iPad 5 Estimated to Be 15% Thinner, 25% Lighter Than Current iPad

[iGrip]

It's a computer, what new features are there to add?

An SD card slot. A normal aspect ratio instead of the "I Love Lucy" style old school black-and-white-TV aspect ratio. A modern OS. USB host capabilities. USB 3 output. HDMI output. HDMI input. An IR blaster. A Wacomm-style touch screen with variable pressure sensitivity. Enough storage so you can put your entire music and video collection on the device. A half-decent camera.

Do you want me to go on?

 

[Tankmaze]

yeah, waiting anxiously for this. as this is the perfect upgrade from my 2.

 

[mdelvecchio]

It's about dang time. The current iPad looks terrible. It's looked the freakin' same for years.

the-same is not a bad thing. change for change-sake is not how apple rolls.

Apple employees must take 2 hour lunch breaks and do a lot of online shopping during work. I swear.

clearly you have little clue about how things work at apple. all the former corporate employees say the same: its one of the most intensely challenging places you can work. yet one of the most rewarding.

 

[likemyorbs]

I like it. Can't wait to get the new full size iPad.

 

[mdelvecchio]

I'm over seeing how the big news on technology is how much thinner/lighter it is. Give me some new damn features already.

i dont think you really understand how products mature. they move into iterative development cycles. hifi receivers were the shiznit in the '70s and '80s, but that category has matured -- do you complain that annual updates to receivers arent loaded w/ new features? nope.

i welcome iterative decreases in weight and thickness. we cant get to the future by standing still.

 

[Karma*Police]

If true, that would be huge. I love the larger retina display of the 10" iPad, but also love how light the mini is.

 

[larrybeo]

So.. It's still as heavy as a brick then?

These changes are good. I feel sorry for the people with the older iPads because they are going to be perfectly functional still, but they will look archiac and silly next to these new ones. Speaking of archaic - wouldn't it be nice if we could get some software that actually took advantage of the hardware on these things?

 

[MauerFan]

I love my mini, but dang, that looks really nice.

 

[HurryKayne]

The MacMini comes very close to fitting the bill but falls short in the graphics department. It already offers replaceable RAM and hard drive. Whats missing is a decent graphics card (ideally user upgradable). Fix this and the MacMini instantly becomes a viable desktop option for the vast majority of consumers, and many professionals, giving Apple a much larger slice of the PC market. With that said, if Apple was interested in producing such a model and/or seriously going after the consumer PC desktop market, they would have done so by now, and I doubt very much if they ever will.

As for the new iPad (5th generation), 25% lighter and thinner sounds good to me providing it does not sacrifice battery life or useability. I trust Apple will make sure the new thinner bezel design works as well or better than the thicker iPad2-4 design. Depending how that goes, I'll be upgrading our iPad 2's for either the iPad 4 or 5. Also looking forward to new features and functionality in an improved iOS!

Well,maybe the Haswell Gt2-3 will be powerful enough this time to play 1080p on Hdtv at 30-40 fps in most of the games ( i hope ).

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Although the SpringBoard UI has not changed much since its appearance, the operating system kernel has evolved significantly

I would like that they bring a different UI, and provide the option of switching between the legacy UI and the new ones

I would like to see drag and drop Auxo multitasking and Nc settings

 

[RoastingPig]

thinner no way, a product from apple?

 

[Neodym]

They are producing a new Mac Pro. Do you have counter intelligence to prove they're not?

If you claim that they actually do, i'd expect you to prove your claim instead of others having to counter it.

You think a company with thousands of employees drops everything to work on one product at a time?

Well - there are not that many explanations for the repeated delays with Apple product revisions of late. Reassigning employees from one project to another is probably one of the less embarassing ones for a high-profile company like Apple...

 

[Neodym]

An SD card slot.

Doesn't necessarily match the wireless nature of this product.

A normal aspect ratio instead of the "I Love Lucy" style old school black-and-white-TV aspect ratio.

I'm glad they don't fall for the 16:9 hype.

A modern OS.

iOS is based on OSX, which is usually agreed to be "modern".

USB host capabilities.

a.) Doesn't necessarily match the wireless nature of this product. #
b.) What for?

USB 3 output.

Agreed. Sync / backup times are awful they way it is.

HDMI output.

Available via Adapter and/or AirPlay.

HDMI input.

a.) Doesn't necessarily match the wireless nature of this product.
b.) What for?

An IR blaster.

Agreed - could be nice.

A Wacomm-style touch screen with variable pressure sensitivity.

Contradicts the "no stylus needed"-approach.

Enough storage so you can put your entire music and video collection on the device.

A video collection can easily grow beyond feasible storage in any tablet. That's what e.g. the cloud is for.

A half-decent camera.

The 5MPx camera from Apple (assuming the iPad 4 one is comparable to the older iPhone one) is usually considered more than only halfway decent.

Do you want me to go on?

No - you've already proven that you don't belong to the target group and would probably be happier by changing the platform.

 

[eric89074]

An SD card slot. A normal aspect ratio instead of the "I Love Lucy" style old school black-and-white-TV aspect ratio. A modern OS. USB host capabilities. USB 3 output. HDMI output. HDMI input. An IR blaster. A Wacomm-style touch screen with variable pressure sensitivity. Enough storage so you can put your entire music and video collection on the device. A half-decent camera.

Do you want me to go on?

Sounds like an Android tablet from dealxtreme would fit your needs.

 

[Drunken Master]

If you claim that they actually do, i'd expect you to prove your claim instead of others having to counter it.

http://www.cultofmac.com/222573/new-mac-pro-could-finally-come-as-soon-as-this-month-rumor/

 

[rowspaxe]

need to rethink smart cover

New ipad design and 25% weight cut look promising. But apple needs to do more to destinguish the ipad from the competion. I think apple needs an inventive and visually interesting cover. Smart cover looks like radio shack reject and does not protect the back of the ipad. It seems apple has decided the white ipad is cooler--as it has become the centerpiece of recent ads

 

[SmileyBlast!]

Looking forward to iPad 5.

 

[SockRolid]

We therefore think that iPad 5's battery capacity will be 25-30% smaller ...

I therefore think that iPad 5's power consumption will be 25-30% lower.
Which means that the screen must draw roughly 25-30% less power.
Which means that iPad (5th gen) must use a new, more power-efficient screen technology.
Which would be yet another reason why Apple is cutting Samsung out of the component pipeline.
To keep that newer screen production technology out of Samsung's hands.

 

[oscar5690]

i agree with you man, 2 cells instead 3?? the current iPad is not heavy, i still use the original iPad (64 3G) THAT'S heavy

Thinner's fine... Until they start sacrificing features - Like the 5th gen iPod Touch, which ditched the ambiant light sensor just so that it could be a bit thinner (because the 4th gen just wasn't thin enough).

 

[polaris20]

An SD card slot. A normal aspect ratio instead of the "I Love Lucy" style old school black-and-white-TV aspect ratio.

Have you used a 16:9 tablet? I have. It's fine for horizontal use, but awkward when held vertically. What exactly is a "normal" aspect ratio, anyway? Can you point me to an industry standard link that defines what "normal" is?

A modern OS. USB host capabilities. USB 3 output. HDMI output. HDMI input. An IR blaster. A Wacomm-style touch screen with variable pressure sensitivity. Enough storage so you can put your entire music and video collection on the device. A half-decent camera.

Do you want me to go on?

Sounds like you'd be happier with a Windows 8 tablet, and aren't really the target audience for an iPad. Good thing we have choice!

 

[chillywilly]

If the full-size iPad is considerably lighter than my iPad 3, I'll be upgrading. Otherwise, I'll wait for a retina Mini.

This is exactly my position as well. I want lighter and thinner w/ retina.

 

[thefourthpope]

Ridiculous. This is just evolutionary. Where's my laminated sheet of retina billion-color e-ink paper that charges inductively via body heat?

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I therefore think that iPad 5's power consumption will be 25-30% lower.
Which means that the screen must draw roughly 25-30% less power.
Which means that iPad (5th gen) must use a new, more power-efficient screen technology.
Which would be yet another reason why Apple is cutting Samsung out of the component pipeline.
To keep that newer screen production technology out of Samsung's hands.

Too much analysis; you clearly aren't an analyst.

 

[dieselboy27]

Just tell me when so I can throw my money at apple.


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[tekboi]

I usually upgrade my iDevices during every other release...

so it looks like it's about that time.

 

[sinser]

I can't be the only one who is going to miss the side bezel. It gave the iPad a nice, symmetrical feel and made for really comfortable portrait handling.

No, you're not alone. Same here.

 

[dieselboy27]

No, you're not alone. Same here.

Side bezel?? This isn't side boob, trust me less is more in this case.


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