The mini is perfect for content consumption (books, videos, etc.).Can we please just have the Air in 3 sizes and ditch the "mini"? Give us a 9 inch Air, 11 inch Air, and 13 inch Air. And then the Pros in 11 inch, 13 inch, and 15 inch. And then..... the low end one still in 11 (well, 10.9).... the lineup is.... fun.....
Throw in the 3 Apple Pencils, and the lineup is an absolute blast...
When iPad Pros and MacBooks hit M3, then drop M2 in Airs. And keep it 1 behind.
And I guess the lower end on A series.
Man, these lineups and the overlap has gotten really messy the last few years.
It’s good to see Apple recognizing that not everyone who wants a big screen also wants top-of-the-line internals. They now have options for those customers with iPhone and Mac, and it sounds like an iPad option will exist soon too.
Apple’s days as a boutique manufacturer are done and this sort of iPad lineup is designed to provide a choice to every available potential customer segment. Just like the 15” MacBook Air, not everyone wants a larger Pro device, they just want a larger screen.We really need fewer iPad models, not more.
The courage meter would exceed and you know it 😅How about going REALLY big to basically resurrect a modern crack at the old arcade cocktail table format...
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And I'm not joking here... a sizable iPad to live on table tops (or packaged like upright) for digital game playing and other group purposes. Every classic board game could be digitally available, old arcade favorites, new games in Apple Arcade, etc.
How so, when we have 13" and 15" MacBooks Air?Wouldn't that be the iPad Downdraft? "Air" is kinda meaningless at that size.
You can have our iPad minis when you pry them from our cold, dead hands.They need to kill the iPad with the home button and the Mini.
One iPad.
Two Airs.
Two Pros.
All the Pro accessories should work with the Airs and the iPad gets it own accessories.
Or if they insist on keeping the Mini then make it below the iPad as an entry level model instead of a companion to the Air.
The mini is perfect for content consumption (books, videos, etc.).
Mini lovers would gather their pitchforks.Can we please just have the Air in 3 sizes and ditch the "mini"? Give us a 9 inch Air, 11 inch Air, and 13 inch Air. And then the Pros in 11 inch, 13 inch, and 15 inch. And then..... the low end one still in 11 (well, 10.9).... the lineup is.... fun.....
Throw in the 3 Apple Pencils, and the lineup is an absolute blast...
When iPad Pros and MacBooks hit M3, then drop M2 in Airs. And keep it 1 behind.
And I guess the lower end on A series.
Man, these lineups and the overlap has gotten really messy the last few years.
Apple is working on a larger iPad Air featuring a 12.9-inch display, in what would be the biggest iPad Air model to date, DigiTimes reports.
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Citing industry sources, DigiTimes highlighted that unlike the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, the 12.9-inch iPad Air will not feature a mini-LED display. The device will instead feature the same LCD technology used in the current, 10.9-inch iPad Air. The information was shared in DigiTimes' "Before Going to Press" section, so while information about the new device is currently limited, more will follow tomorrow.
The iPad Air has only ever been available in a single size, so presumably a 12.9-inch iPad Air would be offered in addition to a separate model with a smaller screen, just like how the iPad Pro is offered in both 11- and 12.9-inch variants. A recent rumor from 9to5Mac claimed that Apple was working on two sixth-generation iPad Air models. While the piece speculated that Apple could release a larger version of the iPad Air to go along with the current 10.9-inch version, DigiTimes' report is the first specific mention of a larger iPad Air variant.
Together, the rumors suggest that the 12.9-inch iPad Air could arrive sooner rather than later in the sixth incarnation of the device. The current iPad Air featuring the M1 chip launched over a year and a half ago, and a new model with the M2 chip is widely expected to launch in the coming months.
The current, 10.9-inch iPad Air is priced starting at $599, while the 11-inch iPad Pro starts at $799. A 12.9-inch iPad Air model would presumably be priced between these two products, but it is worth bearing in mind that Apple's next-generation iPad Pro models are rumored to see price hikes owing to their costly OLED display technology.
Article Link: Apple Working on Larger iPad Air With 12.9-Inch Display
customers need more variety, not specs like storage updated to the year 2023. 128 GB are enough for everybodySo more options to buy from? Wouldn’t it get a little confusing? It’s either they drop the base iPad and make the iPad Air standard, or viceversa. Or, even better, only Air and Pro, which come in three sizes each, and an iPad SE with the rumoured plastic…
Given how grossly over-priced the current Air is I question how many of such customers exist. Although of course if Apple were to hike the price of the Pro they could bring in the air at say £50 cheaper than the current Pro and Mac Rumors could use their usual powers of spin to proclaim how "affordable" it was...
Because Tim is a college grad, not an entrepreneur/critical thinker. He’s taking a page out of other MBA’s like John Sculley, Michael Spindler, and Gil Amelio and throwing more products into the marketplace because the excel spreadsheet said Apple can make a few million dollars more; customer confusion and product line getting messy be damned.My only question...is why? 13 inch is already absurdly huge for a tablet. Why would you go bigger especially when the price of said iPad will probably exceed the 15 inch Macbook Air?