomes worthless to me.
What Apple needs to do is have true stylus support for notetaking and be able to plug it in a real keyboard and use a real mouse. Also they need to add file manager support like in windows. Right now its not much more than a big iPhone and since I already got an iPhone 6+, the ipad kinda becomes worthless to me.
I am pretty sure they think that because there will be no A9X. A9 will have 2 GB's of RAM with 3 cores. Exactly the same what we have in A8X, but more power efficient so it will be able to go everywhere Apple has their iOS system.
They have nothing to bring to the iPad Air this year. The hardware in the Air2 is actually good, which probably makes Tim nervous about his margins. An upgrade would be just too generous for today's Apple. They could add Force Touch but more likely they won't do that until the iPhone has had it for a year (must not cannibalise iPhone sales).
I take solace in knowing the will not screw up the iPad line by making it into a compromised laptop.
What are you talking about? iOS 9 works on every single iPad except the first generation.
The 9.7" is the perfect size for general use. Even if they brought a big one out, that would remain the case.