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Apple Reportedly Launching Larger iPad in October 2014, Larger iPhone in May 2014
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You need a small one to make yours look big?
And we know what you're doing with the other hand
That's why I suggest that the iPad mini should have a model with phone capability. And maybe a switch so you can choose between "giant iPhone" and "tiny iPad".
Sorry, but that's never going to happen.
There's a nerdy kind of attraction to having one OS straddle the range of devices (like what Google and Microsoft are trying to do), but it's a trap! Different devices work best with different user interfaces.
Apple have done it pretty well - the XNU kernel is used both on OSX and iOS, which runs Darwin, containing common frameworks like Foundation, Core Animation, AV Foundation, Core Data, etc. The two OSes diverge from there, with iOS using the touch-optimised UIKit framework for UI controls (things like switches, etc) and OSX using the mouse-optimised (although slightly decrepit) AppKit framework for its UI controls.
The AppKit/UIKit difference is the thing that keeps 90% of Mac apps from being compatible with iOS and vice versa. It would be easy as pie for Apple to actually "unify" these systems by porting the missing frameworks to each platform (in fact, they already have a Mac version of UIKit - it's bundled with the iOS Simulator).
Apple don't want these systems to be unified. There's no time when it would be better to have a little touch app on your Mac desktop, or a mouse app on your iPhone or iPad, over an app natively designed for that platform.
Can't argue with math.
...though I did think that a squarer aspect ration on a same sized screen would give you a few more square inches of real estate. Should've done some looking-up before I posted that.
You're right about the perspective. A 13" iPad will be about as tall as the whole screen, bezel and all, of an MBA, but not quite as wide.
Anyway a 13" iPad is a bad idea
Eh, I could think of a few good places where a larger iPad would be useful. The biggest make-or-break issue wouldn't be size alone, but how comfortable it is to use. It doesn't necessarily matter how big it is, so long as it's light and easy to carry.
I never thought I'd say it, but I might be too. My girlfriend just got a Galaxy Note 3, and while that is way too big for my tastes, I'm definitely interested in at least a 5 inch screen now.
Yep.
Any rumor more than six months out that lists some company Apple rarely or never works with on a large scale as the supplier should be taken with a salt lick. Double if it comes from Digitimes. It's generally an attempt to pump the other company by association
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iPad Mini , iPad Air , iPad Pro = Fragmentation
Cannibalisation of Macbook Air?
As Apple says, better they do it than someone else
I don't think that they have that right either.
I can see release dates six months apart for the "Classic" iPhone vs the "large" iPhone for logistic reasons, and that makes a great deal of sense, but each would still only get yearly updates. That have the effect of smoothing out production and sales over the year.
Speculation, but it could be that the large iPhone will get the A8 first, and the classic six months later and that would be the yearly pattern from then on or until a third configuration per year is released.
Well, the regular size iPad shrunk year over year, especially with the ultra slim bezel of the iPad Air. So the possibility for a larger screen is increasing.
I bet you 5 bucks we'll start seeing it in about 4.
I read the article more closely, and here is what it says about a larger iPad replacing the 11" MacBook Air:
So, there is no insider information here. Note that is says "sources speculated". I highly doubt Apple is sharing any information about future plans with DigiTimes' sources.
I am also thinking that Apple might keep the 11" MacBook Air and discontinue the 13" MacBook Air, since there is already a 13" MacBook Pro for people who need that size screen. But this has nothing to do with Apple possibly introducing a larger iPad.
googling a few polls, seems to show (on apple forums anyway) those who voted, we are around 15% to 20% feel the current size is correct.
Myself, I have wanted larger iPhone and iPad since day 1.
I just get used to being told I';m wrong for wanting such
They aren't going to release a larger iPhone before telling developers it's coming. When they go with a larger screen, they will first tell developers at an event like WWDC. The original iPad was announced in January and released in April, giving developers time to make apps for the larger screen.
Internal product development cycles don't work the way you're describing either.
Can I just get a 15" Macbook Air?
It would crush sales of the 15" rMBP. The average consumer doesn't care about clock speed, they care about screen-size, shininess, and they liked their iPhone so will definitely like Macs right?
They'll see a thinner (thus 'better' in their eyes) 15" laptop for $1200, or a chunky 15" laptop for $2000. They will buy the $1250 almost every time, and use the saved cash for...well, another one?
The professional user, of course, provides a very different scenario.
