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Apple Debuts New 9.7-Inch iPad With A9 Chip to Replace iPad Air 2, Starting at $329
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UK price includes 20% vat - Approx £57, US price doesn't include sales tax.
Well, the 9.7" Pro has the smart connector, can use the Pencil, is thinner, has tru tone display and 4 speakers.
Except that this iPad has the dimensions of the 2013 iPad Air. 7.5mm thick. Looks like it's designed to be the low cost option iPad. Excellent option though.
Because every product Apple makes has to be innovative - it's not like they can take try and sell an existing product at a lower price point to increase sales... how dare they!! It's like they're a company or something!
At least it still has a headphone jack...
Products get updated, people whine and moan that it's not the product they wanted updating.
Apple makes a clear effort to simplify the product line, people whine and moan that it's getting more complicated.
People, cheer up for god's sake. Bunch of miserable sods. This is a great update.
Apple makes a clear effort to simplify the product line, people whine and moan that it's getting more complicated.
People, cheer up for god's sake. Bunch of miserable sods. This is a great update.
Really? Apple has to wait until their product is ready in order to sell it to you? You won't buy it before they launch it? You monster! That'll show 'em.
Anyone notice the slightly different URL? Now its /ipad-9.7/ instead of just /ipad/
So there will be a new screensize coming?
http://www.apple.com/nl/ipad-9.7/
So there will be a new screensize coming?
http://www.apple.com/nl/ipad-9.7/
They put A9, not A9X in the new iPad.
I'm going to buy a cellular iPad next month for my mom and I'll have a look at benchmarks to compare the new iPad with Air 2 with A8X.
I can get a refurbished 64GB cellular at a lower price than the new iPad with 32GB, so I may go for the Air 2 to have more storage and a lighter product.
I'm going to buy a cellular iPad next month for my mom and I'll have a look at benchmarks to compare the new iPad with Air 2 with A8X.
I can get a refurbished 64GB cellular at a lower price than the new iPad with 32GB, so I may go for the Air 2 to have more storage and a lighter product.
So the 9.7" iPad is now cheaper than the iPad mini. Storage capacity notwithstanding, that won't make much sense to the average consumer.
Apple is now pushing into the Indian marked. They need cheap products on their lineup.
This "update" is just an marketing move.
This "update" is just an marketing move.
7.5 mm, thicker and heavier than iPad Air 2 (6,1 mm) and no laminated display, no Antireflective coating!!
To add even more confusion to the lineup, there is now an iPad Smart Cover and an iPad Pro Smart Cover:
iPad Smart Cover - $39(€45)
Smart Cover for 9.7 inch iPad Pro - $49(€59)
Both are likely the same material, have the same function but the "pro" one is +$10.
Another observation to the new iPad: it is thicker and heavier than the Air 2, has exactly the dimensions and weight of the iPad Air (1). That means it's no iPad Air 2 with an A9 chip in it, it is an iPad Air 1 with an A9 chip in it. Crazy! Even no A9x and no pencil support. It's like they had to make the "cheap" iPad look worse than the iPad Air 2 so the iPad Pro looks better. If I have to guess the "air gap" of the iPad Air 1 between the touchscreen and the display is still there.
The whole thing leaves a bad aftertaste in my mouth.
iPad Smart Cover - $39(€45)
Smart Cover for 9.7 inch iPad Pro - $49(€59)
Both are likely the same material, have the same function but the "pro" one is +$10.
Another observation to the new iPad: it is thicker and heavier than the Air 2, has exactly the dimensions and weight of the iPad Air (1). That means it's no iPad Air 2 with an A9 chip in it, it is an iPad Air 1 with an A9 chip in it. Crazy! Even no A9x and no pencil support. It's like they had to make the "cheap" iPad look worse than the iPad Air 2 so the iPad Pro looks better. If I have to guess the "air gap" of the iPad Air 1 between the touchscreen and the display is still there.
The whole thing leaves a bad aftertaste in my mouth.
I wish I could share your optimism. Tim Cook said: watch us to do more... and he did... This is it.
Hook'em young. Then upgrade, upgrade, upgrade. Savvy move by Apple. Expect something similar with the iPhone this fall.
So you guys are disappointed because of rumors. Give me a break. You guys need to get away from the computer and go enjoy life.