This is why I don't get the 10.5" model rumour. What is gained over the "traditional" 9.7" model? 12.9", 9.7" and 7.9" one can understand.
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Apple to Launch Trio of iPad Pros in Spring 2017, Including 7.9-Inch Mini Model
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Thank you! I need to buy a new iPad and I am completely confused about their Air/Pro lines.
For me it is an easy question to answer. Buy mini, or none.
If I am asked to spend that sort of money on a top end iPad, I would buy an 11" MBA, or MB instead.
They need a faster charger for the 12.9" iPad Pro. Mine takes a long time to charge. I usually have to leave it charging all night to get 100% and that will only just about last me through a working day.
Dunno if you're being sarcastic, but if you think ios tablets are pad, androids are even worse off. I have the latest Samsung S2 9.7 and it's even more laggy than my father's 2012 ipad 2. Hardly any apps made for tablet either.
What I really wish for is Apple to stop gimping the ipad mini with inferior CPU/GPU's. I haven't bought one since the Mini 2.
I do believe this report contradicts what KGI said as they think their will be a cheap iPad and then two larger ones.
Quote: "The smaller 7.9-inch model, which will succeed the iPad mini 4, will likewise include a Smart Connector, True Tone display, four speakers, and a 12-megapixel rear-facing iSight camera with True Tone flash, as Apple works to standardize features across its tablet lineup, according to the report."
If Apple is going to fragmentize at all, I'm happy it's (mostly) in size and not features.
If Apple is going to fragmentize at all, I'm happy it's (mostly) in size and not features.
still have my iPad 2, use of it trailed off when I got my Macbook Air in mid-2013. Waiting for them to update the macbook pro. Just don't see a role for another iPad in my life.
What is the reason to keep older iOS devices around? To hit different price points? Whether it's iPad or iPhone, they have 3 screen sizes and multiple storage tiers. There's already plenty of options to cover many price points. It would be nice if when internals are updated (which is significant for iOS devices) that older ones are dropped.
Besides, there hasn't been any real redesign for iPads in 4 years - which is fine, as the design is good and it's really screen/internals that matter right now.
Edit: Actually the Watch is a great example. They updated it this year, and kind of kept last year's model but by updating it internally with the same CPU that the newer model received. That I like, regardless of the watch that someone purchases now, they're all newer faster models.
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as the owner of a 9.7" ipad pro I can honestly say that I see nothing pro about this product. It really isn't any more useful to 99.99% of people than the ipad air, which should just be called the ipad again at this point. The 0.01% (likely fewer actually) would be those who use it for Apple pencil support
Fully agreed, I have had many ipads (1, 2, 3, air, air 2, pro 9.7, mini, mini 2) over the years in my family, when I try to use one I just get frustrated and go back to my macbook air.
What a mess it's all becoming. The product liens are slowly but surely edging back to the way they were pre Steve Jobs' return.
I love my iPad mini. And look forward to when they release e "pro" version so I can use the Apple Pencil. But I do agree that they should have waited until the ipads can run OSX before they start calling them "Pro". To me these are improvements not worthy of a "pro" label. Not yet anyway.
Plus it comes with a free watchband
But we both forgot to add something about firing Tim Cook.
I don't think they will ever run OSX but it would be pretty cool if they ran something a bit less limiting than iOS. The hardware doesn't need a crippled OS anymore, it is plenty fast enough to handle more
Nice to see an iPad 'mini pro' but I can't help but worry about apple's increasingly fragmented product line. Not that I want to be a proponent of the 'Jobs would be turning in his grave' attitude, but his vision of a more streamlined, simplified range of products is starting to become lost
https://medium.com/@jimmyplaysdrums/apple-is-losing-focus-279250d7a48#.g1ashnybf
I'm not upgrading my iPad mini 4 until 3D Touch and OLED/mLED. I want it to be equal in features (more or less) to next year's iPhone 8.
Great write up. I feel exactly the same on all if it (minus the watch). I know most people would think it's nuts, but the Macs for example, I would easily drop the MacBook Air and just have MacBook and MacBook Pro. I'd hate to say (and never have) what Steve would have done, but when he was around we rarely saw old products kept at lower price points. He'd introduce that new MacBook and just drop the Air entirely.
The watch though I think was done well. Maybe Series 1 and 2 naming confuses people that the Series 1 is the old watch, but to me they're analogous to an iPad with Wifi vs iPad with Wifi+Cellular. I like that they have the same performance but the Series 2 also includes GPS and swim-proofing. There is a lot of variations of the watch though, damn.
With a Mini Pro model Apple will get my money.
I was looking to buy a new iPad Mini but was waiting.
I have an original Mini that is now long in the tooth, but I want pen support.
They will definitely get my money for a Mini Pro if it supports the Pencil.
For me it's an iPad Mini Pro or nothing.
I don't like the larger iPads. I want something like a small notebook I can take to meetings.
I was looking to buy a new iPad Mini but was waiting.
I have an original Mini that is now long in the tooth, but I want pen support.
They will definitely get my money for a Mini Pro if it supports the Pencil.
For me it's an iPad Mini Pro or nothing.
I don't like the larger iPads. I want something like a small notebook I can take to meetings.
Apple is highly unlikely to include the Apple Pencil with the iPad. That's not how Apple operates. They charge a premium for everything and their accessories are priced accordingly.
Your analogy is be same as 'Apple should include the Airpods with the iPhone 7, it will influence the customer to appreciate Bluetooth.'
That's a nice thought, but Apple is out to make money and they would be losing money by including accessories which retail between $100-$160.00.
If the customer truly wants the option of purchasing the Apple Pencil, they will. But unfortunately, your theory does not look promising.
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Apple does not seem serious about the iPad? How so? They have invested in two new Pro versions, emphasizing how the iPad could replace your laptop and Tim Cook quoted, he see's the iPad lineup ultimately replacing your laptop over time. Not to mention the ridiculous amount of marketing they have invested in the iPad line with in the last year, right next to the iPhone.
I think it's evident Apple appears 'Serious' to me in the direction their heading. And to the point, how has the tech peaked? To what extent?
Yes this is confusing. I assume we are supposed to assume Pencil support is included in the Mini because it is a Pro, yet its other new specs and features are mentioned specifically in this article EXCEPT Pencil support. I'm not sure what to make of that.
Ugh, if they don't it's a serious problem.
ipad mini is the ideal book reader, and would be the ideal doodle notebook. But if there's no Pencil support, there is no reason to upgrade from, say, the Mini 2, when it got its initial speed boost. The Mini 2 is still a fine e-reader and video player...
