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iPad iPad 5 Spec's Leaked: 2Gb of Ram Confirmed
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If the iPad mini stay at 330-350 then it's a day one buy for me, if these specs are accurate. I have been itching to buy a mini, the old 1st gen iPad skills are deteriorating. The official announcement can't come soon enough for me, good thing I have a 5S and 5C to distract me.
These arguments can keep going on & on about who is accurate or not.
There is Sonny Dickson who has been amazingly accurate on the iPhone 5S/C, then there is Ming-Chi Kuo, who is regarded as quite accurate ( only thing he keeps revising his research notes every 2 weeks, and finally makes a pretty strong prediction very very close to the launch. Then there is the third, Jim Dalrymple who screams Yep or Nope, and its considered an answer equivalent to Apple.
the fact remains, all of them have a combination of sources which may end up being good or bad depending on the final outcome. We can't bluntly say all of them are right or wrong.
Majority of people's expectation for the iPad5: Lighter, Better Camera and possibly more RAM & 32gb minimum memory.
State of product from leaks: Lighter - Check!, RAM: Not sure, 32gb: Not sure.Camera: Not sure!
The A7 variant and better GPU model is also given, as many have pointed out.
We just got to wait 1-2 weeks to know all the information. For all you know, all the analysts maybe wrong or all of them maybe right. Fingers crossed, let's hang in there.
There is Sonny Dickson who has been amazingly accurate on the iPhone 5S/C, then there is Ming-Chi Kuo, who is regarded as quite accurate ( only thing he keeps revising his research notes every 2 weeks, and finally makes a pretty strong prediction very very close to the launch. Then there is the third, Jim Dalrymple who screams Yep or Nope, and its considered an answer equivalent to Apple.
the fact remains, all of them have a combination of sources which may end up being good or bad depending on the final outcome. We can't bluntly say all of them are right or wrong.
Majority of people's expectation for the iPad5: Lighter, Better Camera and possibly more RAM & 32gb minimum memory.
State of product from leaks: Lighter - Check!, RAM: Not sure, 32gb: Not sure.Camera: Not sure!
The A7 variant and better GPU model is also given, as many have pointed out.
We just got to wait 1-2 weeks to know all the information. For all you know, all the analysts maybe wrong or all of them maybe right. Fingers crossed, let's hang in there.
Not necessarily, Apple can announce the event tomorrow for the 15th event. Or they could it announce on the 15-16th for the 22nd event. Its more or less sure that the event is happening in October.
IF that is true, I can see a lot of people just going for the mini instead of the iPad 5.
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HE was made by Samsung long ago when Sony Ericsson was a high demand phone brand.
Now why is that? A new form factor, much lighter and thinner, better RAM and a more powerful variant of the A7, and bigger screen, improved portability and still you think alot of people will go for the mini still? Wonder what made you say that?Only because of retina and A7?
I wasn't saying that would be in an iPad, I was only saying it could one day be in one. A PS3 GPU is 174Gflops and an xBox 360's is 155 Gflops.
I wasn't talking about the iPad but you specifically saying the G6630 tops out at 1TFlops/sec. Which it doesn't.
Remember to count in the Cell processors. They do have around 240TFlops/sec in total, counting GPU and the Cell Engine.
Now let's just continue the discussion about the next new iPad.
Apple sent out invitations for last month's iPhone 5s/5c launch exactly a week before the event. If they do the same this time then nothing coming out today probably means that the rumour of the launch being on 15th October is disproved but it still leaves plenty of time for a launch event on 22nd October which is another strong rumour going round. How long after the event we have to wait for pre-orders and then shipping is another question. Given the 5s launch process it's a question as to whether there'll be any pre-orders at all.
All we can do is wait really. The next real news, as opposed to rumours, will be invitations going out. I've given up hoping for that to happen today but my money is on invitations this time next week (Tuesday) for a 22nd October launch event.
The new form factor, being lighter and thinner are all from the mini,
The only better thing is more RAM and a some more MHz of an A7. Two things that the general public doesn't really care that much. The Mini costs way less and will have all the functions that must would want including retina, touch-id and a veryyy good processor the A7. All this of course if this rumor is true.
If they are basically the same, with the 5 having a bit more ram and a bigger screen, I'd rather the mini. Still smaller and more portable.
10 am maybe?
Well for me its the rMBP + iPad combo. But so far .. it doesnt look like theres an event :/
Me too; I'm jumping from iPad 1 (well I use my 4th Gem iPod more) to a 64Gb iPad. It is going to be a great jump. It is looking like the jump will be as following;
248Mb of RAM to 2Gb of RAM
60Mg free RAM to 1400Mb of free RAM
1 core to 2 core
1.6Gflops to 205Gflops
It is a massive jump
If the iPad Mini 2 is the same resolution as the iPad what would be the logic in A7 vs A7X? The physical screen size has ZERO impact on the amount of CPU or GPU resource required, the only thing that matters is the resolution.
Having different specs in the iPhone 5c vs 5s makes sense because the iPhone 5c is designed to be a cheaper version of the same form factor. The iPad Mini was not designed to be a cheaper version of the same form factor, it was designed to be a different form factor, and therefor cheaper.
If the iPad Mini 2 and the iPad 5 are the same resolution I have every expectation they will have the same specs. If they have different resolutions (i.e. Mini supports the current Retina resolution and iPad 5 moves up, or both stay with current resolutions) they will likely have different hardware.
Having different specs in the iPhone 5c vs 5s makes sense because the iPhone 5c is designed to be a cheaper version of the same form factor. The iPad Mini was not designed to be a cheaper version of the same form factor, it was designed to be a different form factor, and therefor cheaper.
If the iPad Mini 2 and the iPad 5 are the same resolution I have every expectation they will have the same specs. If they have different resolutions (i.e. Mini supports the current Retina resolution and iPad 5 moves up, or both stay with current resolutions) they will likely have different hardware.
The A7/M7 combo is also more efficient which means it should be less draining on the battery so that is another reason to want it.
A retina mini will not have the same specs as the iPad 5 , I'm 100% certain of this. The iPad 5 will remain the flagship device and the mini wouldn't need an A7X to drive the retina display.