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New 9.7-Inch iPad and Red iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Now Available to Order
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I really thought I'd be ordering an updated (faster with extra USB port) MacBook today. Sigh. I'll just keep trudging along with my old 2011 MBA. I can't believe that SIX YEARS later Apple still hasn't given me an upgrade option that appeals.
got my order in
NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And here are my top 3 reasons why:
1) Apple doesn't do anything with the larger screen. It's a big iphone.
2) No Apple Pencil support.
3) Lack of reason to upgrade. Old generation ipads still functional to browse the web and watch videos.
NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And here are my top 3 reasons why:
1) Apple doesn't do anything with the larger screen. It's a big iphone.
2) No Apple Pencil support.
3) Lack of reason to upgrade. Old generation ipads still functional to browse the web and watch videos.
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Agreed. But I suspect at this point, for those who owns iPhone 6/6s, and the 7 are all waiting for the next iPhone. As for price wise, I'd say go for the SE if you don't care about the bigger screen. Maybe if the red was available from the beginning.
I don't know why you bother coming on this website, you appear to be unhappy with everything Apple release/don't release/are rumoured to release.
For me personally, this seems a bargain. If there is a massive increased performance between this and my creaking iPad 3 count me in!
But the A9 will be supported longer by software updates, and you're talking about a difference of only 32 grams! That's about an ounce. They will never notice this weight difference in any real life usage. Getting a slightly less heavy case will make up the difference.
Well I suppose that value depends on how often you plan on breaking your screen vs using your iPad around other lights...
I'd grab an Air 2 while you can for the less reflective benefit on every use over maybe saving money in the future.
Every time somebody writes it. I think of Borat. You never get this, You never get this
Apple is so boring. I wish Steve would be alive.
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Got my order in for a RED 7 plus! Available for pickup today! Whoohooo!!! This is my first smartphone. I've had ipods and ipads but always talked on a cheap tracfone. I'm really looking forward to using the camera.
That is my thinking too, longer support and cheaper screen replacements if she happens to drop it etc.
The iPhone 7 Product Red ships with iOS 10.2.1 right out of the box. No iOS 10.3 yet.
Got my order in for a RED 7 plus! Available for pickup today! Whoohooo!!! This is my first smartphone. I've had ipods and ipads but always talked on a cheap tracfone. I'm really looking forward to using the camera.
Enjoy, it looks great and as a first smartphone it will probably blow you away. Having a decent camera with you nearly all the time is a very great thing.
Yeah, if she's an elderly woman, me thinks colour gamut is not a big deal.
I'd go with the new iPad over the iPad Air 2.
That said, wait a week and see what benchmarks bear out.
Of course, she'd probably not notice the speed differences either.
Apple says the new screen is better for colors etc, lamination means nothing for the screen its just makes the iPad thinner because of mounting it also its lots more expensive to replace the screen, and honest the anti-glare on the Pro would be better sold as a fingerprint attractant. I think its hilarious that people are arguing to get a less powerful processor with a smaller battery and WORSE color screen in an effort to get an iPad 0.05 inches thinner.
Just ordered two iPads for my boys...This will cut down arguing over the iPad. Whilst I would go for a Pro myself its overkill for my children. Cost was a massive influence plus managed to get education price. Very cheap iPads.
I suspect many will do the same.
I suspect many will do the same.
Buy either from Apple with AppleCare+ and it's not your problem how expensive the screen replacements are.
Agreed. Though I'm a little upset that there's no Air 3 to upgrade to, I think this fills in the gap for those who want a long lasting tablet for entertainment and education. Perhaps it's time to get my mother off her old iPad 2.
Literally every post he has made is anti-apple. I will never understand people that spend huge amounts of time on a company enthusiasts website just to bash the company. I have never been on any android or windows enthusiasts website to denigrate their products, because I don't care. Never. It just seems so weird to me that people spend so much of their time doing this. Oh well, to each his own.
Thanks for wasting 4.7 seconds of my life...I will get them back