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iPad 3 Media Event Planned for Early February?
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The iPad 3 is going to be a beast! Quad-Core here we come!
Other than Real Racing 2 and Infinity Blade 2, I don't know of any other apps that take advantage of the double cores in the iPad 2 (I'm sure their are a few), but now we're jumping to Quad Core for what reason?
I agree.
If true:
As widely suspected, Apple will continue to sell the iPad2. At the event, Apple will announce iPad 2 price drop, effective immediately. That way they can continue to sell the iPad2 in the gap between announcement and availability of the iPad3. Although some buyers will obviously wait for the new model, they'll get plenty of oomph out of people snapping up the newly cost-reduced iPad2.
Sounds great. I hope it's true.
As widely suspected, Apple will continue to sell the iPad2. At the event, Apple will announce iPad 2 price drop, effective immediately. That way they can continue to sell the iPad2 in the gap between announcement and availability of the iPad3. Although some buyers will obviously wait for the new model, they'll get plenty of oomph out of people snapping up the newly cost-reduced iPad2.
Sounds great. I hope it's true.
iPad 3 okay, but when will the next gen iMacs be announced?
I fear my iMac is limping towards its finish line and the Buyer's Guide here in MacRumors says "Don't Buy! Updates Soon." But what -- and I know it's an impossibility to predict in Apple World -- is "soon"? It's a watching and waiting (and praying, believe me!), game.
I fear my iMac is limping towards its finish line and the Buyer's Guide here in MacRumors says "Don't Buy! Updates Soon." But what -- and I know it's an impossibility to predict in Apple World -- is "soon"? It's a watching and waiting (and praying, believe me!), game.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the report is still suggesting March availability of the iPad 3-- just an earlier announcement than most would expect. I somehow doubt a January / February announcement has ever hurt Apple's sales
(What too early an announcement could do is slow iPad 2 sales down-- that's the only downside I can see.)You jumped the gun
iOS 5.1 isnt finished yet and iOS5 is less than 4 months old at this point. I would think the iPhone move to October is permanent, with the buzz on the iPod almost nil Apple needed a tentpole event near the end of the year to balance out their schedule: iPad spring / WWDC summer / iPhone fall.But it isn't like the current apps won't work on a "retina" display. That's the whole point of doubling the resolution! All Apple has to do is build in support for "doubling" the resolution when the App is built for 1024 x 768 and instantly it looks the same on the iPad 3 as it does on the iPad 2. Over time the developers will add support, but it isn't needed from Day 1. Further, Apple will have most of it's core apps already updated for the higher resolution so they can show off the new display.
Besides I guarentee many of the big developers are already aware. Apple showed off the power of the iPad 2 by showing a version of Infinity Blade that none of us knew about, so it isn't like (at least some) developers aren't aware of the new display.....
You jumped the gun
Exactly. This way the iPad gets the new version of the A# chip and when demand begins to slow for the iPad, they can move production of the A# to the iPhone. Otherwise you have to products only spaced about 3 months apart demanding the same resources....
Because of the display alone (much less everything else coming), the difference between 2 and 3 will be much, much bigger than the difference between 1 and 2. 2 was like a 1S. 3 is the one we've all been waiting for.
Lol, you really think Apple cares (maybe just about the day the use to introduce the new iPad) and the people that were smart enough to wait care one bit? Just sayin'
I've been waiting for months.
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Anyone else worried how crappy graphics will look until all assets have been updated to super hi-rez?
Especially websites. The text will look super sharp but all images will have that blurry pixel-doubled look. And I don't think many sites will optimize their images for hd displays for years to come until desktops start using hd displays...
Especially websites. The text will look super sharp but all images will have that blurry pixel-doubled look. And I don't think many sites will optimize their images for hd displays for years to come until desktops start using hd displays...
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Makes sense. It might help developers (and perhaps web designers) prepare their applications for the release.
Makes sense. It might help developers (and perhaps web designers) prepare their applications for the release.
Beginning of Fiscal Quarter
I don't have the stats to back this up, ... but from memory over past 15 years, Apple releases new products at the Beginning of the next Fiscal Quarter. The current Quarter is Jan-Mar. Therefore, expect to see a new iPad available the first week of April, rather than anytime in March.
I don't have the stats to back this up, ... but from memory over past 15 years, Apple releases new products at the Beginning of the next Fiscal Quarter. The current Quarter is Jan-Mar. Therefore, expect to see a new iPad available the first week of April, rather than anytime in March.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the report is still suggesting March availability of the iPad 3-- just an earlier announcement than most would expect. I somehow doubt a January / February announcement has ever hurt Apple's sales
Except for the original iPad and iPhone, the period between announcement and launch has been about 10 days. Just based on recent history Apple won't announce in early Feb and then put them on sale 4-6 weeks later. That would put a serious hit on revenue for no reason.
Do I think Apple cares about missing sales? Yes. Do I think 99% of the population don't keep track of Apple's historical refresh windows? No. In fact, I know it because even people here bellyache "But I just bought...." when a refresh is announced. It has zero to do with being "smart," it's just not their thing to monitor everything Apple anymore than most people here monitor everything NFL even though they might casually follow a team. Your waiting months doesn't make you smart, just patient.
Well, I wouldn't complain about an early Feb. announcement with mid-to-late February availability
But yeah. I'm plenty skeptical of this rumor myself.
Why not?
You think they are going to skip 5 and call it the iPhone 6 because it's the 6th iPhone?
That would make no sense from a marketing perspective. Apple is better than that. I'm pretty sure it will be the iPhone 5, and if it's not it definitely won't be iPhone 6.
They called the 4th iPhone the iPhone 4 because there was so much confusion with 3G (data generation vs phone generation) and they couldn't release an iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and then an iPhone 3. People assume a bigger number and longer name means the phone is newer/better, and that's logical.
Now that we're out of that 3G confusion, I'm pretty sure the number will only designate the physical design generation.
i'm finally ready to jump on the iPad bandwagon, even though i never really used to see the need for it. to be honest, i have an iPhone and i still don't see my need for an iPad - i just want one.