Possibly. I find that compared to when iPads first came out, the lineup is now too bloated. They need to streamline it better.
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Apple Announces New iPad Air With M3 Chip, Updated Magic Keyboard
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The M4 iPad Pro has been out for a year and the M5 version will be along in a few months so putting an M3 in the Air is just petty penny pinching.
Yikes, even the Magic KBs lineup are getting confusing.
My M1 Air speed is fine, give us OLED screens and/or ProMotion, then we will talk. 😉
Agreed. Why do you need a touchpad on a touchscreen device.
No Face ID. I could never go back to Touch ID on my iPad. It’s much less seamless, and for some reason, Touch ID only works about 50% of the time with my fingerprints. iPad Pro forever.
Not necessarily, but I also barely notice any difference with any recent Mac, iPhone, Watch, Apple TV…
And by the way, that’s a good thing. I don’t understand why people are painting it as a bad thing.
If your M1 iPad still feels as fast and fluid as it did on day one and it feels completely ridiculous to upgrade to anything newer, that’s a good thing.
That means Apple is doing what I fully expect of them, making devices that last a long, long time.
A lot of comments and concerns about it having an M3 rather than an M4, but let’s be real for a moment… how many ipad users are even coming close to using the full potential of any of the M-series chips? Apple keeps updating them because it gives them new products to sell, but I find it hard to believe that anyone’s M1 iPad Air is struggling to handle whatever they’re doing on iPadOS. If it is, that’s what the Pro is for.
$319 plux tax for a keyboard is just insane
No new Apple Pencil? I thought they're releasing a new Apple Pencil for every single iPad just to make sure you have to buy a new one every time you upgrade your iPad.
- How about an Apple Pencil that still uses Lightning so won't charge from the new iPad but has pressure sensitivity but is more expensive than the new one that doesn't have pressure but does attach magnetically but also doesn't charge from the iPad in any way whatsoever? No wait they already have those...
- Or one that does have pressure sensitivity and is pretty awesome in every way but is not compatible with the regular iPad nor any of the older iPads. Oh wait...
- Or one that does all those things and is cheaper and perfect in every way but doesn't work with any of the new iPads. Oh.
- They should make one that only charges from the original iPad, is only compatible with the newest iPad, but only magnetically attaches to the iPod Shuffle and only has pressure sensitivity on the Microsoft Surface Pro, but only if it's running Linux, and costs 12 times more.
The Studio with more cores, still far outperforms any M3, though.
The thing that makes me wonder: At the moment, many hardware-manufacturers are in a phase of rather strange experimentation, adding foldable screens, touchscreens, wild AI stuff and whatnot to their devices and machines. Not all of that is good, but it sorely underscores how conservative Apple has become. Apart from the fact that they really need a clean-up in their device diversification (they should opt for two lines and all of the sizes, so three iPads and three iPad Pros etc.,I think) Apple should have products that are more crazy again, like the AVP is, which at least is weird and strange and you either love or hate it. Kind of like what the iPhone it self was, was iPX delivered and so on. Some out-of-line early adopter stuff that sifts into the regular products down the line. Apple could be so much more at the moment but seems as frozen as Adobe and many other big tech brands are.
gets announced later this week?
Well, my 2018 11“ iPad Pro may not support the next iOS update, so I am considering an update.
I‘m inclined to save some money and go for Air this time, but 60Hz and no FaceID may be difficult to adjust to…
I guess I‘ll be looking for a deal on the Pro or even look for a refurbished M2 Pro…
I‘m inclined to save some money and go for Air this time, but 60Hz and no FaceID may be difficult to adjust to…
I guess I‘ll be looking for a deal on the Pro or even look for a refurbished M2 Pro…
Do we think the MacBook Air Mgets announced later this week?
At this point, not sure.
Personally I think it’s a lot less complicated than it has been in years.
It follows the same “good, better, best” layout that most of apple‘s products since the late 90s have had
Good: iPad 11
Better: iPad Air
Best: iPad Pro
The Mini is kind of its own category, it doesn’t appeal to the same customers as the regular iPads but it still has a big market, especially in aviation and in retail.
I have the M2 and I don’t feel a need to upgrade but it’s only $130 with trade in credit. That’s really not that much to have the newest and best thing.
edit: not good at math in the morning, it'd actually be $230 with trade in credit
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I can guarantee you there are more iPad users with non M-series iPads than with them.
It appears the M3 iPad Air is still compatible with the protective case and keyboard case designs for the M2 iPad Air.