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iPad 3 to Arrive This September?
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I called it two months ago!!
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1064473/
It's certainly against apple's M.O., but it makes sense if you believe these two statements:
1) Apple will update the iPad ~1year from launch, and;
2) there's an overwhelming rationale for updating the ipad before the holidays
But be sure, if this scenario plays out, the ipad 2 will continue to be sold into 2012. It will drop $100 (at least) when the new ones come out in early October. The ipad 2 will be the $399 pricepoint for holiday 2011.
One more thing: I also knew Snape and Dumberdore arranged D's death way before book 7 came out.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/262473/
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I called it two months ago!!
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1064473/
It's certainly against apple's M.O., but it makes sense if you believe these two statements:
1) Apple will update the iPad ~1year from launch, and;
2) there's an overwhelming rationale for updating the ipad before the holidays
But be sure, if this scenario plays out, the ipad 2 will continue to be sold into 2012. It will drop $100 (at least) when the new ones come out in early October. The ipad 2 will be the $399 pricepoint for holiday 2011.
One more thing: I also knew Snape and Dumberdore arranged D's death way before book 7 came out.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/262473/
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This is a disaster if it's going to happen. Not a good marketing strategy that I think Apple wont do.
since they would be treating the iPad like a computer w/ various smaller refreshes in a year, I think is a way they can keep up against their competitors tablets hardware wise.Realistic
Do you know how much work Apple puts into their product refreshes?
MacBooks and computers are much more mature devices, so they can be smaller incremental leaps in technology. With an infant device like the iPhone and iPad there is no way they have the capacity to update these products every 6 months. The updates would be almost meaningless.
This would go against everything Steve Jobs stands for. I just do not see this happening. Sorry. I'm buying the iPad 2 because I am confident that the iPAd 3 will come out in 2012, when the updates will be meaning full, and I will buy that one too (selling the iPad 2 at that time to save costs).
Do you know how much work Apple puts into their product refreshes?
MacBooks and computers are much more mature devices, so they can be smaller incremental leaps in technology. With an infant device like the iPhone and iPad there is no way they have the capacity to update these products every 6 months. The updates would be almost meaningless.
This would go against everything Steve Jobs stands for. I just do not see this happening. Sorry. I'm buying the iPad 2 because I am confident that the iPAd 3 will come out in 2012, when the updates will be meaning full, and I will buy that one too (selling the iPad 2 at that time to save costs).
Technology moves at a faster pace than 1 year refresh cycles. I'm sorry, but it does. Apple and the rest of the technology world know this.
Jobs is gone. Sad to say, but his "health issues" aren't going to disappear after a couple of months of "rest".
We're at the beginning of the "post Jobs" era.
I've been wondering if they might move the iPad into the October slot. Seems like someone else agrees.
April: MacBooks/Pros
June: iPhone
July/August: iMacs
September: iPods
October: iPad
This would open up Q1 to do an annual iOS preview event (with release to accompany the year's iPhone), which would help to better ward off talk that the last round of iPhones and iPads are becoming outdated, as has been the case the last two years because of Android's rapid development and frequent update cycle.
Also, releasing the iPad in Q1/Q2 when all of the competition will be targeting a Q3/Q4 release does not make a lot of sense going forward. And all the talk about a retina premium upgrade would certainly help to quell the anger over a short refresh cycle. That is, we could see an iPad 2 now and an iPad 2 HD or iPad 2 Retina this fall.
(I'm talking calendar quarters, not fiscal quarters.)
April: MacBooks/Pros
June: iPhone
July/August: iMacs
September: iPods
October: iPad
This would open up Q1 to do an annual iOS preview event (with release to accompany the year's iPhone), which would help to better ward off talk that the last round of iPhones and iPads are becoming outdated, as has been the case the last two years because of Android's rapid development and frequent update cycle.
Also, releasing the iPad in Q1/Q2 when all of the competition will be targeting a Q3/Q4 release does not make a lot of sense going forward. And all the talk about a retina premium upgrade would certainly help to quell the anger over a short refresh cycle. That is, we could see an iPad 2 now and an iPad 2 HD or iPad 2 Retina this fall.
(I'm talking calendar quarters, not fiscal quarters.)
I know of a bunch of people that waited in line for the first iPad. Then, waited in line again for the 3G model weeks later...
They told me they are going to wait in line for the next one...
Looks like Apple has learned from that...
They told me they are going to wait in line for the next one...
Looks like Apple has learned from that...
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If they release the new iPad each year with the iOS x preview and it contains the new Ax processor on the mature iOS x-1 then that gives them a run in period before releasing the new iPhone with iOS x and Ax processor.
It's about spreading risk. Move iPad after iPhone and the new iPhone will be new phone hardware, processor and OS in one hit. If something goes wrong it's harder to pin it one item.
...impending slaughter...
Thanks for the laugh... a good belly laugh is good for the soul
The 's' was a typo. I can only imagine he meant to type, 'impending laughter'.
Oh come on!
This is ridiculous.
No one is ridiculous enough to buy into this.
First we had Verizon iphone rumors every 3 months. "This time its real". That went on for years. Now thats over, the new game is seeing how many people you can convince into believing 2 new versions of an item will be released within months?
Lets get back to phone rumors shall we? I hear the SPring iphone is due in November 2011.
This is ridiculous.
No one is ridiculous enough to buy into this.
First we had Verizon iphone rumors every 3 months. "This time its real". That went on for years. Now thats over, the new game is seeing how many people you can convince into believing 2 new versions of an item will be released within months?
Lets get back to phone rumors shall we? I hear the SPring iphone is due in November 2011.
Reports today that he was just seen on campus, with "a bounce in his step" (or words to that effect.
so i've been patiently waiting for the new iPad, and have been dead set on buying the 2nd variation, just like i did the iPhone. now people are teasing me with this>? come on, man! i've been teasing my wife that as soon as i buy one, that i'll have to buy another because she's not going to let me use it. I guess that i'll just give her the 2 and buy myself the 3, if these rumors turn out. yearly renditions are tempting enough, this could be a rough year for my checkbook.
This was my thought as well. iPad 2 in September... moving the yearly release schedule to the fall...
actually, no. A new version coming out doesn't suddenly render the previous version "outdated." It's outdated when it no longer does what you need it to do.
Very true. Which is why Apple improves existing hardware with a major software update about mid-cycle.
…and sadly, no mention of Pro-sumer products.. again. Apple has dropped:
- A dedicated display line-up instead of a stripped down 27" LED LCD panel (good buy for a large 27" LED LCD, but it's the only display and requires mini-display port with limited connections).
- 10.7 development. No 10.7 beta releases as Apple has released steady OS X updates to developers over the year, now it's iOS.
- PowerMac G5 was a reasonably priced system replaced by expensive/over powered Mac Pro's with Xeon Server chipsets, leaving a need for a reasonably priced mid-tower.
- No XServe
- No Resolution Independence (after 4+ years in Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard beta's)
- No OpenGl 3+ support/development
- Sun dropped ZFS+ which Apple was exploring and could easily acquire the tech/company with their billions (they bought "FingerWorks" for their iOS iDevices)
- MobileMe consistency and full Windows integration. I have clients who need cloud auto-syncing (such as ChronoSync) for user documents on their Windows systems/iDevices. Aside from placing a mapped network drive on your desktop for iDisk, there doesn't exist an application for auto-syncing.
- Steady lack of professional software development
- Dropped "Answering Machine" in iChat from a Leopard beta build that allowed outgoing video away messages, recording of video/audio messages and incorporation with VoIP and/or landlines for easy away access - would be great for the deaf.
…and on and on. I realize I made these states once before, but with so much iDevice and iOS development over the past three years, OS X/Professional grade hardware has taken a back seat to iOS/iDevices. Two iPad updates in one year when other Mac hardware/OS X development typically lay dormant. For shame...
Apple = iDevices/iOS Central
Apple ≠ Professional systems
Agree, however most sell their Apple hardware as they have higher than average resale value and the value drops a bit once its replacement is released. As a capitalist/free market economy, people are fed the idea that consuming and buying the latest/greatest products will make you popular, have a better life and will open all the doors to golden opportunities. In the meantime, all the plastic and e-waste disposed off in 3rd world nations is polluting the environment and water table leading to serious health concerns. I applaud Apple for using recyclable materials such as aluminum, mercury/arsenic free glass, less plastic, etc. Tech/electronic companies should follow Apple in improving on e-waste without going in the red.
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such absurd rumor to drag horse asses. iOS 5 in sept make far more appropriate rumor
people, quit selling your prev gen to get the new gen. What the **** is wrong with last gen? What couple new features you ought to have?
Oh yeah, human nature and their fiddling needs to have the best bits
people, quit selling your prev gen to get the new gen. What the **** is wrong with last gen? What couple new features you ought to have?
Oh yeah, human nature and their fiddling needs to have the best bits