I have just discovered most Apple products are not compatible with my bank account.
I think the iPad Air 2 smart case would work well. No need for magnets on the side so there shouldn't be an issue.I wish there were a case and smart cover combined. Paying for the two separately is so expensive! It's like they think people only want one side protected!
Flushing the camera next year to justify upgrade.Step 1, add "Pro" to the moniker and charge $50-$100 more (DONE!)
Step 2, make all previous accessories obsolete so that people buy new original accessories from you (DONE!!)
Step 3, make the camera bump so that it justify buying cases for your iPad (DONE!!!)
What's next apple?
Technically, there was no price increase. They just got rid of the 16 GB version and start it at 32GB for $599 which is what the original iPad has been.
I think the iPad Air 2 smart case would work well. No need for magnets on the side so there shouldn't be an issue.
Does anyone have a full gallery of the new "Spring" color phone cases that apple released yesterday?
My bad, I should have specified in non-USD. The 128GB Wifi Pro has gone up by C$230 over the Air 2
I wish there were a case and smart cover combined. Paying for the two separately is so expensive! It's like they think people only want one side protected!
Yes I am going to be pedantic. This isn't an iPad Air with a chip upgrade for $100 more. It's a new product line for Apple. The only thing not "pro" about it is software and that's fixable.OK. If you are going to be pedantic, how about "more expensive than the line it replaces." Air 3, 9.7 Pro, what's in a name? Nothing other than it would have been an even tougher sell to jack up the price on an Air 3. There is nothing intrinsically "pro" about the "Pro." At best it's "prosumer."
I'm envious of the camera though. Scanning documents is much more useful than I had expected, now that I use my pro to take handwritten notes on top of documents all the time. Not even something I expected to do with it at all and now one of its best uses, so I think the camera trade-off is a good one.
So, I get the impression that there is a group of people here that wants Apple to design future hardware to the specs of previous accessories? Accessories are optional additions to compliment or supplement products. They are, by design, built to go alongside some other primary device. I would hope that Apple wouldn't even consider previous accessories in the design of new products.
The camera bump is a complaint I understand. I'd like some hands-on time to see how bad it is. I know that I mostly draw on my pro while holding it in my lap. I take notes while it's in a logitech case (which is less than ideal sometimes). When dedicated use on a table or desk is at play I like it tilted up somewhat. I guess I rarely set if flat with nothing to protect it, is my point. YMMV, of course.
I'm envious of the camera though. Scanning documents is much more useful than I had expected, now that I use my pro to take handwritten notes on top of documents all the time. Not even something I expected to do with it at all and now one of its best uses, so I think the camera trade-off is a good one.
Yes I am going to be pedantic. This isn't an iPad Air with a chip upgrade for $100 more. It's a new product line for Apple. The only thing not "pro" about it is software and that's fixable.
All I'm saying is in Apple's eyes it's a new product line. I wouldn't be surprised if iOS 10 brings software changes specific to the iPad Pro.That is some stiff kool aid you are drinking. So tell me what makes it "all new"? Maybe you can persuade me. From my view it takes the Air 2, adds the current chip, a better camera, and pen support. They then discontinued the 16 and 64GB storage options and added a 256GB one. That doesn't sound like an all new product to me. It sounds like an Air 3 wrapped in a pro moniker.
A new product is something like the MB was to the Air. New lighter, thinner case, new port, new keyboard, different CPU, really a whole different machine than the Air from the ground up. The 9.7 Pro and Air 2 have more similarities than dissimilarities. In fact the dissimilarities are the types of upgrades we are use to seeing in a new model, not a new line.
While Sept 2017 is technically next year, it'll be interesting to see if iPads are now on a 1.5 yr cycle. Or even longer.Flushing the camera next year to justify upgrade.
I only use a Smart Cover. Works fine for me.I wish there were a case and smart cover combined. Paying for the two separately is so expensive! It's like they think people only want one side protected!