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Apple's Crowded Late 2012 Product Introduction Schedule Forced by Delays to iMac and iPad Mini
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The trend fits.
iPod - introduced in 2001, goes through some rapid iterations in various months, becomes cash cow with incremental updates every holiday season starting in 2005.
iPhone - introduced in 2007, goes through some rapid iterations in various months, becomes cash cow with incremental updates every holiday season starting in 2011.
iPad - introduced in 2010, goes through some rapid iterations in march's/april's, becomes cash cow with incremental updates every holiday season starting in 2012?
Ah yes after each product release, MacRumors will most definitely be heating up with the worry warts, wondering where there order is...
There's going to be some fun posts to read coming to a display near you, in the not too distant future.
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There's going to be some fun posts to read coming to a display near you, in the not too distant future.
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Another "Bash The Reporter" post, apparently it never gets old to point the finger away from Apple.
For you, but some of us don't need the color killing of a matte display and know how to calibrate and position our displays to avoid glare
The dots on the line are the mid-month mark. Yeah: it's ridiculous, but that's the deal with this fluff-n-puff predict-graphic. So the prediction is that on Sept. 12th they will release two non-iPhone devices...
Could happen.
On the OTHER HAND, I saw these similar graphics floating around for other predictions (supposedly by the same guy) and they were wrong. Flat wrong.
Why would they do that when they can add a third TB or even digital audio and get you to buy a TB to FW adapter
so what will the next iPad if they are already releasing an updated version
Dont Make Sense
iPod and iTouch released together - that makes sense
iMac this year sounds very obvious!
Dont Make Sense
iPod and iTouch released together - that makes sense
iMac this year sounds very obvious!
something doesnt add up ... apple is gonna release an 21.5 inch imac but no 27inch?? but rumors point out that were actually seeing shortages in the 27 inch.. ??? doesnt add up... somethings wrong here i also dont believe that apple will release just one version of the imac and leave the other one for later its jut not the way it works out people dont buy the 27 inch as much as 21.5 inch anyways so apple might just go ahead and release them both at the same time.. but one thing is for sure im gonna be really REALLY pissed if apple only updates the 21.5 inch... because ive been waiting for long and im not gonna get that 21 inch im in need of the 27 inch version... lets hope for the best.
are you serious?
if the timetable is true, the 27" is rumored to be out for october, you're asked to wait just ONE month!
every year people are getting more and more eager to buy new stuff, so much for the global crisis of economy.
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i look forward to see what they're able to cram in the 13" rMBP, looks like a bigger challenge than the 15".
and i also wonder if the newt redesign of the mba will be significantly smaller/lighter, so that the two 13" won't look/feel too similar.
With Haswell not realistically expected until 2H13, you'd think they'd do something in between.
Why on earth would anyone expect separate release dates for the (theoretical) updated 3rd gen iPad and the Mac Mini, given that the 3rd gen iPad's (theoretical) only change is to the dock connector?
That 3rd gen iPad event is going to be rather short...
That 3rd gen iPad event is going to be rather short...
Some of our jobs depend on these machines...so that's why we're eager on the new iMacs..it's been almost 500 days now which is just unacceptable in terms of the pro market.
Just said it will be launched but only in small quantities so supply will soon be restricted after pre-orders...
Why should the finger be pointed at Apple? The report is not from them but some "analyst". They traditionally never reveal anything about upcoming products, so what is the source of this information if not his imagination?
IMO if they stagger the release of the iMac and depending on how far appart I can see them announcing both models but releasing the 21.5" first, followed by the 27" in late October.
Which means we'll be lucky to see the 27" later in Nov... we'll it will make a nice Christmas gift to myself and I was hoping for a Birthday gift back in July :lol:
Which means we'll be lucky to see the 27" later in Nov... we'll it will make a nice Christmas gift to myself and I was hoping for a Birthday gift back in July :lol:
The touch is an incremental update to a declining product line using the same screen as the iPhone5.
The iPad Mini may be released. It is a smaller size than the iPad 1 and 2 so has thermal budget issues. So until the die shrink happened it was a difficult niche. That also made a smaller battery practical for a 6+ hour uptime. I think the technical challenges to achieve "same or better" end user experience than iPad1 had to be resolved before it could be released. Also I think they expect to sell a bunch more 7's than 11's so needed to get the production lines and suppliers up and trained.
They are maxing out every "qualified" display maker in the world for goodness sake.
It is always the marginal case that provides the best insight. Look at all the articles about Sharp not being able to keep up with orders from Apple.
Rocketman
I think the release sequence will be like this:
Sept 12: iPhone/iPodTouch5 iPod Nano iMac Retina 21"
October : iPad Mini, MacBookPro retina 13, Mac mini
Next year: new Mac Pro "cube", cinema 4k display, maybe iMac 27r, and revised rMBP15 (June)
Sept 12: iPhone/iPodTouch5 iPod Nano iMac Retina 21"
October : iPad Mini, MacBookPro retina 13, Mac mini
Next year: new Mac Pro "cube", cinema 4k display, maybe iMac 27r, and revised rMBP15 (June)
