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New 9.7-Inch iPad Now Available for Personal Pickup at Apple Stores
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The potential customers are going to go into a tizzy about whether its new or not. They'll just buy it and Apple will probably do well at this price point.I am getting confused now...
The other front page news mentioned the "New" 9.7 iPad teardown confirms it's basically an original iPad air.
But here it says it is "new".
Given that the internals are actually updated, is it still considered as "new" or "basically an original iPad air"?
I am tempted to pick one up at this price point. I have an old IPAD 3 that my father mostly uses.
Because Apple has been doing such amazing things recently right? Its night and day when you look at what companies are truly innovating and changing the game compared to Apple recently.
They will make a killing on these. On the fence people seeing the new price and it being a "new" item will jump on this.
The f'd up part about this is that they DO have it sorted, but only enable it for the Education market iPads.
Just one more example that angers me about how they trickle features out instead of actually building the best product possible.
That said, this iPad is about the only one that is about as close to a good value for what you get.
Tim is more shrewd than people give him credit for, even if I CANNOT STAND most of his decisions regarding the Apple product lineup.
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Looks like they had this multi-user setup (officially known as Shared iPad) implemented on iOS 9.3 a Freaking YEAR AGO:
https://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/...-to-ipads-along-with-more-features-and-fixes/
http://www.computerworld.com/articl...d-in-apples-ios-9-3-update-is-a-big-deal.html
This is now done through the "Apple School Manager" service:
http://www.apple.com/education/it/
Frustrating that I cannot do the same at home. REALLY frustrating.
Hmm, so a new, yet sub-par product from Apple.
Is it worth the money? Maybe.
But stuff likes this makes me sad about what Apple has become.
Naturally, the iPad Pro would have a significantly better display with a wider color gamut and Tru-Tone display.
And even without the laminate display lacking of the new 9.7 inch iPad, it actually has a much brighter display over the iPad Air 2, so there is an advantage in that category.
Given that the internals are actually updated, is it still considered as "new" or "basically an original iPad air"?
The new iPad's A9 is 3 generations (A7 -> A8 -> A8X -> A9) ahead - and something like 5X faster - than the A7 CPU in the original iPad air.
Also lots of other updated hardware. Camera, TouchID, WiFi, cellular, bluetooth, etc will have all been updated compared to the original.
It's a far cry from the iPad Air.
Air: 1.4GHz A7
iPad (2017): 1.85GHz A9
Air: 1 GB LPDDR3 RAM
iPad (2017): 2GB LPDDR4 RAM
Air: No Touch ID
iPad (2017): Touch ID
Air: No barometer
iPad (2017): Barometer
Air: Bluetooth 4.0
iPad (2017): Bluetooth 4.2
Air: 5MP Camera
iPad (2017): 8MP Camera
Air: 802.11 a/b/g/n
iPad (2017): 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
In addition: 44% brighter screen, 2 years additional OS support, LTE band 12, gold colour.
Hopefully you can give us a list of game changing true innovations...
Google search engine was game changing, Facebook was game changing, iPhone was game changing...
Facebook and google were not mobile device game changers. iPhone yes, but that was in 2007! I said "recently".
Dex, basically turns your phone into a computer with a file system, iris scanner, virtual reality with HD resolution, gear 360, fast wireless charging, Samsung pay works with magnetic strip readers where Apple Pay doesn't. The biggest rumor the iPhone 8 has is hopefully an OLED display? Thats old news. The point is, between both companies, Samsung is at least putting its ideas out there. Apple? Not so much and is looking rather boring.
Please, you're comparing Samsung Pay to Apple Pay and your complaining? I keep seeing your posts where Apple doesn't do this or Apple doesn't do that. You keep short sighting Apple over Samsung "Idea's." For the record, not every idea transistions into an actual product. Just like rumors are considered "Idea's" on a rumored website.
There have been plenty of other rumors over an OLED iPhone, which can't be "Old" news if it even hasn't happened yet. You're on a Apple rumored website where their have been recent rumors about an OLED iPad, new Apple Series 3 Apple Watch coming, iPhone 8, the Airpods are a huge success when released three months ago. So your argument is moot.
Yes, I have used both Apple pay and Samsung pay and its really sad in comparison. Obviously you haven't otherwise you would know first hand. The OLED screen rumor is old because Samsung has had them for years! I was hoping you would give me your list of Apples recent innovative ideas, except you said "airpods". WOW! Thats pretty sad!
T: J. how about an ad-interim iPad refresh?
J: Snore, snore. Euuh.. Dunno. We already had that upgrade 3 years ago. I am overworked...
T: OK, but we got to do something to please our customers
J: But I'm designing my new SpaceShip office, my Command Centre.
T: Yeah, yeah. But we need to bring out new product also.
J: Why ? We abandoned the Mac too. Time to declare the post-iPad era. Sales are in decline anyway.
T: Indeed, there is over a billion old iPad cases left in some Chinese dump factories.
J: Then use it and put some last-year tech in it. That will advance it 8 years in history.
T: Ohh, I am getting excited. Our history is soo great. It is just a sheer example of how designated technology gets in line with a proven, yet unmatched form factor. This is technology only Apple could bring.
J: Too bad it has to. Because by now, after decades, most iPad 1 screens have dimmed to mellow yellow, just like ourselves. Laminating is too costly for these refurbs and would dim them even further anyway. So yell out screen brightness has improved 44% or something. Nobody will care to oppose anyway. And oh, we forgot to forget the headphone jack. Lucky customers !
Pfff. What nuisance. Time to go for lunch...
J: Snore, snore. Euuh.. Dunno. We already had that upgrade 3 years ago. I am overworked...
T: OK, but we got to do something to please our customers
J: But I'm designing my new SpaceShip office, my Command Centre.
T: Yeah, yeah. But we need to bring out new product also.
J: Why ? We abandoned the Mac too. Time to declare the post-iPad era. Sales are in decline anyway.
T: Indeed, there is over a billion old iPad cases left in some Chinese dump factories.
J: Then use it and put some last-year tech in it. That will advance it 8 years in history.
T: Ohh, I am getting excited. Our history is soo great. It is just a sheer example of how designated technology gets in line with a proven, yet unmatched form factor. This is technology only Apple could bring.
J: Too bad it has to. Because by now, after decades, most iPad 1 screens have dimmed to mellow yellow, just like ourselves. Laminating is too costly for these refurbs and would dim them even further anyway. So yell out screen brightness has improved 44% or something. Nobody will care to oppose anyway. And oh, we forgot to forget the headphone jack. Lucky customers !
Pfff. What nuisance. Time to go for lunch...
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T: oh yeah, it will bring in a few billion revenue, stock will go up, customers will love us, investors will love us and I'll get a record bonus. Time for lunch.
Umph.. Did you tap my hidden boardroom mike or did I accidentally tap yours
?Not as thick as the salespeople who think an Android tablet is a good investment. I'll accept physical thickness, no problem.
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I think someone may have hacked your account - they're posting nonsensically on your behalf. Report to mods asap.
Funny thing is that part regarding that iPad most likely actually happened. It's old iPad Air cases with an A9 thrown in. No doubt if Foxconn had leftover Air 2 cases Apple would have used them