So taking something already on the iPhone for a year and just sticking it on the iPad qualifies as new to you? And beyond that, what are the odds that by adding Touch ID, Safari will be snappier?
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iPad Air and Retina iPad Mini to Get Touch ID This Year
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So taking something already on the iPhone for a year and just sticking it on the iPad qualifies as new to you? And beyond that, what are the odds that by adding Touch ID, Safari will be snappier?
somebody mentioned it and I responded. There is a company making 6 GB RAM for mobile devices and Apple is currently looking into it
In short, except for the update to the A8 SoC (system on a chip) and adding the Touch ID sensor, it won't be much different than the current iPad models.
If this wasn't meant to be as sarcasm, then, for the same reasons I've explained above: Apple will never add windowed multitasking in their iPads so, unless you jailbreak and use the windowed multitasking tweaks (if they are ever released), 8GB would be absolutely unnecessary and an overkill. 2-3GB, on the other hand, would be more than welcome.
A lot of us would prefer 2-3GB of RAM in iPads for much more seamless, crash-less, app unloading-less functionality to, for a lot of us, useless (unless they're backed by true user switching) gimmicks like Touch ID.
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"Whining" and the usual derogatory stuff... after reading your post (not having checked out the poster's name first - I always zoom in to the body of the text on my iPad for easier reading), after having read all your posts defending Apple in the forums, I guessed it was you wrote it. I was right.
Besideas, as usual, you're completely wrong. TONS of iPad users (in your parlance, "whiners") are (rightfully!) complaining about crashes. And that's because of the meager RAM. And, as I've proved many times, adding another 1 GB of RAM would have very little impact on the battery life of the iPad.
I have a feeling we’re going to see this sooner (WWDC/iOS preview?) than later (partially brought on by something mentioned by a “little bird”
)I believe there’s some logical business rationale to this as well: lack of device sharing/accounts is motivating some consumers to explore non-Apple products for a 2nd (or 3rd ...) device, and/or for first time, multiple device purchase ... and anything that has the potential to lead the consumer out of Apple as a single tech source, also means less chance for a lock-in to iTunes, followup purchases for additional iPads, iPhones, AppleTV, and Mac computers.
I guess it becomes a business decision of: does ease of iOS device sharing provide better customer retention and new customer traction vs. the potential for lost sales of multiple devices[?]
Personally, I’d love it, even if it was just for a few core services initially, where there could be discrete bookmarks/email/messages (something like this would likely, eventually have an SDK for “personal” vs. “shared” resources, maybe even cloud backed at some point where you could login and fetch remote configurations for accounts and whatnot).
I had iPad 1 and sold it after few months as I didn't have the use for it back then. It was mostly sitting on my shelf most of the time unless I travelled.
Since then a lot has changed so I got iPad Air when they released it but even when I was buying it I kinda wanted to have the TouchID as I see it as a big thing in the future (like multiaccounts etc.) so back then the 7.0 was so buggy etc. that I decided to return the iPad cause I saw no point to compromise on 2 things. 1) TouchID 2) experience.
I knew they would fix the iOS eventually but in that case I also knew that I will have to wait for it so why not wait for updated iPad that will have the TouchID which is what I wanted and the iOS will be ironed out by then. So, now I'm waiting.
This xmas will be expensive. Getting my iPad Air and iPhone 6 (upgrade from 4)))
On top of that I lust for a proper Apple display (retina) so I could give my eyes rest a bit more. The change is drastical and I hate normal screens now. The blurriness is immediately apparent once you go retina. Strange how quickly things change
Since then a lot has changed so I got iPad Air when they released it but even when I was buying it I kinda wanted to have the TouchID as I see it as a big thing in the future (like multiaccounts etc.) so back then the 7.0 was so buggy etc. that I decided to return the iPad cause I saw no point to compromise on 2 things. 1) TouchID 2) experience.
I knew they would fix the iOS eventually but in that case I also knew that I will have to wait for it so why not wait for updated iPad that will have the TouchID which is what I wanted and the iOS will be ironed out by then. So, now I'm waiting.
This xmas will be expensive. Getting my iPad Air and iPhone 6 (upgrade from 4)
))On top of that I lust for a proper Apple display (retina) so I could give my eyes rest a bit more. The change is drastical and I hate normal screens now. The blurriness is immediately apparent once you go retina. Strange how quickly things change
As you said, I can actually see that coming to fruition . And they will still sell heaps .
I would like to see 3GB ram added and would be disappointed if it was just bumped to 2.
I'm not sure the safari tab issue is really a ram issue. I would like them to have that corrected. I will be looking forward to review sites indicating this before purchasing.
I would also like the issue with the extremely thin glass improved. I'm not an engineer, so that's all I have to say about that.
Continuation of white/silver color.
Cheaper price for 32GB storage would be welcomed
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Lower heat and good battery would be good trade off.
Intel made an 80 core processor 7 years ago.
I'm not sure the safari tab issue is really a ram issue. I would like them to have that corrected. I will be looking forward to review sites indicating this before purchasing.
I would also like the issue with the extremely thin glass improved. I'm not an engineer, so that's all I have to say about that.
Continuation of white/silver color.
Cheaper price for 32GB storage would be welcomed
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Lower heat and good battery would be good trade off.
Intel made an 80 core processor 7 years ago.
optional?
Probably a silly question given Apple's track record, but does anybody think this will be an optional feature? I would love to get the next upgrade if it has a better camera and other specs, but given the recent allegations of tech companies and the NSA, I think I'd rather keep my finger prints to myself. I know they say it is only stored as data on the machine, but I'd rather not even take the chance. Justified or not, whether or not I can opt out of the TouchID will determine which iPad I purchase. Any thoughts?
Probably a silly question given Apple's track record, but does anybody think this will be an optional feature? I would love to get the next upgrade if it has a better camera and other specs, but given the recent allegations of tech companies and the NSA, I think I'd rather keep my finger prints to myself. I know they say it is only stored as data on the machine, but I'd rather not even take the chance. Justified or not, whether or not I can opt out of the TouchID will determine which iPad I purchase. Any thoughts?
Thanks for your response.
Did someone install more RAM in the ipad to come to this conclusion?
I would be interested in reading any source articles to back this up.
I wish it was possible - as was back in the Pocket PC / Windows Mobile days (see for example the 128MB mods of the HTC Universal or the various Compaq / HP iPaq's.) Regrettably, there isn't any kind of (aftermarket) RAM upgrade services for iDevices.
I've published a lot of articles / benchmarks on the memory usage of Safari / UIWebView; see for example https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/18502038/
In a nutshell, Safari (UIWebView) is VERY RAM memory-hungry and adding another Gigabyte of RAM would seriously extend its stability / tab reloading-less-ness.
Of course!The lack of TouchID was the only reason I didn't purchase the Air. I guess they needed to hold something back for people to upgrade to iPad Air 2.