just hope the next air gets 3D touch
Yeah, me too. I cant imagine it being left off of the future releases.
I'm on the fence about that. I see the usefulness with the iPhones. I'm not sure about the iPad...
just hope the next air gets 3D touch
Yeah, me too. I cant imagine it being left off of the future releases.
I'm on the fence about that. I see the usefulness with the iPhones. I'm not sure about the iPad...![]()
Honestly the market is far higher for the airAnd a feature like that would take the shininess away from the Pro line.
Name a time that the Mini line has got a feature before the Air line. OK, there was the revised design, but that's literally all there has been. Everything else has gone to the bigger iPad first.
Apple has to create a reason for people to bother spending more on the bigger, much more expensive Pro. It's in their interest to ensure that it stays the most advanced and fully featured of all the iPads.
So while it's entirely possible that Air 3 could recieve 3D Touch at the same time as Pro 2, I really doubt that it'd get that headline feature well in advance of the Pro lineup.
It's a feature Apple is bringing to all devices. The Magic Trackpad 2 has brought it to the Mac. iPad will be next.
Which is exactly why Apple won't want to give the Air any extra advantages than it has already got over the Pro lineup. In my opinion.Honestly the market is far higher for the air
I can't see the pro selling well enough to out do the air line up
Oh, haha I got caught up in the discussion and didn't realise that this was the thread I started!
So I should probably mention that in the end I went for an Air 2 refurbished from the Apple Store.
I loved the lighter weight of the Mini 4 and the slightly sharper display, but at the end of the day when I could spend the exact same amount of money on a refurbished Air 2 as a brand new Mini 4 I couldn't resist the former. With both prices being the same and with me liking both form factors so much, the refurbished deals offered better value for money considering the slightly more powerful A8X chip vs the regular A8 in the Mini 4.
It was delivered today and I'm loving it so far. It'll take a bit of getting used to as my last iOS device was the iPod Touch 4th generation way back when. I've only ever had Android smartphones. So this is my first iOS experience in a long while. My major gripe so far is figuring out how to download files from the browser (it doesn't seem to want to download even basic .zip files full of simple JPEGs) and the lack of a proper file system UI.
Explain please how it's better to buy a product that although introduced later has slower hardware? Specs certainly come into it, unless you're excluding anything physically bigger than the Mini (in which case you're back to specs, but external rather than internal specs).
Hope so! My mind has been asking whether I should have gone for a cellular one (£549 for 128GB cell instead of the £479 I paid for 128GB WiFi only), but then I just keep telling myself that it'd mean I'd have to pay more every month to make use of it. And I could always use my smartphone out and about, I specifically bought this tablet for home use first and foremost. Else, if I wanted a tablet for taking everywhere with me I'd have gone for the Mini 4. I just don't like knowing that mine is missing some functionality (like GPS) when I've already paid so much!You made a great choice as it is a fantastic device. I got my mini 4 yesterday but i will still use my air 2 as my at home device no doubt. love it.
Specs don't matter to me much (apart from the better ppi screen on the Mini 4 - I could see the fuzziness on both the Nexus 9 and Air 2). The Air 2 is a year old and, as already I pointed out could well have a 1 year old battery inside.
This means nothing.I went with the 4 as it's a year newer.
His point: Newer doesn't always equal better as the original comment implied. Get what suits your needs, shouldn't necessarily depend on if its the newest tech out.aIt ain't that much slower and is certainly fast enough for use. You have to put them side by side to see it, and what does it matter if it's a fraction slower? It is very usable imo.
A year is not enough time for the chemical fuse in the lithium ion battery to deplete causing battery failure. And just because the Air 2 is a year old will mean you will receive a year old machine. Most Air 2s on the market are from current manufacturer production dates. Just say you wanted a smaller device and move on, no need for the idiocy you are spouting in this thread.Scarecly idiocy: the iPad Air 2 is indeed a year older. I wanted a smaller device which wasn't a year old (and the real possibility of having a year-old battery inside). Specs didn't come into it.
Loving my 64GB in Gold:
![]()
![]()
Here it is next to the crappy Nexus 9 (which I have now sold):
![]()
Just to note, the A8X isn't slightly more powerful than the A8, it is SIGNIFICANTLY more powerful. Although the A8 is 60% more powerful in GPU than the A7, the A8X is 2.5x (150%) more powerful than the A7.Oh, haha I got caught up in the discussion and didn't realise that this was the thread I started!
So I should probably mention that in the end I went for an Air 2 refurbished from the Apple Store.
I loved the lighter weight of the Mini 4 and the slightly sharper display, but at the end of the day when I could spend the exact same amount of money on a refurbished Air 2 as a brand new Mini 4 I couldn't resist the former. With both prices being the same and with me liking both form factors so much, the refurbished deals offered better value for money considering the slightly more powerful A8X chip vs the regular A8 in the Mini 4.
It was delivered today and I'm loving it so far. It'll take a bit of getting used to as my last iOS device was the iPod Touch 4th generation way back when. I've only ever had Android smartphones. So this is my first iOS experience in a long while. My major gripe so far is figuring out how to download files from the browser (it doesn't seem to want to download even basic .zip files full of simple JPEGs) and the lack of a proper file system UI.
Hope so! My mind has been asking whether I should have gone for a cellular one (£549 for 128GB cell instead of the £479 I paid for 128GB WiFi only), but then I just keep telling myself that it'd mean I'd have to pay more every month to make use of it. And I could always use my smartphone out and about, I specifically bought this tablet for home use first and foremost. Else, if I wanted a tablet for taking everywhere with me I'd have gone for the Mini 4. I just don't like knowing that mine is missing some functionality (like GPS) when I've already paid so much!
The Mini 4's display does look sharper when viewed relatively close up no doubt about that. But it's not bothering me as much as I feared it might. The display of the Air 2 still looks so gorgeous that I really can't complain that much.
Refurbished iPads have brand new batteries installed by Apple so there's no danger of getting a year old one when buying directly from Apple.
Scarecly idiocy: the iPad Air 2 is indeed a year older. I wanted a smaller device which wasn't a year old (and the real possibility of having a year-old battery inside). Specs didn't come into it.
Talks about the Air 2 being a year, doesn't realize the design language and processor are actually a year old in his "new" tablet.
Are you completely dumb? Of course I realise; doesn't change the fact that the Air 2 is a year old.
So the iPad Air 2 isn't a year old, then?
That's what I've been saying, plus I prefer the 4 - I don't want last year's device. I don't have last year's phone, either and I generally upgrade every year. That, plus the size of the Air 2 and its worse display, notwithstanding its technical merits.
I give up on Americans; you're all so egregiously insular. If the Air 2 had been half the price, or a third the cost I still would have gone with the 4. I buy what I want.
Not completely, but your comments show how full potato you truly are.
I guess he's happier with an iPad that's what, a year and a half, old?He's obviously deeply confused, since he's saying that the display is worse. If you allow for sample variation, the Air, Air 2 and Mini 4 come out essentially the same on any measure but DPI, but he's already told us he pays no attention to "specs."
You're deeply, sadly and irretrievably stupid, but, hey, enjoy whatever it is in your sig.