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spinedoc77

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Jun 11, 2009
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Imagine iPhone X style iPad mini same chassis size but 8.5 inch screen

That's the dream right there. I'll bet there is a lot of pent up demand for a new mini, especially if they add pencil support. Sure the plus sized iphones have taken a lot of their market, but there is still a need for a larger screen on the go that's pocketable, but not so large as the regular ipads. The difference between 6.5" and 8.5" would be pretty dramatic, yielding a much larger screen than even the plus iPhone.

I also think, although it's a pipe dream, that Apple should consider adding telephony to the ipad mini. Yeah I don't mind being that guy with the huge phone, but I'd mostly use it with a Bluetooth headset. It already has cellular capabilities, you already can use something like Google Voice for VOIP, but a native telephony solution would be nice as well.

Anyhow, it's probably not a mini so I'm hoping against hope.
 

Krayzkat

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Apr 22, 2011
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Why do the Eurasian Economic Commission need to be told so for in advance compared to other economic areas? Considering places like Belarus Russia Armenia etc are never (usually) in the first tranche of countries to get new products!
 

Glmnet1

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Oct 21, 2017
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Why do the Eurasian Economic Commission need to be told so for in advance compared to other economic areas? Considering places like Belarus Russia Armenia etc are never (usually) in the first tranche of countries to get new products!
They are requesting devices with encryption features to be registered so I'm guessing it has something to do with the surveillance of their own citizens. I don't know much about the laws in the other countries listed but Russia has encryption laws to prevent too much privacy. The recent struggle with Telegram shows the effects of that.
 

Dustonfoster

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Sep 30, 2017
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I really hope this is a mini 5. I'm a pilot and the mini is the perfect size to mount on the yoke of an aircraft... the other models are just too big. It is also the perfect size and aspect ratio to hold an approach plate. The whole pilot community here is carrying around iPad mini 4s and I'm sure we'd all like to see an upgrade.

Funny you should say that, I posted my Mini 4 for sale not long ago and it was quickly purchased by a pilot haha.
 

zombierunner

macrumors 68000
Jan 18, 2011
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That's the dream right there. I'll bet there is a lot of pent up demand for a new mini, especially if they add pencil support. Sure the plus sized iphones have taken a lot of their market, but there is still a need for a larger screen on the go that's pocketable, but not so large as the regular ipads. The difference between 6.5" and 8.5" would be pretty dramatic, yielding a much larger screen than even the plus iPhone.

I also think, although it's a pipe dream, that Apple should consider adding telephony to the ipad mini. Yeah I don't mind being that guy with the huge phone, but I'd mostly use it with a Bluetooth headset. It already has cellular capabilities, you already can use something like Google Voice for VOIP, but a native telephony solution would be nice as well.

Anyhow, it's probably not a mini so I'm hoping against hope.


I agree about adding telephone capabilities. Some nice 2nd gen airpods to go along with it would be nice too.
 

Johnny London

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Aug 28, 2012
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An iPad without a bezel is the most ridiculous idea ever, how would you ever be able to hold it in one hand? I often false tap whilst holding the screen of my iPad 10.5" model. Even less bezels will spell the end of the iPad, mark my words. I can’t believe this rumor is still outing the wild

better palm rejection? I guess software can take over where hardware is beginning to fail.
 

kruegdude

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Aug 10, 2011
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Would new desktop machines need to be registered like this?

EDIT: Nevermind, the article states that it's for every product that includes encryption features so to answer my own question, yes.
Thinking of the Mac Mini? That’s where my mind went.
 
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seatton

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Nov 7, 2013
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Apple surprised us by releasing the new Macbook Pro models yesterday. Who knows.. .maybe new iPad models will be out tomorrow? I will keep checking Apple.com site every few hours :D
 

DesertNomad

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Jun 25, 2008
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Funny you should say that, I posted my Mini 4 for sale not long ago and it was quickly purchased by a pilot haha.

The mini is really perfect for the cockpit. I think every pilot I know has a mini and ForeFlight (an iOS app that replaces all your paper charts with digital ones and can file flight plans, pull back weather, etc.)

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Jean Claude

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Apr 30, 2014
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I really hope that's not how big the bezels will be on the official design. Everyone's worried about the notch and I'm over here like: How and why is there that much bezel!? Should be edge-to-edge (with a small bezel at the top for the optics). Would be quite easy to incorporate dead-pixel bezels so you could still easily hold the device without false-positives, but still have the feeling of holding a seamless, edge-to-edge piece of glass.
 

chfilm

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Nov 15, 2012
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Berlin
I really hope they’ll keep the 12,9” screen size but dramatically slim it down physically!
Would love to switch back from my 10.5 but the current 12,9 ist just way too big.
 

Freida

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Oct 22, 2010
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Really, how would you hold one of those? I've been paying attention to how I hold/pickup my ol' Air and I don't get how I would hold something without bezels in some circumstances. A lot of the time I'm either holding it like a waiter delivering a platter, or with both hands on either end, but not all the time.
I feel your pain but I think that mockup above would actually work. It has some bezels and adding the rejection I think it could be fine. We will see what they do with it but I'm sure it will have some bezels.
 

SactoGuy18

macrumors 68040
Sep 11, 2006
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Sacramento, CA USA
Interestingly, the iPad Pro concept shown is VERY close to the final version. The only difference is that we may see one bezel area a tad larger to accommodate all the Face ID sensors, so there will be no "notch" on the display.
 
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