By your definition the iPad 1 was not a first gen product but a continuation of the iPod Touch and iPhone.
There's too much new technology and differences in the iPad Pro to NOT consider it a first gen product.
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iPad Pro iPad Pro 2 will see iPad-->iPad 2 level improvements
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There's too much new technology and differences in the iPad Pro to NOT consider it a first gen product.
That's unlikely. The 9.7" iPad still has a lot of pixels to drive and Apple knows that not everyone has use for a big iPad. It's easy for them to keep the pencil/keyboard as the distinction between the two platforms.
Because you know there's enough supply of the A9 for iPhone 6S, 6S Plus and an iPad Air 3? And if there was an Air 3 with A9 people would still be complaining that it didn't have an A9X.
Call it whatever you like for now. It will be a higher clocked version of the A9, not has high clocked as the iPP because of thermal limitations in the smaller case, but higher clocked than my iPhone 6s. It's not like the A9x has a third core like the A8x, the larger case of the iPP allows for greater thermal envelope, the Air 3 will be somewhere in between for the same reason.
Not unlikely:
1.an altered a9 soc at a lower clockspeed with 2gb and perhaps an altered gpu that is between iphone6s and ipad pro.
2. Or perhaps a regular a9 with the regular iphone 6s gpu from the 6s but clocked at 2.26 ghz(same clock ipad pro).
This will still be quite a bit faster than the regular iphone 6s.
My bet is on option 2.
The air 3 will probably be a little thinner than the air 2, and has less battery cap. than the ipad pro(or even the air2).
And the air just is not the flagship ipad anymore.
It will never get the same soc as the ipad pro, unless the ipad air 3 is released at the same time as the pro2 or later.
My guess is that the air3 will be released in april/may though, and will be presented to the public together with the apple watch 2 and retina macbook( regular, air en pro)
People complaining should get the ipad pro then .
Ipad air 3 will get a faster clocked a9, not the a9x.
That is ample power for the ipad 3. Will get you about 2800(single) 5000 geekbench(multicore) and 29000 futuremark.
you think Apple will put a weaker A9 chip in the iPad Air 3 when the iPhone 7 will have an A10?
Yes, it's confirmed it doesn't have the improved touch ID sensor that's in the 6S, really zero excuse for Apple, especially in the "Pro" product
and I don't want to hear about supply constraint BS, iPhone 6S is already readily available and Apple won't be producing iPad Pro's at the same level as the iPhone or iPad Air