iPad Air Could Finally Be Redesigned Next Year

[Antilogical]

Nah, we need something between the extreme screamer Pro and junk base model

If they can knock it out of the park with the MacBook Neo, I'm sure Apple engineers and marketing are bright enough to get the iPad Air down to the base model's price without sacrificing most of its good features.

Hell, charge extra for Touch ID if they have to.

 

[Torty]

16GB Ram?

 

[drunkaviator]

Unfortunately given the prices rices, this single stack OLED Air will end up being the cost of yesterday's iPad Pro, close to a £1000 in the UK. I doubt I'll ever buy another iPad again to be honest, weakest link in the apple lineup and the poorest value once you add the keyboard.

 

[snipr125]

I was so excited when the redesigned iPad Air 4 was presented. Apple put a fair amount of effort into it, and it was the world’s first device with a 5 Nm chip with the A14. Brought one on Day 1, loved it and still have it (although now back up to my iPP M4). Since then the iPad Air has had the exact same design/specs but with minor chip updates which is fine, but at the moment it has no real soul. Apple should use this opportunity to give it some of its identity back like the original ipad air.

 

[klasma]

Setup -> General -> Shutdown is what I use on all idevices since I use it so rarely.

There’s a shutdown button in Control Center since at least iOS 18. Nevertheless I miss the Home button.

 

[tomtad]

It will move into an older iPad pro chassis, that’s gonna be it.

Apple is just depressing these days

 

[Blackstick]

I don’t see the need for an in-between Apple device anymore for my uses. Modern iPhones plus a MacBook have basically turned my ipad into the oft-ignored 3rd wheel.

Particularly if a folding iPhone is successful, it doesn’t merit a place for the iPad anymore for someone with a MacBook.

 

[Astuces iOS]

Please I want to be able to use my current ipad air keyboard !

 

[Blackstick]

The 11-inch Air should go. The 13-inch Air should drop $100-200 in price and be the productivity iPad for the rest of us.

Apple doesn’t publish sales data but my neighbor’s kid is the assistant manager at our local Best Buy and we chat all the time. The 11” Air outsells the 13” iPad Air like 10 to 1 at his store.

We can extrapolate the sales out from his store and realize the 13” Air is a dog. It might not be 10 to 1 everywhere, but you gotta figure with lopsided results like that it can’t really exceed 20% of the iPad Air share. You can be sure Apple also knows the 13” Air is a slow mover.

People overwhelmingly buy the 11”. Price and bulk of the 13 not being hand-holdable is probably the largest motivator there.

 

[Plutonius]

Again, analyst using the word "could" 🙂.

 

[So@So@So]

I don't need OLED but I really hate the current Touch ID button on my iPad Air – hopefully it's replaced with Face ID or under screen Touch ID...

 

[EvilEvil]

Abandon it and simplify product lines

This. Apple should just release one iPhone and one iPad SKU a year.

 

[SKeijmel]

Are there any rumours that this will be waterproof like the new upcoming mini

 

[hybrid_x]

It’s a rectangular slab with a screen.

What is there to “redesign”?

 

[Sosab123]

It’s a rectangular slab with a screen.

What is there to “redesign”?

Innards really. A display change to OLED and waterproofing to start. One or Both of those would literally "redesign" it.

 

[benface]

They'll rename it to iPad Hair.

Or iPad Heir… because that’s what you have to be to afford it.

 

[steve62388]

I have been purchasing Pros for years, iPhone, iPad and Macbook. With my next round of upgrades I'm moving down in the range. I was thinking about it before but the price increases have got out of hand, and it has also made me push back upgrades two to three years. I love OLED and don't want to lose that.

My next phone will be a base or even an 'e'. I don't care much about the notch, I was never blown away by the Dynamic Island, it never really lived up to it's potential because developers didn't really fully embrace it (it reminds me of the Touch Bar in this regard).

I consume a lot of media on my iPad, so (hopefully) with the iPad Air getting an OLED display I'll move down from the Pro.

I have a MacBook M2 Pro, when the non-Pro can about double the performance I'll consider upgrading around then. That will probably be around the M7 or M8.

 

[mwhite]

Then get the standard iPad!

No, you're saying the iPad Air should go. No. There are people like me who want better performance without having to spend tons of money on the Pro version (which isn't that popular anyway).

 

[EuropaAeterna]

I hope the new iPad features the M6 Max chip and 128GB of ram at least. I need this to watch YouTube.

 

[dominiongamma]

Innards really. A display change to OLED and waterproofing to start. One or Both of those would literally "redesign" it.

So something Apple should have added years ago to the iPad?

 

[Sosab123]

So something Apple should have added years ago to the iPad?

The iPad Pro is still an iPad. Albeit an expensive one. So you really can't phrase as it though there isn't an iPad with an OLED, there is, you just have to be able to afford a pro model.

 

[Dansometimestheman]

No, you're saying the iPad Air should go. No. There are people like me who want better performance without having to spend tons of money on the Pro version (which isn't that popular anyway).

I love my Air M4 11in. I have a 13in pro and hate it. Way too big. I gave it to my kid. I could care less about the pro features. I don’t edit video. I use excel, PowerPoint, word, and outlook.

 

[Sosab123]

I love my Air M4 11in. I have a 13in pro and hate it. Way too big. I gave it to my kid. I could care less about the pro features. I don’t edit video. I use excel, PowerPoint, word, and outlook.

The 13 inch pro is def unwieldy. I leave mines on a hub stand for controlling smart stuff around the house like a home controller. The Face ID is nice as well since all I gotta do is lean or look at the screen to unlock it. Helps when hands are full or unavailable and there is an important notification pending. (like door cam etc). Face ID adds a lot of spontaneous usefulness.

 

[jackietreeh0rn]

Redesign the price, you mean?

 

[turbineseaplane]

It’s a rectangular slab with a screen.

What is there to “redesign”?

Time for some tiny changes to force all new acce$$ory purchases.