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iPad Air 3 Could Feature Four Speakers and Rear-Facing LED Flash
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I have to disagree. there are many reasons why it's a "pro" model and the use of a pencil is just one of them. Apple will sell far more 9.7" models and make far more money pushing pencils with this one as well. I'm looking at it from a business perspective I guess.
The Air 1 was a great iPad model. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I upgraded (and I'll probably sell and upgrade again), but I had no issues with performance the year I owned it. It had excellent battery life, and I liked the speakers better than the Air 2.
Looking forward to seeing what Apple has to offer in March.
Many of us would like it to support Apple Pencil.
The reason I doubt that'll happen anytime soon is it would eat into iPad Pro sales. Apple customers are shunted again.
Wow! Not only are you in this odd "an iPad must work exactly as the Surface Pro" camp, you also demand it to be way cheaper than what Microsoft has to offer. Surface Pro 4 prices range from $899 to $1799 with the keyboard for an extra $130. How greedy from Apple to imaginary demand a price of $1000+ for a fantasy product, they refuse to build and others can't build cheaper in real life.
Tim Cook, you owe me!
The "new iPad 3" might be a harsh way to put it, but I get what you mean. The iPad Air 2 was a huge leap in so many aspects.
The X stands for something eXtra in the iPad compared to the iPhone. Initially that was more graphics power, because of the demands of the much bigger Retina display. With the A7 the graphics in the phone became good enough to also run a tablet, that's why there is no A7X. The A8X boosted multi-core performance with triple-core CPU in advance for Split Screen multitasking in iOS 9 and the A9X was tailored for the iPad Pro screen-size and refresh-rate, 4GB memory, pencil digitizer etc.
The A9 will provide a nice boost in single-core performance over the A8X. And I don't think the pencil technology will even fit in an iPad Air 3. Apple won't build in a chip you can't even utilize. We might have seen our last X chip in a midsize iPad. A9X, A10X, A11X might be iPad Pro only.
Then you probably should've gone with the iPad Air 2 when it came out. Doubled RAM, huge leap in CPU/GPU power yet same display resolution, and much thinner case. Sounds pretty similar to iPad 2.
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I think the X still basically means "more powerful GPU". Only exception was the A8X which also had a different CPU. Now with the A9X, it's back to the old scheme: More powerful GPU than in the A9 with the CPU being the same as in the A9, only achieving better performance through higher clock rate. And Apple doesn't see RAM as a differentiator for the "X-Variants", as RAM always varied: A4 existed with 256 and 512 MB, A8 with 1 and 2 GB.
So I wouldn't be surprised to see a lower clocked A9X with half the RAM in iPad Air 3. Just as possible as a higher clocked A9. Main difference would be graphics power.
I have the iPad Air 1 so I am interested in upgrading in March. Two more items to add to the wish list:
- 256GB flash drive
- The New Smart Keyboard
Some form of pressure sensitivity ( Force Touch / 3D Touch / Pencil ) has now come to almost all of Apples products. The iPad Air is way too important to do nothing and it is in dire need of better input and control. I don't believe in Pencil support, but 3D Touch why not? It will take some time to make it work reliably on a bigger stiffer screen, but it will come eventually. Maybe that was the only reason, why the iPad Air 3 wasn't upgraded last year. Maybe it is the reason, why it won't be upgraded before fall?
PS: Also iOS apps are supposed to run universal on iPhone and iPad. There MUST be 3D Touch for iPad!
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Why does it bother so many here that other people are taking video/photos with their iPads??
How does that impact your life?
Now, camera flash is long overdue, as is having more than one bloody speaker.
However, Apple can call me when the iPad has the ability to have multiple accounts, a filesystem I can access, and maybe a non-proprietary bleeding connector (that one will not happen, but I can wish).
Until then, no thanks.
How does that impact your life?
Now, camera flash is long overdue, as is having more than one bloody speaker.
However, Apple can call me when the iPad has the ability to have multiple accounts, a filesystem I can access, and maybe a non-proprietary bleeding connector (that one will not happen, but I can wish).
Until then, no thanks.
I would say that, because the flash would be useful to do quick scans of documents. Apps like Scanner Pro would benefit from it.
And yes, there are many other uses for the flash and taking special photos with the iPad, even with the Pro, besides just going around and taking stupid photos. After all this is a Pro device, isn't it?
Guess you are out then, probably forever. Go buy a laptop. Why are you posting here, how does this thread impact your life? Oh, and iPads have had 2 speakers for a while now, keep up.
Calm down, pardner. Not that I need to justify myself to you, but I'm in a communicative mood:
1. I am probably out forever, but here's to hoping Apple comes to its senses. It would be nice to do all the things I mentioned with an iPad instead on having to go with their competition.
2. I have 2 laptops: A 2011 17" MBP and a 2012 15" hi-res MBP. None of the current machines are superior in what I can do with mine (Retina shmetina).
3. I am posting here because I can, and I own 3 iPads: a 64 GB AT&T original, a 64 GB WiFi 2, and an original Air
4. Speakers, got me there. I really meant to say "on each side when holding it horizontally". I am NOT keeping up though, with Apple's philosophies lately regarding both hardware and software design.
Nope, for several reasons (limited to my use case):
1. Storage is a deal breaker: I currently have 2 TB in both my MBPs in RAID 0 to sync three-ways with a 2TB iMac 27". Last I checked a while ago, they make 2TB drives that fit, meaning I can have 4TB in there and more as my needs increase.
2. Upgradeability: I can upgrade the RAM, HDDs to SSD and any combination of the 2 (since I can have 2 drives in there) at will. No need for a life-sucking trip to the Apple Store or price-gouging the cost of parts/labor.
3. Expandability: My 17 has an Expresscard slot, meaning I can plug into anything they make cards for (currently used for connecting to E-SATA enclosures holding all my older drives full of stuff).
4. Existing infrastructure: I have several decent firewire enclosures I don't want to get rid of yet, as well as music-making hardware that uses firewire as connectors.
I just don't think it's time to upgrade yet.
For my needs, these machines suit me just fine. I'll wait until TB3 and USB-C become standard, and lower-cost, higher-capacity, third-party SSDs are available for Mac portables. Unless Apple starts soldering those in, then I'm done with them permanently.