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Apple Debuts New iPad Air 2 TV Ad 'Change' with New Website Section

At first I didn't get why the white bars were shrinking, but how it concluded was very clever! I think Apple's ads are getting better again these days, ever since the MacBook Air ad with all the stickers on the back.
 
NachoGrande said:
Mediocre commercial for a mediocre iPad release.
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The iPad Air 2 is pretty fantastic, you might not have noticed it's fantastic processor/GPU, Touch ID, 2GB of RAM and Apple Pay integration. As an actual owner/user upgrading from a mini, it's pretty damn nice.
 
Deelron said:
The iPad Air 2 is pretty fantastic, you might not have noticed it's fantastic processor/GPU, Touch ID, 2GB of RAM and Apple Pay integration. As an actual owner/user upgrading from a mini, it's pretty damn nice.
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No I'm quite aware of the specs, however there is no need to upgrade from any other release. That is until they have some planned obsolescence event ie. iOS 9 ;)
 
thekeyring said:
How is the os crappy? Seeing as developers have made a ton of great apps, it's hardly crippled in terms of APIs.

It's even opened up and allowed communication between apps with iOS 8, if that was your complaint.

It's very efficient considering how slow the processors are and how small the batteries are in iOS devices, yet the benchmark scores and battery life doesn't give away the lesser specs.

Are you basing your judgement on the fact the home screens display apps and nothing else? If they displayed widgets would you think it more advanced?
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The CPU itself doesn't have a lesser spec, just the memory. But, in actual use its still better... That alone says something about how crappy Android is...

There's probably 2-3 times more API functions for IOS than Android and devellopping for Android is probably 5 times harder (if you take fragmentation of OS and devices).
 
I like my iPad 3, it has traveled well in my overseas trips, the ad and the links have me interested in the Air, when I get back home will take a look at it.
 
Yester5 said:
This post is the pinnacle of absurdity...
Tell all of the airline pilots, who's flight-check logbooks have been replaced by iPads, that they are "toys"...
Or all of the doctors and musicians that use iPads every day to create music and save lives on their "toys".
Or the teachers and educators....never mind, you probably are too busy updating your anti-virus soft wear or re-booting your Android or Windozzz tablet from another "blue-screen"...
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Meanwhile, these Windozzz devices with blue-screen screen still are the majority in companies. :p I'm pretty sure your beloved iPads are made with Windows computers in Foxconn.
 
Alenore said:
Meanwhile, these Windozzz devices with blue-screen screen still are the majority in companies. :p I'm pretty sure your beloved iPads are made with Windows computers in Foxconn.
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Quantity ≠ quality.

And that's ignoring the fact that tablets and "Windozzz devices with blue-screen screen" are completely different markets. iOS and iPad don't compete with them, especially not on corporate desktops. The fact you don't know this...

You know what's more numerous than "Windozzz devices with blue-screen screen"? Ants. So.... y'know... ants must be better than "Windozzz".

Your ignorance is showing.
 
I hope this catapults The Orwells into the spotlight finally. They're such an incredible band! They finished their first album while they were seniors in high school. They're just so incredible!
 
Jsameds said:
Good to see adverts that instead of saying "Hey look at how rubbish our competitor's products are" they say "look at how good our products are"
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And how exactly do you get this conclusion? In this ad, the audience sees a tablet running different apps. There is no hint of differentiation of any kind and it is likely that most of the apps are available on multiple platforms.
 
kahkityoong said:
Innovation is knowing how to spell 'slightly' correctly.
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Sorry if the auto-correct on my iPad is so weak that is corrects "slightly" wrong. Although I'm not suprised that Apple fanboys don't know what innovation is.

Yester5 said:
This post is the pinnacle of absurdity...
Tell all of the airline pilots, who's flight-check logbooks have been replaced by iPads, that they are "toys"...
Or all of the doctors and musicians that use iPads every day to create music and save lives on their "toys".
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See, the numbers don't lie. The iPad has a very low adoption rate as a productivity tool.

And guess why?

Because it's a glorified toy. The iOS is simply too weak for the iPad to be anything else.
 
NachoGrande said:
No I'm quite aware of the specs, however there is no need to upgrade from any other release. That is until they have some planned obsolescence event ie. iOS 9 ;)
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There's no "need" to upgrade from an i7 920 (2008) to a current i7, I mean they all run the same programs, unless you actually want things to run faster (not to mention there are very viable reasons to upgrade from an iPad 1 (2010!) - 3 in terms of performance).

And really, forced "need" upgrades aren't a pleasant experience either.
 
Teste said:
Too bad it's pretty much a lie — new iPad models do not really "change", they are just more of the phone-based iOS that cripples the device (9 icons on display per folder? LOL).

Making the device sligthly faster, sligthly thinner and with a sligthly better camera (but no flash...) is not innovation. It's not enough either, as seen in how few people actually upgrade their iPads.

Right now, the new iPad models are toys made mostly for those who have no tablet and for the fanboys (who would buy anything regardless). Apple has failed in making them attractive to anyone else.
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Yester5 said:
This post is the pinnacle of absurdity...
Tell all of the airline pilots, who's flight-check logbooks have been replaced by iPads, that they are "toys"...
Or all of the doctors and musicians that use iPads every day to create music and save lives on their "toys".
Or the teachers and educators....never mind, you probably are too busy updating your anti-virus soft wear or re-booting your Android or Windozzz tablet from another "blue-screen"...
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Teste said:
See, the numbers don't lie. The iPad has a very low adoption rate as a productivity tool.

And guess why?

Because it's a glorified toy. The iOS is simply too weak for the iPad to be anything else.
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An exaggerated posted attacked by an exaggerated post attacked by an exaggerated post...

perpetual motion machine?;):D:cool:

OT: The ad was okay. Seen worse. Seen better.
 
The motorcycle mod is a nifty idea, but if it's ever parked on the street, I can only imagine how long the iPad will last before somebody vandal comes along and scratches or smashes it. :eek:
 
I don't need no stupid ad. All I needed was a favorable black friday deal. But nothing, not even a small discount. Also screw the iPad mini. After three generations with low color gamut, I give up. This is unworthy for a premium brand.
 
Rogifan said:
iOS 8 doesn't stutter on my Air 2. :)
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Odd.

I have the infamous iPad 3 (that was left behind :( ) and I have been ridiculously dissatisfied with its performance (constant stutters, slow response, ...) and was contemplating about getting an iPad Air 2 (because of the specs).

Does it really stutter, and if so, why?
 
mike-p-22 said:
The new iPad "Pro" for business should have:

4 GB of RAM.
A stylus built in.
A 16 megapixel camera with OIS.
An attachable keyboard option like the one on the Surface Pro 3.
Two USB 3.0 sockets.
OS X 10.10 installed instead of iOS 8.
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Boy, what you want is not a tablet. :rolleyes:
 
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