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Another Report Claims No iPad Air 3 Launching in Near Future
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Makes sense. Market is saturated with them and most don't care if its the latest or greatest so what they have will do until it is unrepairable. The iPads great design and longevity is probably its undoing. I will probably never upgrade mine. 
That's all in the past with the introduction of iOS 9. Of course, you are entitled to your opinion... But SlitView with a bluetooth keyboard is defintely worthy to have.
I've been using iOS 9 beta ever since it became available to use... And I'm glad Apple has opened it up to allow more productivity. If you are comparing the iPad to a laptop... There's obviously no comparision, but I feel the iPad can hold it's own. As more developers implement apps otimized for iOS 9... It will help users multitask more efficiently.
With sales plunging on the iPad, what could apple do, other then making it thinner of course to turn the sales around. I don't see any feature that it can add which would cause people to replace their iPad air 2 tablets.
I think it would be better for Apple to hold off on an update to the Air 2.... hardly no one one is updating to the newer modes.
Perhaps... waiting. Bringing along a iPad that has so many aspects to it that will really push users to upgrade is what needs to be done... Having a iPad Mini 4 will help stop the bleeding, since the iPad Mini 3 was a dud. But I think it's smart on Apple part.
Perhaps... waiting. Bringing along a iPad that has so many aspects to it that will really push users to upgrade is what needs to be done... Having a iPad Mini 4 will help stop the bleeding, since the iPad Mini 3 was a dud. But I think it's smart on Apple part.
So you're telling us, for the first time since the iPad release we will see a refresh that only includes a slightly improved iPad mini, no full size upgrade and possibly not even a pro release... When iPad sales are down and Apple desperately want to rejuvenate the tablet line... Lol. Yeah, ok then...
If there's no iPad Air 3 it will more than likely be because there is key focus on a new iPad Pro line!
If there's no iPad Air 3 it will more than likely be because there is key focus on a new iPad Pro line!
I'm starting to believe this is going to be true. The Air 2 was a huge upgrade over the air 1. It's specs and performance are good enough to go another year without upgrading.
Agreed. They added SplitView... BT Keyboard enhancements. I enjoy my Air 2... compared to the original Air it's lighter, better screen display, powerful. I've had the 2, 3, 4, Air & Air 2... Each model pushed forward. Only thing they can do is make it bigger... but I'm sure people want more than just a bigger iPad.
I'm afraid Apple designers have the same problem, since Steve left us. There are things they could do - they just can't see them.
I've been waiting to upgrade! Please release iPad Air 3!!!
I'm afraid you're right
I think also fear of failing has crept into their designs, i.e., playing it safe
You do know how to rotate a screen, don't you?
I believe the poster is assuming everyone else is that intelligent too.
Yes, I do know how to rotate a screen. I'm just saying, he's wishing for a wider iPad and when Apple comes out with a square one, he's not going to be happy at all.
The actual point of my post was unless you change the aspect ratio, it's always going have black bars (and "suck" according to the poster). Tossing in that he actually wanted taller was a just a few extra bits...
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Apple's strategy doesn't make sense anymore. At all.
They release a Macbook so underpowered that it matches the iPad Air 2 performances, and now they'll release a larger (obviously more powerful tablet) with the same screen size.
Apple should have gone hybrid for the future, a Macbook with a detachable screen, that switches to an iOS version of OSX when detached, streaming content from the Macbook main component, with batteries both in the Macbook and in the Screen. They missed the opportunity
Now both the iPads and the Macbook are useless products because one has OSX but is so underpowered that it's unusable for any work beside writing or consuming medias (even serious browsing is tedious when using web apps, or many tabs), and the other is powerful but has a mobile iOS on which nobody serious can do any work.
They release a Macbook so underpowered that it matches the iPad Air 2 performances, and now they'll release a larger (obviously more powerful tablet) with the same screen size.
Apple should have gone hybrid for the future, a Macbook with a detachable screen, that switches to an iOS version of OSX when detached, streaming content from the Macbook main component, with batteries both in the Macbook and in the Screen. They missed the opportunity
Now both the iPads and the Macbook are useless products because one has OSX but is so underpowered that it's unusable for any work beside writing or consuming medias (even serious browsing is tedious when using web apps, or many tabs), and the other is powerful but has a mobile iOS on which nobody serious can do any work.
I agree. In that regard they feel much more like Macs than iPhones. I know it's anecdotal, but I've seen so many people using iPads that they've had for far longer than their mobile phones, really treating them like a computer they'll keep for 3-4 years before upgrading, or literally until it breaks.
Apple needs to stop stalling it's technology.
After Mountain Lion, Apple should have switched to an hybrid iOSX 11.
Starting by Macs and iPads. iPad are the only product Steve Jobs wasn't convinced by and was obviously forced into green lighting, rationalizing phrases like "the Post-Pc" era which obviously hasn't happen, and he was right to doubt:
The promise of tablet was not analogous to computers or screens, but rather to paper. It has the same format and orientation as a sheet, a magazine, a notebook, a canvas, because the main use of tablet that would differentiate it from other devices was to be able to seamlessly read and write.
Now tablet like iPad are just glorified portable screens with a touch interface and computer component, or rather an oversized iPod. Because neither does it replace computer as a work, information or utility tool, but also it doesn't allow to write, draw or scribble like on paper and reading tirelessly like on a e-reader.
After Mountain Lion, Apple should have switched to an hybrid iOSX 11.
Starting by Macs and iPads. iPad are the only product Steve Jobs wasn't convinced by and was obviously forced into green lighting, rationalizing phrases like "the Post-Pc" era which obviously hasn't happen, and he was right to doubt:
The promise of tablet was not analogous to computers or screens, but rather to paper. It has the same format and orientation as a sheet, a magazine, a notebook, a canvas, because the main use of tablet that would differentiate it from other devices was to be able to seamlessly read and write.
Now tablet like iPad are just glorified portable screens with a touch interface and computer component, or rather an oversized iPod. Because neither does it replace computer as a work, information or utility tool, but also it doesn't allow to write, draw or scribble like on paper and reading tirelessly like on a e-reader.
And the underlying issue is getting users with the original Air, iPad 4, 3 & 2 users to replace their iPads.
Making bigger iPhone doesn't help their cause & making Macs thinner as well. It's gonna be difficult problem for them to solve.
Apple wouldn't like to take that path... If you can't buy it, don't buy it. That's all.
So what will happen to iPad sales if their is no new model for another year? Will go up ? For sure not. Instead they will further and further decline. This would not be a smart move. Not at all.
This one is easy. Ther's no market for a tablet whose browser CRASHES EVERY 5 BLOODY MINUTES
We are living in it now.. In a Post-PC era, I think you are missing the point in what Steve Jobs was making.
Obviously, the iPad is not doing well in sales. But desktops are being used less & less. His analogy was built upon desktops being trucks & that it will be used less... Only when necessary.
He didn't state the iPad will be the de facto use case in the Post-PC... But as the iPhones become more powerful, iPads become more productive w/ SplitView, Macbooks become more portable... We use these products more & more.
Well, I don't agree with his assertion either (that 4:3 "sucks"). I just didn't understand your "taller" remark on a device whose default orientation is determined by the user (with few exceptions).
I have often thought this about my iPad Air 2 a well. Since it has 2GB RAM, it probably can be hacked to run OS X.
Well, if they do this then they must be copying Samsungs business model of launching the Note 5 in US and Korea only! Consumers expect new tech every year now, they should certainly update the Air I think with a newer CPU with newer GPU, at least they've got the RAM right now.
Their are a lot of competitors now that match the iPad, plus Android is very mature and smooth. I appreciate their sales have dropped, but are they going to upgrade the iPad every three years now? I mean if they claim it's due to dropping sales then it would also not make any sense to make a bigger more expensive iPad either.
Their are a lot of competitors now that match the iPad, plus Android is very mature and smooth. I appreciate their sales have dropped, but are they going to upgrade the iPad every three years now? I mean if they claim it's due to dropping sales then it would also not make any sense to make a bigger more expensive iPad either.