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Apple Says iPad Air Performance Details Are Accurate Despite 9-Core GPU Mistake
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I’m sorry, but Apple haven’t claimed any extra performance due to an extra core. They made a mistake in advertising that specifically didn’t rely on the advertised 'feature' of having 10 cores instead of 9. If they had have added performance data that was incorrect, you would have a point. Conspiracies do not interest me.
Reduction from a number 10 to a number 9 in the GPU core count does not change the GPU performance they claimed in their advertisements or landing page.
Capeesh?
"We are aware of a small number of users who feel that the new iPad Air was falsely advertised. We don't care."
Yeah, but 9 Apple GPU cores are like 18 Non-Apple GPU cores, right?
All joking aside, this is practically a non-issue. People should buy it for the performance, not the number of cores it has on paper. Apple advertised its performance accurately, even though they didn’t accurately list the right number of cores in the specs.
But I totally get how some could be a little offended to find out that this M2 is not the same M2 that was found in the previous iPad Pro models.
All joking aside, this is practically a non-issue. People should buy it for the performance, not the number of cores it has on paper. Apple advertised its performance accurately, even though they didn’t accurately list the right number of cores in the specs.
But I totally get how some could be a little offended to find out that this M2 is not the same M2 that was found in the previous iPad Pro models.
Under normal circumstances, mistakes are MORE likely to happen in large companies… It’s just pretty unusual for Apple specifically.
You had funniest post of the day in the bag. Adding “AI” at the end made it Post of the Year. 👏👏
It isn't a reduction on GPU core count. It was a typo on the spec page. These things happen. Benchmark the thing yourself 🤷♂️
A clear and obvious case of E&OE. The performance of the device exceeds the marketing claims. Nothing to see here.
In the UK, purchasers could return these on the basis that they were not as described by the retailer.
Yeah, they could open them up and show them there are only 9 cores. There is a difference between a typo and advertising misleading information. How could people demonstrate the device doesn’t work as advertised?
I think the handful of people who would be pedantic enough to do that, will be allowed. This case is only interesting because it is a mistake that potentially could have had serious consequences, so shouldn’t happen. But the actual case is insignificant.
It’s not a case of working as advertised; rather, the goods are not as described.
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"A very small percentage of users believed us when we said iPad Air has a 10-core GPU. The site has been updated to fix the issue."
So you’re saying that if there is any spelling error in an advertisement, then that item is able to be returned for that reason alone? Fair enough. Understood.
I don’t believe it was an intentional lie as some here are trying to make out. For what? For all this?
That said, it was an absolute whopper of a mistake. Someone dropped the ball big time. I wouldn’t want to be in their shoes.
Probably not but it's not a good look for a company that exacts itself as the exemplar of, well, everything. Apple should most definitely care and I don't think they do.
I think context is everything.
Antenna Gate, Battery Gate, Butterfly Keyboard, Scott Forstall. They were whoppers of a mistake. I don’t know that this is as high as any of those. It’s all a part of history of a company run by people who are human, and occasionally make mistakes.
I dont know that they have ever held themselves as exemplars.
from the man himself.
“Some mistakes will be made along the way,” Jobs said in agreement. “That’s good, because at least some decisions are being made along the way.”
“Some mistakes will be made along the way,” Jobs said in agreement. “That’s good, because at least some decisions are being made along the way.”
To be clear, Jobs, who by all accounts was known to be a perfectionist, wasn’t excusing mistakes. “We’ll find the mistakes,” he continued. “We’ll fix them.”