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iPad Sales Total 225 Million Units Since 2010 as Apple Claims 'Significant Innovation' Coming

TypeEE said:
If apple is selling the ipad mini with a 3 years old ipad 2 spec, why would anyone feel the need to upgrade?
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Um...maybe it has something to do with the fact that Apple is also selling an iPad mini with a retina display and an iPad Air as well :rolleyes:

So many whiny people in this thread, angry that the newest iPad doesn't tie their shoes...so many completely unrealistic demands just goes to show how technologically inept some of you are.
 
Saturn1217 said:
Dear Tim Cook,

Reasonable innovations I would like to see in the next iPad:

-an optional active stylus. The iPad just begs to replace paper but handwriting support means I still pick up pen and paper when I need to write quickly

-laptop like bluetooth keyboard support. There are great 3rd party keyboards for the iPad but software is holding back the experience. Apple can improve that software (full navigation via arrow keys please!) without increasingly complexity at all for anyone who doesn't use their iPad with a keyboard.

-file support. Hopefully iOS8 is almost there. Cloud drive if it is supported right, particularly by third party software, could greatly relieve the file management issues. I should always be able to keep ONE copy of a file in a central location (not within an app) and be able to access it from my iPad and macbook air seamlessly using any app I want.

-dual screen multitasking. Not absolutely necessary but would be nice. I'd frankly be happy with just an easier way to do the multitasking we have right now. Both double clicking a physical home button and doing an awkward four finger swipe don't really cut it for an action I want to do quickly often to switch between apps for work.

-iOS should be optimized for the iPad just like the amazing iOS apps are. 9 apps visible per page on a 9.7inch screen is the height of stupidity and really makes you sound like a hypocrite when you criticize android tablets.

Sincerely,
Your future tech consultant :D

PS. Please don't limit awesome new productivity features to a new 12" iPad Pro. The iPad Air is a triumph of optimal screen size, weight and dimensions for a portable tablet. Please keep making it better!
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Dear Saturn1217,

You guys do really love on "WAITING" on your features. Our tablets has had those features you're looking for quite sometime but a lot of people won't touch it because it doesn't have the sacred Apple logo. Platform agnostic is the best way to enjoy the best of technology.

Sincerely,
Samsung and Microsoft
 
realeric said:
I have lost interest in iPad. It's just a toy.
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That happens to be your opinion. And your opinion just so happens to be wrong.

The iPad can be an incredibly powerful tool. When I go out in to the field with my Nikon to snap huge RAW images and then edit them in Lightroom, the ipad is the only tablet I've found that offers this flexibility and power. The android tablets I've tried to do this on have been incredibly laggy.

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fr33 loader said:
Dear Saturn1217,

You guys do really love on "WAITING" on your features. Our tablets has had those features you're looking for quite sometime but a lot of people won't touch it because it doesn't have the sacred Apple logo. Platform agnostic is the best way to enjoy the best of technology.

Sincerely,
Samsung and Microsoft
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Oh of course, features like android malware, app fragmentation, phone sized apps being stretched and called a "tablet" app, and very slow UI responsiveness and lagginess even with 4 core CPU's that Samsung purposely fudges benchmarks on :rolleyes: and the surface would be a great tablet except for the whole "windows 8" disaster thing.

Yes, such an impressive tablet array, I'm sure!
 
mac 2005 said:
I am so tired of hearing Cook claim the pipeline is incredible and/or innovative. He's in essence been saying "stay tuned" for so long now that I'm beginning to think the emperor has no clothes.

Either admit that "innovation" now amounts to generational enhancements to existing products and stop with the hype or actually start delivering new products. I can't think of a single new Apple device the company has launched since Jobs died.
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Just Googled "Tim Cook incredible new products". Here are some quotes:

Feb 23, 2012: Apple Readying 'Products That Will Blow Your Mind'

May 30, 2012: Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook promised incredible new products Tuesday during an extended stage interview but offered no details

Jan 23, 2013: Tim Cook: Apple's product pipeline is 'chock full' of 'incredible stuff'

July 22, 2014: Why Apple CEO Tim Cook Is 'Incredibly Excited

Same story, different day.
 
Hardware updates (RAM, Chip...) won't be considered "Innovation". I would say:

1) Multitasking with split screens.
2) Multiple FaceTime sections and/or conference FaceTime
3) 1080p recording with slow motion like in iPhone 5s
4) Sapphire screen/Touch ID
 
Sick and tired of hearing "innovation is coming". Aside from the Mac Pro, I haven't seen squat - incremental upgrades is all. **** or get off the pot. Less talk, more action.
 
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MikhailT said:
What does lagging have to do with anything? It is all about being able to keep more content in memory before iOS terminates the processes and force the app to reload the data, which does suck when you open it again after switching to another app and back within a few minutes.

You can do prove this easily, just open up Safari, open up 3-4 tabs, switch to another app and switch back to Safari, switch between each tab and it'd reload from the disk instead of memory, which takes 2-3 seconds to finish.
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I don't believe the Safari not loading when inactive is about the RAM but iOS is designed that way to reduce power consumption.
 
CrazyForApple said:
I wish Steve Jobs was still alive because with him there I could trust him that there will be innovation. With Tim Cook, I'm not so sure since we haven't seen much innovation from him running the company yet.
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Recently we have seen more Android features added, iOS8 adds to this, plus Continuity, Handover, SMS to be received my Macs, thats heading forward. I am assuming that there had to be a post SJ period take effect before pushing ahead. Ill get back to you later this year to see if this happens!

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MikhailT said:
The only innovations I can think of are:

1. TouchID
2. Twice the memory, hopefully 2-4GB
3. A8, twice the GPU/CPU performance
4. [Not likely] Thinner display, more efficient panels like LTPS or something new in additional to less backlighting bars
5. [Not likely] Lighter weight as usual but they tend to do this in every two generation.
6. iOS 8 surprise feature, multiple app views at the same time alas Snap feature from Windows.
7. iOS 8 surprise feature, Business/Personal parallel data stores per one app, like what Google is doing in L.
8. [Not likely] Faster Wi-Fi speed, 3x3 AC with MU-MIMO support, which would require a brand new Extreme router to support MU-MIMO.
9. Faster NANDs, twice the storage at same cost.
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Yes, but these aren't innovations.
 
Implementation is lacking at Apple not Innovation. I don't want new ideas. I want new ideas that work, and work beautifully. Apple has not delivered this in years for a lot of their services.
 
nando87 said:
Since I bought my macbook pro retina I'm more and more convinced that the iPad is just a fashion that is unnecessary having a 5,5 iphone and a macbook. And I have an iPad Air...
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As a one way device, aimed at consumptions its great. To read, watch, listen, and not too much heavy typing. In that respect its great. But many want more. My rMBP and PC can see and run everything shared on my network, iPad cannot. I have to workaround it. A number of small changes can make it a junior OSX
 
Prof. said:
I think when Cook says "incredible" products, innovation, etc., he just means what we already know is coming - faster & thinner iPhones/iPads.

:rolleyes:
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I used to upgrade iPhone and iPad every year, iPad almost every year. I cannot see the point if they are a bit faster and a bit thinner. I feel I am rebuying the same device.
 
Saturn1217 said:
Dear Tim Cook,
Reasonable innovation I would like to see in the next iPad:

-an optional active stylus. The iPad just begs to replace paper but handwriting support means I still pick up pen and paper when I need to write quickly
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There won't be a digitizer. They are doing something called Surface Pressure that will detect how much of a stylus is pressed down. This may allow stylus makers to make them thinner, pointier or with more diverse shapes. And it allows app makers to do interesting things with the data.

I'll take it. Even tablets with digitizers are not perfect.
 
PocketSand11 said:
Yep. My '09 MBP can do anything work-related that my Mac Pro can do, it totally replaces and surpasses the iPad I never bought, and it does most of what my iPhone does besides fitting in my pocket. And an iPad would not fit in my pocket.

I don't know who actually uses an iPad for work and is more productive as a result, but everyone I know with an iPad uses it for useless junk like Vine. I'll grant that it's perfect for that.
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Bit harsh LOL. iPad is a consumption device, with that use case to works extremely well. Its not meant to be a MBP replacement and it isn't. However, it can do with more functionality so its more feasible to use as a temporary laptop replacement.
 
The only logical "Update" I can think of is : 4GB of RAM..;)

Why??

The processor is 64-Bit.. What obvious advantage of 64-Bit, if it isn't to be able to add more than 3.5GB of RAM? :rolleyes:
 
AxoNeuron said:
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Oh of course, features like android malware, app fragmentation, phone sized apps being stretched and called a "tablet" app, and very slow UI responsiveness and lagginess even with 4 core CPU's that Samsung purposely fudges benchmarks on :rolleyes: and the surface would be a great tablet except for the whole "windows 8" disaster thing.

Yes, such an impressive tablet array, I'm sure!
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Ah, the old mantra about anything but Apple. If you keep on repeating it in the Internetz , it eventually becomes true.

And the WAITING continues...
 
tdale said:
Bit harsh LOL. iPad is a consumption device, with that use case to works extremely well. Its not meant to be a MBP replacement and it isn't. However, it can do with more functionality so its more feasible to use as a temporary laptop replacement.
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Maybe it sounds like I'm harsh, but I do plenty of useless junk on my Mac as well, only it's also extremely suitable for work :)
 
AxoNeuron said:
Very rarely does Apple limit capabilities on its tablet to save money, it usually limits things like the amount of RAM, etc. to conserve battery life. Every complaint you mentioned is a limitation of battery life, not RAM.
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The list of _complaints_ I bought is referring to why some people think more memory is worth it, despite the big impact it can have on the memory.

We're asking Apple to come up with ways to make it possible in the future of iPads, which is what this thread is about. We know using more memory in the iPad would have an impact on the battery life.

However, I absolutely disagree with shrinking the iPad and making it thinner at the expense of having a denser battery that would allow for more memory at the same battery life.
 
fr33 loader said:
Ah, the old mantra about anything but Apple. If you keep on repeating it in the Internetz , it eventually becomes true.

And the WAITING continues...
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Trolling since Jul 2007. Talk about deep hatred. You sir has taken hating to a new level.
 
Apple Corps said:
Quoting Cook from today's earnings call - "

2:11 pm Hard at work and investing heavily in exciting opportunities and "incredible pipeline" of new products and services".

Wow - where have we heard something like this before, how many times, for how long?
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They say the same thing every earnings call. Must be a bloody long pipeline given how long we've been waiting.
 
tdale said:
Yes, but these aren't innovations.
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That's why I put innovations in italics. That's what Apple will consider as "innovations" when it really is just natural technological improvements. TouchID already came out for iPhone but Apple'd consider it as innovation because it's the first time it would be on iPad. It is definitely not innovative nor new idea.

The hardware innovations we all want are the epic kind, these comes every 2-4 years if not longer. True epic innovations take a lot of time and R&D.

I don't even know what would be considered as innovative on the iPad right now. Foldable display maybe, e-ink style mode on the same display, new kind of battery, and so on.
 
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