Apple's Online Store Goes Down Amid New iMac and iPad Rumors

[matrix07]

Buying a new Mini now! So happy it’s been updated. My favorite form factor of all the devices (I travel for business and live on the road and at client sites). It’s perfect for me. Yay.

Price is good too. So happy for mini customers.

I’ll get the Air though. I’m the Air guy.

 

[ThatiPhoneKid]

Not even any new iPhone case colours, oh dear.

 

[DWSALTAZ]

It does have the 'New' flag against it but I can't see what changed...

...It says "New" because it was updated only a few months ago in November.

 

[jorgecustodio]

1st gen Apple Pencil? Lightning port? Oh dear.

Yeap... the Pro name has no mean something for the extra $$

 

[oldmacs]

Sounds like the iPad Pro 10.5 was still selling so they've replaced it with the new iPad Air.... Though its a bit of a downgrade - no pro motion, no camera flash, lesser camera, 2 speaker audio. At least its a price drop.

 

[derekamoss]

Have you ever used Affinity Photo on iPad? .. And the Apple Pencil is being insulted to be compared to the Surface Pen. A tablet with macOS on it? ...see countless other discussions on why it's a bad idea. There was a thing called the ModBook ten years ago... go look at that. The product was in market, and it didn't take off.. what does that tell you?

Overtaking competitors? They never overtook the Surface Pro because the Surface pro was never anywhere near the iPad's sales.... and nor will it ever be if you've looked at the latest figures.

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No I haven't run Infinity photo on an iPad, I have however run it on my Surface Pro connected by USB 3.0 to a large external Hard Drive that I store my projects on...
Have you used Photoshop on an iPad? What about an actual file manager? Used a mouse with one? Played a non mobile game on one? Use full Microsoft Office on one? and in my opinion anything being called a computer should at least be able to run good old fashioned WinAmp. I've tried both an Apple Pencil(my girl has one so it's not just a few seconds at the store) and a Microsoft Pen and the difference is negligible. When it comes to being only a fraction of a difference who cares. At least I have an eraser on top of my pen and a customizable button to do different things. As for modbook they actually are still selling their services so there must be some interest there.

 

[AMTYVLE]

They brought back the iPad AIR?!?!?!

 

[fumi2014]

AirPower?
Beginning to think Apple do not know how to make a charging mat. How much longer? FFS.

 

[EightyTwenty]

Buying a new Mini now! So happy it’s been updated. My favorite form factor of all the devices (I travel for business and live on the road and at client sites). It’s perfect for me. Yay.

Is this sarcasm?

 

[rowdt1]

Sounds like the iPad Pro 10.5 was still selling so they've replaced it with the new iPad Air.... Though its a bit of a downgrade - no pro motion, no camera flash, lesser camera, 2 speaker audio. At least its a price drop.

They don't want to give people more reasons to not upgrade to the new iPad Pro.

 

[ThatiPhoneKid]

They’ve just rebranded the old 10.5 inch iPad Pro to iPad Air lol

 

[Pennypacker83]

Pipelines are clogged with emoji, lately.

 

[oldmacs]

They’ve just rebranded the old 10.5 inch iPad Pro to iPad Air lol

But demoted it to a normal A chip instead of an AX, removed the flash, demoted the camera, removed the pro motion display and down to two speakers.

 

[max.ine]

I wasn’t expecting the iPad Air to come back... and the price is extremely reasonable?

 

[iMatt.]

What a terribly disappointing update! AirPods and the Airpower Mat are a no show. Who gives a flip about the basic stuff like that. Ugh....

It's only Monday...

 

[max.ine]

Wow, that new Mini is dirt cheap, too. Apple must be feeling generous.

 

[J Michael T]

Is this sarcasm?

Nope. I’ve tried every single iPad that’s come out so far and the Mini is the best for my needs. Plopping down a Pro next to my laptop in a conference room or trying to deal with it going through TSA or on a tiny airplane tray table made anything bigger an unwieldy, unmanageable hindrance.

I use my Mini an average of 6-8 hours a day so making it work for me was important. This is the form factor that fits me best

 

[Ferc Kast]

They’ve just rebranded the old 10.5 inch iPad Pro to iPad Air lol

Close. They made a new iPad Air 2 with the Pro's 10.5" screen size and resolution. (No 120GHz refresh rate, flash, or quad speakers.)

 

[triangletechie]

Nice specs on the Mini. Pleasantly surprised to see A12 with laminated, anti reflective display. I wonder if the rumored 10.2" iPad will make an appearance eventually.

 

[androo4519]

Well that was fabulously underwhelming. But since I'm after a new iMac that really is new, I suppose I should be glad they didn't just sneak out a slightly better-specced version of their current antique. The wait (and the hope) goes on, and luckily, so does my poor old 2009 iMac.

 

[Mydel]

Seriously...whats with lack of consequence in ports. Why to keep lightning if the Pro went USBC. And what with the USB A charger? That is annoying. I have better things to do than carry 25 chargers and 125 cables

 

[tjedora]

- iPad Mini
- iPad
- iPad Air
- iPad Pro

Talking about a cluttered iPad lineup.

 

[Liszt]

Pretty interesting that while the iPad Mini was expected, the specs for a 10.5 iPad Air somehow didn't leak.

 

[dor2201]

The new iPads do not include the second generation fingerprint sensor ?!

 

[matrix07]

Close. They made a new iPad Air 2 with the Pro's 10.5" screen size and resolution. (No 120GHz refresh rate, flash, or quad speakers.)

Exactly! With the original iPad price too. Yay!!