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Apple Suppliers Say New iPads Have Been 'Repeatedly Postponed'
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Which is dumb. Vast majority don’t own Mac’s. You always want iPad sales over Mac’s anyway.
End result is people buy less iPads and Mac’s. macOS on iPad would expose more to it.
Apple never had any problems on cannibalising their own products.
Heck, price the iPadPro with macOS higher than the laptops ... people will buy it.
That's it.
Actually I think the iPad Pro with macOS will only sale for those buyers who want a "standard" laptop (8GB, 256GB). Anyone doing hard work requiring CPUs and GPUs, will have to always buy a higher end laptop or desktop.
At this stage, an iPad with an M3, it's just wasted cpu cycles IMHO.
How else do you think Tim Cook is able to keep touting the "incredible pipeline?"
Tim can’t decide whether to make 8 or 16gb RAM standard. There’s $1.05 at stake!
I’m glad Apple is continuing to innovate on iPad hardware but given the limitations of iPadOS, I’m starting to wonder what is the point anymore.
It’s like having lambo to drive in only rush hour traffic. All that potential going unused.
Bring macOS or macOS lite to iPad, especially when docked with a keyboard/trackpad.
It’s like having lambo to drive in only rush hour traffic. All that potential going unused.
Bring macOS or macOS lite to iPad, especially when docked with a keyboard/trackpad.
Genuinely curious,
Drawing aside - which I referenced as a true differentiator in my original post - what uses does an iPad provide that at 6.7” iPhone + MacBook Air not provide?
this is all so funny to me lol. I have never anticipated an iPad the way I am anticipating this one. and of course it’s delay after delay after delay.
come on Apple.
come on Apple.
You just haven't had your memory erased yet this time around. Don't worry, he'll be "right" again whenever Apple releases new iPads, then his track record will be secured.
I cannot use a MBA as comfortably as I would an iPad.
I can walk around my house using my iPad.
It takes up less space on a table.
An 11" iPad is more portable than a MBA and it can have a cellular connection.
Takes up less space on airline tray table.
I can lie back on a couch and use an iPad more comfortably versus having to prop a MBA on my lap.
It's the perfect size to read magazines.
Those are just the examples that pop into my mind first. I'm sure there are more.
Tablet is a far different device versus any smartphone or laptop.
I find it interesting that Samsung has apparently had difficulty in manufacturing these Apple designed displays, as has been reported. It shows that even leaders in the display business have difficulty meeting Apple’s exacting design standards. It is one of the reasons Apple keeps its innovation edge.
I can’t wait for reports of people’s iPad Pros bending in half since they’re (allegedly) supposed to be 5mm thin.
I am anxiously awaiting a new iPad Pro 13 to replace my 2021 iPad 12.9. I want OLED, Face ID Camera in Landscape and other rumored improvements including new Magic Keyboard. Wanted it last month and can’t wait for it to be announced.
So Apple's Samsung produced displays are better than the displays Samsung put in their own top of the range devices? Link to proof of this, please...
There is no indication, in this story or elsewhere, that there is "weakness, disagreement" much less "controversial". What makes you think that?
I’m not sure we know for sure that there has been “disagreement in the Apple team,” do we? This likely just means production and software issues/bugs, no?
I use my 11” iPad Pro all day, supplementing my desktop MacBook Pro/external display which sits upstairs. I’m a writer and use Word to write (changes automatically registered on each device via cloud) and research on web. If I want the definition of any word I just select it and the dictionary pops up; a separate Word doc keeps my clipped notes from any document or source, and when I want to print something I do so wirelessly, through AirPrint, to my printer upstairs. I also use apps like iAnnotate and keep docs in Files. It’s a seamless system that is second nature to me and crucial to my productivity.
Right now I’m typing this on my iPad while lounging in my living room recliner. I don’t consume content much on it (except printed matter) and would never watch anything on that small a screen. That’s what my big TV is for.
I’m only one but absolutely yes I’m anxiously waiting these new iPads. I’ll buy 25 as soon as they're available. Moving the camera location alone will have me replacing all our personal and business iPad Pro‘s. The iPad has been a game changer for me. Until the MacBook has a rear camera and built in unlimited data, it will never Replace iPad’s for my use case. One device, connected to local data, going live from areas needing relief aid, the iPad shines.
Must disagree. I use my iPad camera constantly. It’s a device that mostly stays at home and I use it there to take pictures of the grandkids. Great viewfinder, great picture quality.
