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iPad 3 to be Same Price and Same 16GB/32GB/64GB Sizes as iPad 2

My biggest concern with the iPad 3 is the processor.

This thing is going to be driving a lot more pixels. How will 3D games perform? I have a suspicion the vast majority of them will just be scaling iPad 1/2 level visuals, with sharp vectored menus.

Any games that aren't heavily vector-based could run into performance issues, and the very easy out is just going to be upscaling them ... which will mean I might as well stay with my iPad 1.

It won't be running movies natively at a better-than-1080p resolution, it will be scaling them. So advantage lost there. iTunes certainly doesn't sell better-than-1080p videos, which is what the iPad 3 would need to run natively. Which makes me think it's just going to be scaling regular HD video up, so the picture quality advantage over the iPad 1/2 for video is going to be largely mitigated.

Photos? No need for more space for me personally. I just throw 8MP photos on my iPad 1 and it scales them down fine. The iPad 3 will still need to scale down 8MP photos to display them. But they will be prettier.

I don't read with my iPad, I have a Kindle for that. Sharper web browsing? Sure, that's nice. But worth another $600?

Hoping there's a much bigger reason to upgrade than just a sharper screen, and that the processor is a big step up over the iPad 2, which I fear it will have to be to maintain the same framerate at a much higher pixel density in 3D games.
 
ABernardoJr said:
You're right about not telling people how to use the storage on their iPads. But you need to calm down. Nobody's forcing you to upgrade so why go crazy over it.
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I'm fine thanks but this upgrade looks more and more disappointing with every day.

I can live the with current screen frankly although HD would be nice. LTE/4G is irrelevant to me as we don't have any LTE/4G networks in the UK.

I travel a great deal and it's nice to have a lot of content on my iPad without having to constantly pick and chose what to sync and then keep changing it all the time.

All I really wanted from this upgrade was a 128GB version and for them to ditch that blasted home button. I keep catching it by accident and quitting the app I'm using.

It looks like I'm not going to get either. The iPad 3 is looking like it's going to be as disappointing as the iPhone 4s was.
 
This is more than just amazing!

HansonDonald891 said:
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Or in short ... GTFO spammer!!
 
MacProphesy

I know no insiders. I've talked to no-one.

But I hear the 7" tablet rumors -- very improbable, I think -- and the Apple TV 3 rumors, and, well, put it together. The 7" tab IS the new Apple TV. 8 GB storage. Apps. Streaming. Play a game and the tablet turns into a controller. Network gaming with FaceTime.

We're racing on your iMac and Airplaying to the 50" TV.

But one of the apps switches it out to "Apple TV 3". Streamed from Netflix, Apple, Amazon. The TV subscription, making deals with cables (yuck) to get you your home stations and a few choices of watching Daily Show live, say. Or whatever you want to subscribe to.

Jobs said they "solved the riddle." I feel a satisfying CLUNK thinking I have too.

No? Then what?
 
Hawkeye411 said:
Damn!!! I'm going to have to stand in another line and people who own Samsung products will drive by and heckle me YET AGAIN!!! :(

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Order on-line, problem solved. That is what I did the day the iPhone 4s was released. I will probably do the same when the iPad 3 is released.

By the way, who is Samsung? :rolleyes:
 
Taz Mangus said:
Order on-line, problem solved. That is what I did the day the iPhone 4s was released. I will probably do the same when the iPad 3 is released.

By the way, who is Samsung? :rolleyes:
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Assuming there is pre-ordering. Last year it wasn't offered. If you wanted Day One your option was either get in line or pay someone to get in line for you.
 
16gb iPad 3 is a joke by today's standards, 3 games 10-20 apps, one movie, 100 photos, 3-4 music albums, 1 video from camera, 1 audiobook and the storage is done. I will be very disappointed with the entry level being 16gb and the iPad 3 maxing at 64gb. The iPad can do so much these days, more than even some apple portables that such storage capacities are a joke...:apple:
 
pmau said:
My contract allows 5GB without extra fees and after that I'm throttled (germany).

I'm following your argument, but consider that LTE will bring higher bandwidth. It'll be ridiculous to have LTE and a 3GB limit.

And one last remark: Most times I watch something on my iPad I'm either at home or in the office. In all of these places there's WiFi.

AppleTV streams movies today and nobody complains about that most of the time...
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That may be how things are in Germany but here's how LTE will probably go in America at AT&T, Verizon, etc: "Hmmm, we have more bandwidth with LTE. How can we leverage that to sell it at a higher price?" "Hmmm, LTE is faster than 3G. That's easy to pitch at a higher price." "Hmmm, LTE is the latest & greatest. Let's call it 5G and sell it for a higher price." "Hmmm, LTE gives us more bandwidth + more speed. Let's tighten the tiers and raise the prices for those benefits." In all these scenarios, it follows: "...I mean, really, where they going to go?" (because the other 2 players have pretty much the exact same pricing).

:apple:TV streams in our homes from wired Internet. It's not using 3G. We're not carrying it around where we may or may not be able to find some free wifi. There is no 3G plan for it. If we could stream from a hard drive at home to our mobile iDevices without having to pay the toll masters (named AT&T, Verizon, Sprint), you might have something there.

Ans while home & office may be different, I'm increasingly finding that free wifi in public places is thoroughly throttled. They'll be no downloading of any files of size (like a video) that way. Just a Skype session the other day at Barnes was challenged.

iCloud is not the answer as long as we have to deal with AT&T, Verizon and Sprint as the link. They'll forever work (together but "not colluding" wink, wink) to pinch the capacity, throttle the pace and increase the cost. Not enough competition for any other action.
 
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I hope there is pre-order, if the release date is Friday the 9th, I unfortunately have to work.

I am SO disappointed with all this cloud stuff and that there will be no 128gb version. My 64gig iPad 1 is MAXED out.

Things will be even worse as app sizes will increase due to the new screen size and storage in the cloud is not going to help with app storage at all. Ditto if you want to edit video.
 
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ABernardoJr said:
Which is good because the last price rumor had some people outraged along the lines of

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Ha..:)
 
gnasher729 said:
Here's the problem: If Apple cannot get as many retina displays as they could sell, what are they going to do? They can't sell iPad 2 and iPad 3 at the same price. They are not going to sell the iPad 2 for a lot less than now. So there are two possibilities: The iPad 3 will sell for more than the iPad 2 does today, with iPad 2 possibly reduced in price. Or only selective models will be available. For example, only iPad 3 with 3G and 64 GB, until enough retina displays are available for other models.
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I'm sure Apple have worked through this closely to make sure they can get adequate stocks. Obviously the demand at first is enormous, but they'll probably hope to meet demand within about 6-8 weeks.

The thing is Apple can go ahead and commit to buying something like (conservative) 120 million units over the next 2 years. Manufacturers can then go use that purchase order to underwrite loans for the huge amounts of equipment that requires. Having a guaranteed customer makes it quicker for them to meet demand.
 
Jonny1989 said:
Why cant they ditch 16Gb model and have 32/64/128?

I have the 32gb ipad2 and i have even took off all my music to fit the apps and movies i have on it now. File sizes are only going to go up with this ret display.
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I honestly dont think there is enough flash memory in the world. Apple is already the biggest flash buyer and there have been talk of shortages. To double it, I don't think apple could even if they wanted to.
 
If there was a 128GB iPad 3, I'd buy it - always like to have more storage for media. But if 64GB is it then it will do just fine.
 
saud0488 said:
Again, WHY do you have that much on there? Are you going to watch 88 episodes all in one viewing? Even two? Even 20? It's all on your PC, isn't it? Music I can understand since it's a very passive activity. and COME ON, who really uses the ipads camera for photography? It's facetime that the camera is used for most all of the time.


The bigger capacity iPads don't make sense to me. For as much as Apple is trying to push iCloud as the future of storage, they sure aren't backing up the talk with larger (64 gb) PORTABLE tablets.
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It's all about personal choice. You or Apple have absolutely no right to decide is what is right for me or him or anyone.

This whole iCloud excuse is a complete non-sense as long as we have only 5GB iCloud storage for free and 3GB per month cellular data plan.
 
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Oh Billy Billy Billy....please be true!
 
gigaguy said:
I disagree, on iOS devices. Consider the iPhone 4 vs 4s and most Touches, ipods, even the iPad; I do not consider the 2 blowing the 1 out of the water.
Apple's skill is to update but not piss off previous buyers of 1 year old devices. Most people with iPhone4 were not upset by the new features on the 4s, and I'd say the same for ipad 1.
Apple updates just enough to meet old and new customer demand, but not enough to alienate most existing customers by too quickly obsoleting the previous model. It works well for them.
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Technology willing, and within reason. The 4S does have some significant internal improvements over the 4, it just doesn't look as different on the outside as people may have wanted it to.

If you find an read an article that tears down the 4S and compares the internals to a 4 you'll find that Apple changed or improved just about everything on the inside. Siri was the major feature that the 4S has over the 4 but there are a lot of other changes as well.

The iPhone 5 will again maximize every available technology Apple can incorporate but will only be differentiated by storage capacity, not with 50 variations like Samsung would do.
 
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Everyone is looking at this wrong. The question isn't whether 64gb is enough as there will ALWAYS be someone who needs more space. The question is if spending $200 for what amounts to 48gb is a reasonable.price.
 
pmau said:
If Apple would allow on demand download of movies and TV shows, they would be no need for 128GB. Most of the really big content are videos or data from OpenGL games.

In two years when LTE is available, the whole content ownership model will be obsolete.
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The only thing which is obsolete in two years, is your comment.

And you know obviously nothing about the LTE availability around the world.
 
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