Yes, I've got colleagues in the medical sector that are excited about a larger iPad. For their use cases, a tablet is better vs. a notebook, and a larger tablet would be even more advantageous.
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Apple Likely to Introduce iPad Pro and iPad Mini 4 at September 9 Event
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Yes, I've got colleagues in the medical sector that are excited about a larger iPad. For their use cases, a tablet is better vs. a notebook, and a larger tablet would be even more advantageous.
Ipad pro will be a quadcore a9x soc with 4 gb memory.(basically a soc that contains 2x a9).
Ipad air 3 will be a tricore a9 (x?) with 2 or 3 gb memory.
Perhaps it will be something like this? The pro could be a beast.
Ipad air 3 will be a tricore a9 (x?) with 2 or 3 gb memory.
Perhaps it will be something like this? The pro could be a beast.
Very nice all around. Any additional prediction on the cameras? Noticed there wasn't anything mentioned in your specs. I'm _assuming_ the Plus will be the only model with OIS, otherwise, the optics/feature sets will be the same.
The MS Surface RT was ARM. Besides the new Core M CPU's are rumoured to appear in phones and tablets. Maybe the PRO runs on one of the new skylake CPU's
Maybe a Dual Core M3.
Nah, makes too much sense for Enterprise Growth. You're not going to increase iPad sales with a 12.9" A9 Slab.
Still very disappointed there won't be a new and updated Ipad Air 3 till 2016!!
Does not make sense at all not updating the most populer size Ipad which is the 9.7 inch ipad.
I was going to buy the Ipad Air 3 but it looks like there won't be a new updated Ipad Air so it will be the new Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 then!
Ok...
Agreed. Even Surface 3 runs full Windows and it's not even a 'Pro'.
I would like to add in my predictions for products to be announced on September 9th:
iPhone 6s/6s Plus
Same design, Aluminum 7000 series
Silver, Space Gray, Yellow Gold, Rose Gold
12 MP iSight camera
A9 SoC
2 GB RAM
Motion Wallpapers
NFC + Cellular chips
Pricing
Pre-orders start September 11, Launches September 18.
iCloud free plan upgraded to 10 GB of storage for 4K videos
Apple TV
A8 processor
Same ports as previous generation
Revamped remote featuring larger design, larger buttons, rocker switch, microphone, accelerometer, replaceable batteries
2GB RAM
16 GB of internal storage ($149 model), 32 GB of internal storage ($199 model)
Bluetooth 4.1 wireless
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac WiFi
App Store
Siri
Similar design as that of second and third generation (slightly larger in size)
Pre-orders start late-October, Launches first week of November.
iPad mini 4
A8X processor (lower clock speed than that of iPad Air 2)
6.1 mm thin
Upgraded FaceTime HD camera with Burst Mode
8 MP iSight Camera with 720p slow-motion recording at 120 FPS
Silver, Space Gray, Gold
16/64/128 GB
$399/$499/$599 for WiFi + cellular models
$529/$629/$729 for WiFi + cellular models
Bluetooth 4.1 wireless/802.11 ac WiFi
Split View Support
Launches September 18.
iPad Pro
A9X processor.
5 MP FaceTime Camera with features as that of the iPhone 6s/6s Plus
12 MP iSight Camera with features as that of the iPhone 6s/6s Plus
Silver, Space Gray, Gold
64/128/256 GB
$699/$799/$899 for WiFi models
$829/$929/$1029 for WiFi + cellular models
Bluetooth 4.1 wireless/802.11 ac WiFi
4 Stereo Speakers
Lightning port, no USB-C
Force Touch stylus at $69
new Apple Bluetooth keyboard at $69
Pre-orders start last week of October and launch on first week of November.
iOS 9/watchOS
Public final release date: September 16th
Apple Watch
Apple Watch Sport with newer bands and standalone bands launch on September 11.
Apple Watch Sport in Yellow Gold and Rose Gold finishes ship on September 18.
iPhone 6s/6s Plus
Same design, Aluminum 7000 series
Silver, Space Gray, Yellow Gold, Rose Gold
12 MP iSight camera
4K video recording at 30 FPS
1080p slow motion recording at 120 FPS
720p slow motion recording at 120/240 FPS
Optical image stabilization (standard on all iPhone 6 models)
5 MP FaceTime HD camera1080p slow motion recording at 120 FPS
720p slow motion recording at 120/240 FPS
Optical image stabilization (standard on all iPhone 6 models)
1080p video recording at 30 FPS
Selfie panoramas
A software-based flash feature for lighting up the display when you take a picture in low-light environments
720p slow motion recording at 120 FPS
3D Touch technologySelfie panoramas
A software-based flash feature for lighting up the display when you take a picture in low-light environments
720p slow motion recording at 120 FPS
A9 SoC
2 GB RAM
Motion Wallpapers
NFC + Cellular chips
Pricing
16/64/128 GB: $199/$299/$399 for 6s on contract
16/64/128 GB: $299/$399/$499 for 6s Plus on contract
16/32 GB: $99/$149 for 6 on contract
16/32 GB: $199/$249 for 6 Plus on contract
16 GB: Free for 5s on contract
Bluetooth 4.1 wireless16/64/128 GB: $299/$399/$499 for 6s Plus on contract
16/32 GB: $99/$149 for 6 on contract
16/32 GB: $199/$249 for 6 Plus on contract
16 GB: Free for 5s on contract
Pre-orders start September 11, Launches September 18.
iCloud free plan upgraded to 10 GB of storage for 4K videos
Apple TV
A8 processor
Same ports as previous generation
Revamped remote featuring larger design, larger buttons, rocker switch, microphone, accelerometer, replaceable batteries
2GB RAM
16 GB of internal storage ($149 model), 32 GB of internal storage ($199 model)
Bluetooth 4.1 wireless
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac WiFi
App Store
Siri
Similar design as that of second and third generation (slightly larger in size)
Pre-orders start late-October, Launches first week of November.
iPad mini 4
A8X processor (lower clock speed than that of iPad Air 2)
6.1 mm thin
Upgraded FaceTime HD camera with Burst Mode
8 MP iSight Camera with 720p slow-motion recording at 120 FPS
Silver, Space Gray, Gold
16/64/128 GB
$399/$499/$599 for WiFi + cellular models
$529/$629/$729 for WiFi + cellular models
Bluetooth 4.1 wireless/802.11 ac WiFi
Split View Support
Launches September 18.
iPad Pro
A9X processor.
5 MP FaceTime Camera with features as that of the iPhone 6s/6s Plus
12 MP iSight Camera with features as that of the iPhone 6s/6s Plus
Silver, Space Gray, Gold
64/128/256 GB
$699/$799/$899 for WiFi models
$829/$929/$1029 for WiFi + cellular models
Bluetooth 4.1 wireless/802.11 ac WiFi
4 Stereo Speakers
Lightning port, no USB-C
Force Touch stylus at $69
new Apple Bluetooth keyboard at $69
Pre-orders start last week of October and launch on first week of November.
iOS 9/watchOS
Public final release date: September 16th
Apple Watch
Apple Watch Sport with newer bands and standalone bands launch on September 11.
Apple Watch Sport in Yellow Gold and Rose Gold finishes ship on September 18.
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Anything with an ARM processor and a freaking phone operating system is a toy at best. And some joes here actually think Apple would ditch Ferrari-speed Intel CPUs for those slow crap. Haha.
Rumors have pointed to a 12MP camera with 4K recording (in addition to 1080p) in the 6s and 6s Plus. Rumors and even photo evidence have also pointed to an upgraded FaceTime camera. Some of us have also speculated about a more flexible display technology such as OLED or mLED being a requirement for the successful implementation of Force Touch based on the availability of the only three devices currently available or recently announced that have Force Touch.
Macrumors site has "had a feeling they'd announce it at..." the 4 previous events! Lol! Besides not being interested in an iPad the size of a medium pizza the iPad pro rummor and Apple TV Rummor's are getting old.
Uh... the 128GB iPad Air 2 is already 829$.
That's because some people (read AAPL investors who don't actually know anything about the company except for how much cash Apple has sitting around doing nothing) who would rather Apple ship half-baked products like Samsung does and try to "ship" more than actually "sell" since bigger numbers make the stock price move.
It's the same people at other companies like HP and Dell that seem to think that a 5 watt Intel CPU is what people want. No what people want is a computer that can run everything they currently have and some things they haven't yet tried because their existing hardware was such a dog. Attemting to suggest that Apple put their ARM chips into their laptops and desktops is like saying put 10 electric scooter motors is equal to a Tesla S engine. It "might" be true if you add up the horse power together, but that takes up much more space and is a lot less efficient from a parallelization point of view.
This is why Samsung's "octocore" CPU is a such a joke. It's literately the equivalent of gluing 8 weak cores together to try and beat 2 very strong cores.
Software is just not written in a parallelized way that the best way to describe damn near every software product in existence is "1+N" where at most every piece of software will use one core, but you only get more efficiency out of the software by running 8 copies of the software than trying to get one copy to use 8 cores. As anyone with a brain can see, you don't gain any productivity by running 8 copies of any client-sided application.
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Up until a few minutes ago, I was a member over at the Savage Interactive forums. I was just banned (first a couple of deleted posts) for speculating that their developers would be on stage on Wednesday to show off the new iPad Pro hardware running Procreate, which is in most people's opinion the best painting software on iOS. Not sure why it was such a big deal. Did Apple maybe buy a little Australian app developer and are super sensitive about this little fact? Very strange.
I haven’t been following the camera stuff closely, so I don’t have any specific predictions on that.
With a wall mount, it's possible to hang the iPad Pro vertically and use it as a TV, for instance, in the kitchen.
Perhaps iPad Pros will get larger and larger, and in a couple of years there will be 40" versions that you also can use for video calls and gaming.
Perhaps iPad Pros will get larger and larger, and in a couple of years there will be 40" versions that you also can use for video calls and gaming.
For newscasting, boardroom presentation, office meetings, yes,
but for gaming or media consumption, no
The only way i could see this working is if it meets 1 or 2 markets.
1: Has OSX and runs internals like the air. (we know it can be done)
2: Has so many points of pressure for people in the WACOM/ Artist market who prefer iOS.
Does anyone know if they have mentioned this yet?
Whether it has these things or not there is a definite market for it. It all falls on app developers to take advantage of it.
1: Has OSX and runs internals like the air. (we know it can be done)
2: Has so many points of pressure for people in the WACOM/ Artist market who prefer iOS.
Does anyone know if they have mentioned this yet?
Whether it has these things or not there is a definite market for it. It all falls on app developers to take advantage of it.
The macbook is exactly iPad with Mac OS and full keyboard .
iPad pro is pro in that it is intended for professional use.
I guess.
Many apps work better with bigger screen such as POS, drawing, etc.
There are many people who just hate Mac OS, but love iOS.
So far, the tablet and iPad has obviously not replaced the pc.
We still cannot do serious Excel, and database programming on iPad/ andriod tablet. But all because the app is not there yet.
and the app is not there yet, because the screen is too small/cpu is too slow for most people to do serious work on it.
In 5-10 years, you may imagine the line between the capability of iOS and Mac OS will be so thin that the kid in new generation will wonder what is the difference. Mac OS may be integrated into iOS conveniently.