Sticking it in the Air is typical Apple wanting you to up sell to the Pro versions to gain M3
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Gurman: No Apple Event Planned for Upcoming iPads and Macs
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Always take Gurman's speculation as just speculation. His Oct 22 news letter speculated differently.
Maybe, still it would immediately be criticized as not the best gaming iPad for the price. Thats not to say that Apple arcade isn't doing well as some speculation suggests also.
Maybe they can bring him back for some presentations with deep fake and AI tech
M2 is very similar to M1 to justify Air 5 to 6... I'm hoping for M3 minus of course the lack of Pro Motion and OLED. I will be happy with the LCD which is still great IPS based screen.
I would love this! And, I would take it further and hope they would allow any Mac to serve as an external display for any iPhone/ipad, similar to how you can use an iPad to extend a Mac screen now.
Every time someone dares tell the truth on how wrong Mark Gurman is, and when he is right it is because several people are saying something Apple related and he jumps on the train, they get booed in here.
I do not understand this fascination with Gurman. I don’t think he has any specific inside knowledge, and he is never first to suggest anything. What he is good at is playing the odds.
I believe Apple will come out with an updated Mac Studio, a new iPhone, a few new iPads, and probably a new Apple Watch this year. There you have it. Of course if I get it wrong, I’ll say that’s because they were a bit behind plan and it will come out next year.
Because I would rather trade in my current one while it has an okay trade-in value. And not needing to travel with both Lightning and USB-C cables would be great.Why not just use it until it needs replacing
... there is nothing wrong with using lightning until you progress onto a new device (in the event no port change had occurred).
Which is why they won't even think about it, let alone do it
They aren't worrying about what's best for customers anymore ... not if it's going to even hint at threatening existing revenue streams.
This isn't a product company first anymore....it's a financial operation above everything else
Once they had a credit card -- all doubt was removed
Apple have always been about money, always... and they likely always will be. No matter what anyone says, or does, or thinks
If they put other things ahead of money, they would be a charity. Like raspberry Pi and others.
The only reason they exist, the sole reason.. is to make money, period.. and their product happens to be computers and related products and services.
Yes, they have a following, a very loyal customer base that are a small percentage of all their customers. But this is very odd, its not really normal and most companies would do anything for a cult following.. and they know it pays to keep that following... because it makes even more money.
The problem is, it'd be an all-new Steve Jobs but Apple would just call it "Steve Jobs" and so if someone was referring to "Steve Jobs," you'd never know if they were talking about an earlier version of Steve Jobs or the new version of Steve Jobs. So you'd end up having to look up which model number Steve Jobs it was and that'd just be such a pain in the ass.
At least the new Steve Jobs would be the best Steve Jobs they've ever made. I think we're all going to love him.
Stood for what? I am interested as to how people think they know what Jobs would do or say. He's dead. Leave him alone.
You're absolutely correct, I'm sure it is part of their overall sales push. But then I think... Who is the person who gets needlessly motivated to buy some consumer electronics bauble by one of those dog and pony shows? I get that not every purchase is purely about quantitative need, but... Come on now. Those presentations are stupid little circus acts. Infomercials with a better budget.
Yeah, I’d be fine with a non-OLED for an iPad Air 6.
I’m looking at the larger 12.9 size, so it would be prohibitively expensive with an OLED screen.
However, my guess is the Air will be M2. Apple is the king of using up their parts bin. A nominal speed bump, new camera position, and the introduction of the larger size is enough to justify a new iPad Air.
And plus, it’s a given the iPad Pro will get the M3 chips.
You thought people were smarter than that? Are you serious? They evidence they are not has been prolific for quite a long time.
It’s amazing
There is one iPad that people complain about the hardware on, and it’s the one not getting an update still after nearly 3 years
There is one iPad that people complain about the hardware on, and it’s the one not getting an update still after nearly 3 years
Gurman does not write his newsletters for tech blog readers. He has a significant following in the investment community and for the most part could not care less what we think of him. None of us are his clients.
I laugh when people rip into Gurman or any of the other prominent analyst / investment newsletter guys. The people that matter in his business don't feel like you do. The guy does his job or he wouldn't have one. His business is sink or swim. There is no in-between. He is in the securities business, not the tech business.
Interesting that you think so. My brother works for an investment firm in England, and they give absolutely NO credence to what Gurman says. They listen to analysts we don’t even know about “in the wild.”
Gurman is not an analyst/investor guy. He's simply a technology journalist for Bloomberg. see https://markgurman.com/
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If it’s professional analysis about Apple you want, I struggle to imagine why anybody would opt to follow anyone else other than Neil Cybart of AboveAvalon.
No disagreement. I merely tried to point out that Gurman could care less what tech blog readers think of his work and that the constant complaining every time his name appears is tiresome and like an endless loop.