iPad 3 news starting to worry me!

[erawsd]

So it's okay for Samsung, Motorola and everyone else to update their Android phones 2 or 3 times per year to keep their revenue stream flowing but it's NOT okay for Apple to revise a product twice in one year? Why this double standard? Look, it's absolutely in Apple's best interest to stay ahead of the pack. If a new iPad 3 will help, then by all means bring it! Let's not be silly or stupid here. Apple pretends it doesn't care about market share, but it does. They just won't state it publicly because they want to give off the appearance of being above the fray, being "better than that". But ultimately they will do what drives their stock price higher and what pleases shareholders - with or without Jobs on board. Apple is now much bigger than Steve Jobs, and I'm tired when people make this about him.

Buying technology is like flushing money down the toilet. It is only an "investment" if you use it to generate cashflow. The value of technology almost always goes down, and anything you buy is already obsolete the day it hits the market because something better is already under development. Be happy with what you have and wish Apple the best. What else is there to do?

The difference is that Motorola and Samsung products sales dry up very quickly post-release, the only way they *can* stay relevant in this market is to constantly build up hype around new product releases. Apple doesn't have that problem, they can't make enough iPads to satisfy the demand.

Apple is what it is because it doesn't do business like the "other guys".

 

[Ronnoco]

Do Samsung release a top end model once a year? Yes the Galaxy tab lasted a full cycle and yes there is a new top end tablet and some ones below but they are entry level cheaper ones. Samsung won't release a proper update until next year.

The iPad 2 was release as a top end model right? So if they release one above the IPad 2 with a minor update it makes the IPad 2 a cheap alternative. If it's an IPad 3 with a major update then IPad 2 is last gen model. It's unlikely Apple will do this they are more likely to offer one with a smaller screen and cheaper which even that won't happen.

As for somebody who said better cameras well if Apple wanted the IPad to be a camera phone tablet they would have released one with a better camera. No doubt it will be refreshed in the next update but even Samsung dropped the mega pixels on there new tablet.

iPad 2 is streets ahead of anything else. Even if there was better tablets theres already better and good rivals to the iPhone does that mean Apple go releasing three a year? No.

I reckon it's all media jargon written by people with other tablets, iPad 1's or none at all so they make everybody who stood in a queue for an IPad 2 panic that a new model will be coming soon. Without being too insightful it's obvious to anybody if they want to release a new IPhone come September they would rather focus on that than take the shine off by rushing another tablet on to the Market.

The PS4 is already in development so you see the PS3 people worried? I think not.

It seems Apple is updating all of their FaceTime capable devices to FaceTimeHD cameras. I would expect the next iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone as well as the next gen Air's and ACD's to have front facing FaceTimeHD cameras...

 

[class77]

The camera was one of the few things that Apple got slammed on in reviews, so I don't doubt that it would have been among the first things they upgraded

 

[TheWheelMan]

iPad 3 news starting to worry me!

Absolutely silly thing to say. As if your iPad 2 will suddenly burst into flames or fall apart or be rendered incapable of doing what you need IF the rumors prove true.

 

[Arran]

My guess is that any new iPad in the Fall will be a much cheaper, smaller-screened Nook/Kindle killer and not a full-blown iPad. It will be sold alongside iPad 2.

My guess is that the game plan would be to get value and e-book shoppers into the Apple/iTunes fold quickly and worry about up-selling later. Just like the iPod mini and nano hooked customers on iTunes at a low price.

 

[iSee]

Today the apple insider along with Reuters and macrumors have all posted stories about the new iPad 3 thAts supposed to be coming in september. I thought this rumor was dead?! I just got my iPad 2 and I will be uberpissed at apple if they do release a new iPad n a few months!

That's quite a selfish attitude.

iPad 3 will not make your iPad 2 any worse -- so how does it hurt you?

Anyway not all rumors turn out to be true. Why not just return your iPad 2 and go without until the iPad 3 comes out? Will that make you happy?

 

[gadget123]

That's quite a selfish attitude.

iPad 3 will not make your iPad 2 any worse -- so how does it hurt you?

Anyway not all rumors turn out to be true. Why not just return your iPad 2 and go without until the iPad 3 comes out? Will that make you happy?

Well if IPad 3 comes in September I doubt anybody will mind if they release the IPad 4 in March making the iPad 2 two generations old after a year.

Sounds crazy. Apple won't do it.

 

[b0blndsy]

iPad 1 - Own

iPad 2 - Do not own

iPad 3 - Want now!

Same here but unfortunately Ipad3 is not coming soon

 

[kguerrero]

I wouldn't let it worry you. If you paid attention to every new product coming-out you would lose your head.

 

[DeeEss]

How dreary to not enjoy a product because of fear that technology moves forward and another model might be introduced in the near future.

Personally the thought of missing out on a new model only by a few weeks after spending a decent amount of money is indeed dreary.

People who mock people on forum boards, now that's even more dreary. Thankfully I can just buy a new ipad...You'll always be dreary.

 

[gimmeiphone]

I just c it as being kinda greedy on apples part. They have over 85% of the tablet marketshare. No one is even close in this race so why update prematurely? This will upset many consumers of the iPad 2. Sure I will still enjoy my product, but if I had of waited 3 more months, I could possibly have a better product for the same price.

Greedy? they are simply updating their products. If your getting pissed off at technological progress, your in for a lifetime of heartache, any customers that get upset need to grow up imo

 

[radiogoober]

Personally the thought of missing out on a new model only by a few weeks after spending a decent amount of money is indeed dreary.

People who mock people on forum boards, now that's even more dreary. Thankfully I can just buy a new ipad...You'll always be dreary.

You know, stuff like that upsets me too sometimes. But then I think of like, you know, Africa, where people get their limbs cut off, or where HIV+ men rape women because they think having sex with a virgin will cure their HIV, or where some babies are born, take one breath, and die. Or the Congo where they still practice cannibalism. Then I feel sorta stupid for caring so much about an iPad or whatever.

So, perhaps dreary isn't the best way to describe the feeling of missing out on a new iPad.

Perspective is really a weird thing.

 

[gimmeiphone]

you know, stuff like that upsets me too sometimes. But then i think of like, you know, africa, where people get their limbs cut off, or where hiv+ men rape women because they think having sex with a virgin will cure their hiv, or where some babies are born, take one breath, and die. Or the congo where they still practice cannibalism. Then i feel sorta stupid for caring so much about an ipad or whatever.

So, perhaps dreary isn't the best way to describe the feeling of missing out on a new ipad.

Perspective is really a weird thing.

+99999

 

[Don Kosak]

I'd love to see iPad 3 out this year. I'd probably buy one too!

September seems a little early though - given that the roll out of iPad 2 world-wide is just beginning to stabilize. It also doesn't jibe with the news that Apple is ramping production on iPad 2 for Q3.

If we see another iPad model this year, which I doubt, but won't rule out, I would expect it to be in Q4 in late November for the holiday shopping season.

I think that's a more realistic time frame. Then again, January or February 2012 is just as likely.

 

[Macalicious2011]

I don't believe there will be an iPad 3 this year, but if one will see day light. I will be the first to sell my iPad 2, so I am not losing sleep over it.

 

[Salukipilot4590]

If I could find a new iPad (original) 32GB in a retail store I would buy it.

Not too keen on spending that kind of money on a current model since they both do the same thing for me.

Now it WOULD suck to have saved up for an iPad 2 and have the 3 come out a few months later.

 

[MrWillie]

There is a joke I'd like to share with you:

Whats common between Cellphones and Marriage,......................................................................................................... You regret later that you could have got a better model in case you'd wait for a while

The newer models always seem to be lighter and thinner ??? (Boy I sure do hope the wife doesn't see this.)

I can't imagine Apple intends to release an updated iPad when the iPad 2 is still selling faster than they can make them. Its very uncharacteristic of the company and doesn't make any sense from a business perspective -- especially when competitors have not gotten close to catching up yet.

The parts being ordered are likely for another product line. Perhaps the new MBA will come with an ipad-like display to compliment the many touch friendly features of lion.

Close... iPad 3 and the new MBA will be a hybrid model. Detachable screen. ARM processor, running Lion. It will replace most people's laptops, and be a supplement to your desktop. It will be able to boot camp/VM Windows 8 when it comes out. iOS will be for iPhones, iPod touch, and older iPads only. All other tablets will die off, and we won't see any competition until Windows 8 comes out. The writing is on the wall.

 

[fertilized-egg]

I do think there's something to the rumor since I doubt Gruber wouldn't have posited such drastic idea if he didn't get a hold of some rumor. I know he said it was just a guess but my guess is that he heard something.

But often rumors, even if they are from sources with good track records, do not mean anything. Anybody remember this?

August 4, 2010

https://www.macrumors.com/2010/08/0...soon-smaller-ipad-and-iphone-5-in-early-2011/

iPhone: The fifth-generation iPhone may be set to launch as early as January in order to address antenna issues with the iPhone 4. It is unclear whether the new iPhone would be a major redesign or simply a tweak to address the antenna problems. While not mentioned in the report, the redesign could coincide with the much-rumored Verizon iPhone highly anticipated by many potential customers.
...
Ordinarily, we would be highly skeptical of several of these claims, but while we are still taking them with a grain of salt, iLounge has had some remarkably accurate information on Apple's iPod pipeline over the last several years

 

[megsandbytes]

well let's just hope after the iPad 3 is released that Apple waits at least 2 months before launching the iPad 4

jokes aside though, when it comes to timing Apple is always thinking 10 steps ahead. If the iPad 3 is launched this September I'm sure there will be good reason for it.

 

[EnderTW]

As much as I'd love to see the iPad 3 launched in September, as I am waiting for it, decided to skip iPad 2, I don't see it happening.

Retina Display, 2x ram, 2x Speed 2x GPU power (considering the resolution), won't be here until march next year.

 

[iamthedudeman]

I don't understand why some people get worried over new releases. Just sell your current device to subsidize the next.

exactly. Sell your current one and get %80 percent of what it is worth or more and pay the difference and you have a Ipad 3.

And be happy. Why get pissed?

 

[DeeEss]

You know, stuff like that upsets me too sometimes. But then I think of like, you know, Africa, where people get their limbs cut off, or where HIV+ men rape women because they think having sex with a virgin will cure their HIV, or where some babies are born, take one breath, and die. Or the Congo where they still practice cannibalism. Then I feel sorta stupid for caring so much about an iPad or whatever.

So, perhaps dreary isn't the best way to describe the feeling of missing out on a new iPad.

Perspective is really a weird thing.

You're so right. Lets all be miserable.

I give what i can and where I can to charity. I sponsor a child in Africa. I also have a deep interest and concern for the people and of the Middle East. I follow very closely what's happening. I have sleepless nights about the injustices of the world and the way the IMF and reserve bank and the people who own them are ruining the world. I stay up all night in horror watching hundreds of very poor people running from their lives from snipers in Egypt on Aljazeera. I've marched on a a few protests too. Yeah life's pretty rubbish on planet earth for alot of people. I have many concerns - reality is a biatch

But I still feel slightly peaved about just having bought something, and only having it possibly replaced a couple weeks later. And what, that makes me some kind of hypocrite?

Do I think it's dreary? Yes. Do I loose sleep over it? No. Do I think it's life threatening? No. Do I feel guilty about being able to live a free life and have things I want while all this is going on. Yes, Often. Do I feel very lucky to live in a free world? With every fibre of my being. But you're comparing too completely different emotions and calling it the same thing. Should I pile all my emotions into the worlds injustices and never let myself feel free or happy to live my life in a free country and doing so without fear of offending someone on a forum board? Um....no.

 

[taipan61]

you're so right. Lets all be miserable.

I give what i can and where i can to charity. I sponsor a child in africa. I also have a deep interest and concern for the people and of the middle east. I follow very closely what's happening. I have sleepless nights about the injustices of the world and the way the imf and reserve bank and the people who own them are ruining the world. I stay up all night in horror watching hundreds of very poor people running from their lives from snipers in egypt on aljazeera. I've marched on a a few protests too. Yeah life's pretty rubbish on planet earth for alot of people. I have many concerns - reality is a biatch

but i still feel slightly peaved about just having bought something, and only having it possibly replaced a couple weeks later. And what, that makes me some kind of hypocrite?

Do i think it's dreary? Yes. Do i loose sleep over it? No. Do i think it's life threatening? No. Do i feel guilty about being able to live a free life and have things i want while all this is going on. Yes, often. Do i feel very lucky to live in a free world? With every fibre of my being. But you're comparing too completely different emotions and calling it the same thing. Should i pile all my emotions into the worlds injustices and never let myself feel free or happy to live my life in a free country and doing so without fear of offending someone on a forum board? Um....no.

+1

 

[DiamondMac]

Eh, I agree with people that the OP is being a bit melodramatic but the over-exaggerations the other way are a bit hypocritical.

Several posters here telling the OP to stop complaining and worry about "more important things" are the EXACT same posters in other threads complaining about other Apple products or software. One specific poster here can be found in the last 24 hours telling people that he will NOT take it if Apple does not fix the iOS5 beta within days. Another can be found telling someone that he will NOT be buying another MacBookPro unless Apple includes several upgrades in the next version.

Point being? We all have complaints, We all want the latest thing (well, not all but most), and We all seem passionate about it.

 

[2 Owls]

I just got off the phone to the apple store, they told me that the iPad 2 will still work when the iPad 3 comes out, apparently they have done tests and stuff with the first iPad and it is still working well a couple of months into the iPad 2s life, it sure is reassuring that they do this sort of thing.
But they couldn't confirm or deny anything about the existence on another iPad launch this year.
Great news!





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