It doesn't look like iPad Air 3 will be coming in the spring. There has been zero leaks about specs and features. For comparison we are hearing substantial rumors about A10 chip being used in iPhone 7.
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iPad Pro or iPad Air 3
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Exactly my thoughts as well. I'm expecting a new design because that would make the iPad Air 2 design two years old at that point.
If that was the case, I think we almost certainly would have seen it in September. Why wait a year and a half to two years to announce a minor upgrade? The Air 3 will have a complete design overhaul, guaranteed.
It would need to have that at a minimum for me to want to upgrade from my Air 2.
It's either going to use a downclocked A9X or an A10-generation SOC.
It may have four speakers, but it won't have the kind of room to resonate that the iPad Pro has. Look at this photo of the internals of the iPad Pro... If you were to put all the speaker enclosures in an iPad Air it would take up the whole case
That's my problem. I have an Air 2 I want to trade in at BestBuy to put towards the Pro. If I do that, I'll be stuck with a Pro. I can't imagine not liking it though.
The killer iPad air 2 deals seem to be huge hint though... It's obvious stores are having a clearance of the old iPad air 2 for the benefit of a new model.
No prior iPad has had a shelf life longer than 12 months as top model so there is no precedent to compare it to. Price depreciation is a very common thing for third party retailers to do. Here in UK, items often get price reductions, even if they are the latest model. Such is the way that competition works in retail. Especially as black Friday and Christmas approaches. It's common to see big sales at this time of the year.
I think iPad Air 3 could end up the better use case for me. However, it's not available yet. Therefore, if the Pro doesn't work out, I'm not sure if I get the Air 2 or keep waiting.
I have a third generation iPad that hasn't been too enjoyable for the past couple years now.
I have a third generation iPad that hasn't been too enjoyable for the past couple years now.
I think you misinterpreted my post. I was saying that no iPad prior to the Air 2 has been on sale, as the flagship model, for more than 12 months. They've all been replaced after 12 months. Air 2 is going for longer than 12 months as the most advanced 9.7" iPad.
I'm not saying iPads self destruct after 12 months.
Lacking that one feature, even if it is a rather obvious omission, doesn't make the whole product obsolete. That's like saying that all Macbooks are obsolete for lacking a touchscreen or some form of hybrid functionality.
Not really a good comparison as no MacBook features such functionality. It's more like buying the 15" MacBook Pro without a force touch trackpad when the 13" has the force touch trackpad. You know it's going to feature on the 15" so you would have been buying an obsolete model (at the time)
The prudent thing to do would be to wait. This time next year we'll know what an iPad Air 3 has in it, and possibly what an iPad pro 2 has. All they bring pencil support to the air 3?
It also gives you time for see how the iPad pro evolves from new - will developers bring new, more fully featured apps out for it? If they do will those apps be available for normal iPads anyway (waiting for a better Lightroom myself).
But the air 2 is a fantastic iPad right now. Personally I'd jump on one of those, which will help you wait until next year.
It also gives you time for see how the iPad pro evolves from new - will developers bring new, more fully featured apps out for it? If they do will those apps be available for normal iPads anyway (waiting for a better Lightroom myself).
But the air 2 is a fantastic iPad right now. Personally I'd jump on one of those, which will help you wait until next year.
Bit dramatic ... we've been using computers for 35 years with mice and trackpads and now force touch makes them obsolete? I don't think so. No app even remotely relies on force touch right now.
Perhaps obsolete is too strong a word. Outdated is probably better, but the main point still stands. If you buy this first gen iPad Pro you know at least one feature that will come in gen 2
Well that is the nature of all things tech. Frankly I think they sort of needed that extra oomph in this release. I'm buying this first release based on Apple brand loyalty alone, but I fully expect to be unimpressed.
You don't think they do for this out of goodness of their hearts do you?
There is no "depreciation" given that there is no newer iPad air 3. Competition will not sell at a loss... stores do his killers deals to clear storage on christmas for new models the other years (except when they want to regain losses with other products like in black friday). They literally do that all time.
You should wait for Pro 2, and then decide between it and the Air 4.
You should wait for Pro 3, and then decide between it and the Air 5.
You should wait for Pro 4, and then decide between it and the Air 6.
When will people stop asking the exact same question every 3 days?
When will people stop asking the exact same question every 4 days?
When will people stop asking the exact same question every 5 days?