New Images of iPad Air 2 Parts Show Touch ID Home Button Cable, Logic Board With A8X Chip, and More

[richman555]

I think I would wet myself with laughter if they upped the DPI, but kept the measly 1Gig of RAM. I'm hoping for it, for comedic value alone.

Watching all the Non-critical thinking apple defenders bending over backwards to belittle those who dare question Apple, would be worth the wasted iPad year, IMHO.

Trolling this website must give some people the jollies. Why are you not 'daring' to question Google for privacy concerns? Why are you not daring to question Samsung for ripping off the design of the iPhone and their history with Sony? Lets start the revolution... for Google and Samsung (who are most likely going to split up one day).

 

[MyopicPaideia]

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That looks disturbingly appetizing for some reason.

 

[Casiotone]

That's what I'm banking on. I'm not afraid of the A8X as long as scaling dmeant affect fluidity.

No special scaling (like on the 6 plus) will be needed for the iPad Air 2 if they go with 3x.

The iPhone 6 plus needed 489 PPI to get native 3x and since they only got a 401 PPI screen, the downscaling trick was needed to bring down the UI size to normal.

The 9.7" iPads always had a relatively lower PPI than iPhones, so to achieve native 3x, only 396 PPI is needed on the iPad (and 401 PPI is close enough).

 

[wizard]

no mac mini part leaks?
finally, doubling down is working

Stuff Apple wants leaked gets leaked, stuff they don't want leaked stays a secret.

 

[wizard]

it's the exact opposite for me. they seem to go exactly the way i want them too.

Exactly!

They gave come a very long way in a few years with iOS devices.

 

[Trahearne]

I of course could be wrong, but using an A8X is a pretty good indicator that the larger iPad Air at least, will go @3x.

Wouldn't be surprised if the iPad rmini either doesn't get updated right now, or stays @2x with an A8. Shame, because I really like the 7.9" form factor over the 9.7" - even with my 6+

2x scaling for a ppi of 326 is already fine enough. It is at the same level as iPhone 5/5s/6. What the rMini needs is improving the display quality.

 

[sransari]

I want iPad Air MINI! bigger screen than ifone 6+, still fits in pocket, and $30/m cheaper network access.

 

[Traverse]

No special scaling (like on the 6 plus) will be needed for the iPad Air 2 if they go with 3x.

The iPhone 6 plus needed 489 PPI to get native 3x and since they only got a 401 PPI screen, the downscaling trick was needed to bring down the UI size to normal.

The 9.7" iPads always had a relatively lower PPI than iPhones, so to achieve native 3x, only 396 PPI is needed on the iPad (and 401 PPI is close enough).

That was what I was thinking. If they use no scaling than the A8X should suffice to drive he display, but I will wait to ensure that its fluid and to examine the effects on battery life and heat.

Apple burned me on the ipad 3, I don't want that to happen again.

 

[nagromme]

When I stop to think about it, I've run into a lot more instances of people accidentally hitting the side switch (or having someone else mess with it) and not knowing what is wrong, then people who actually use it on purpose.

I use it! But the job can be done with a software control--it's not something you need more often than all the other stuff that's software--and then, no more accidents and one less component.

A physical mute switch is a terrific feature for a phone, and I can't believe it's not industry standard: you can feel its state in the dark! But software mute (or hold volume-down) is fine for a tablet.

Rotation-lock is the more useful function, on a tablet. But making it software-based (swipe up then tap) works fine--just like it as long been on the iPhone.

 

[wizard]

Visionaries work on groundbreaking technology, not removing a button for no reason (it's just annoying, not "revolutionary").

You make an assumption here that they don't have an alternative method for this switch functionality. Apple could very well make the case touch sensitive also.

And yes, it may be possible to replace the functionality with a home button triple click or a multitouch gesture (at least on a jailbroken device).

They already have alternative ways to switch this functionality.

Apple is notorious for removing useful features from their hardware and software products (sometimes they bring it back). The general move to satisfy masses with oversimplification isn't good.

Most of the feature removal is pretty forward looking. Apple has successfully forecast trends in the industry sometimes well before the industry acknowledges the trend. Optical drives for example are no longer a must have and a large segment of the PC industry has dropped opticals from their hardware.

Even Aperture 3 is gone in favour of a glorified viewer called iPhoto. But no worries, there'll be companies to fill the void making high-quality products for fewer customers, instead of high volume hipster toys

Here you reveal just out of touch you are. IOS devices are hardly hipster toys, they are devices that drive personal productivity.

 

[nagromme]

Posts like this annoy the crap out of me. Just because YOU don't use a feature doesn't mean there's no one else in the world that DOES. I happen to like having the switch to lock my phone. It's CONVENIENT. God forbid things be easy and functional - because THINNESS is the ONLY thing that matters.

Just because you don't like thinness, doesn't mean MANY other people do.

And he's right that there are more than one way to solve the rotation-lock problem. I don't see him saying you shouldn't like the way it is now, but a slight change in your habits might give a result even more people would like.

Doing rotation lock with a switch instead of a swipe-then-tap isn't the ONLY thing that matters. I happen to like things getting thinner and lighter. It's why I like my iPad Air so much more than my iPad 2, and while I don't feel it NEEDS to be thinner, I bet many people will love holding a thinner and lighter one in actual practice. And fans of rotation-lock (like you and I, but unlike most people I suspect) will still have that, by very easy means.

 

[Count Blah]

Trolling this website must give some people the jollies. Why are you not 'daring' to question Google for privacy concerns? Why are you not daring to question Samsung for ripping off the design of the iPhone and their history with Sony? Lets start the revolution... for Google and Samsung (who are most likely going to split up one day).

I do when it comes to gmail. It I don't use samsung products. I do use a 5s for a phone, and an iPad Air with constant tab reloads in safari. With only Sarai running, and two tabs, I can't type in a macrumors tab and research in another tab, without the macrumors tab reloading. That is piss-poor user experience. And all I hear is that it's not a ram issue from the defenders. Yet in 2 years of WebKit in its present form, apps has not been able to fix this "non-ram" issue. That is where my frustration/anger stem from.

 

[Piggie]

Why don't all new Apps use this Metal from Apple?

1: Is it really hard to use?
2: Does it not really work as well as Apple are making us believe?
3: Devs are lazy and can't be bothered?
4: It's too hard to make a app that switches to using Metal if the product supports it?
5: Something else?

 

[Casiotone]

Those are fair points. With Swift and Metal, there should also be software optimizations that will help out...I might have to abandon the 7.9" form factor though, as I fear there will again be differentiation between the two screen sizes again.

Can't see the iPad rMini go @3x as well right now, as it appears the iPad Air will. Probably won't get the RAM this time around either.

I also doubt the mini will go 3x this year, because it would need 489 PPI for native 3x (unlike the 9.7" iPad which only needs 396 PPI), meaning that with a 401 PPI screen the same downscaling trick used in the iPhone 6 plus would be needed, which would be counter productive in my view.

I personally think that 326 PPI would've been fine on the 5.5" iPhone 6 plus, but that Apple caved to the pressure of getting to 1080P and >400 PPI screens.

Most people complaining about the low PPI on iPhones were trying to read full Webpages on a 3.5/4" iPhone without zooming (which resulted in tiny letters only a few pixels wide).

Because mobile Safari always renders pages as a virtual 1024 pixel wide screen layout, Web pages on a 5.5" iPhone are rendered with the same layout but larger, leading to more readable and well defined text even at 326 PPI. Also people tend to hold a larger device further away from their eyes.

 

[Nee412]

The second most used button/switch on my iPad Mini after home button is the rotation lock. I use it far more than I even use the sleep/wake button.

I'm not sure a software trick could replace that simple ease of use. It'll just make it unnecessarily awkward. For my use at least. Then again I'm not saying Apple won't come up with something to replace the functionality. We'll just have to wait and see.

 

[jonnyb098]

Or they can do what is right and move the jobs back where they belong, but that would take some time.

Yeah if you want to pay $899 for a 16gb iPad. Are you forgetting people in China work for just a few dollars per day US equivalent?

 

[donnaw]

Frankly, I have never used the mute button on my iPad. Even for rotation lock, there are alternatives already built into iOS 8, so a physical button is not required. I could see the removing the volume buttons over time as they now have alternatives for that as well.

Less mechanical parts means less things that break and also means less opening for dust or water to get in.

In other words, it not just about thinness.

At least that's how I see it.

I'm confused this is the third time I've seen it mentioned that the iPad has a lock rotation in the control center. (At least I think that's what you said).

Anyway, I don't see that. Exactly where is it because I lock mine in landscape and would love to see it on the control center.

 

[Romy90210]

The second most used button/switch on my iPad Mini after home button is the rotation lock. I use it far more than I even use the sleep/wake button.

I'm not sure a software trick could replace that simple ease of use. It'll just make it unnecessarily awkward. For my use at least. Then again I'm not saying Apple won't come up with something to replace the functionality. We'll just have to wait and see.

They already came up with software trick back in ios7... Swipe/up tab rotacion lock! Done in less than 1 sec...

 

[Mavimao]

I'm confused this is the third time I've seen it mentioned that the iPad has a lock rotation in the control center. (At least I think that's what you said).

Anyway, I don't see that. Exactly where is it because I lock mine in landscape and would love to see it on the control center.

 

[Casiotone]

I'm confused this is the third time I've seen it mentioned that the iPad has a lock rotation in the control center. (At least I think that's what you said).

Anyway, I don't see that. Exactly where is it because I lock mine in landscape and would love to see it on the control center.

The rotation lock button in Control Center only appears if you have set your hardware switch to mute. If you have set the switch to rotation lock, the software mute button takes its place in Control Center.

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...Screenshots...

Your screenshots won't help him/her. If you have the switch set to rotation lock, it doesn't appear in CC (mute take its place).

 

[bpcookson]

I am not at all happy if they are getting rid of the rotation lock, I use that all the time and doing it in software would be a PITA.

Agreed. Rotation lock is totally clutch.

I wish it worked the same way on my iPhone though... why must locking always mean portrait? You know what? I'm going to make a feature request. If you've read this far, you should too:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

 

[Mavimao]

The rotation lock button in Control Center only appears if you have set your hardware switch to mute. If you have set the switch to rotation lock, the software mute button takes its place in Control Center.

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Your screenshots won't help him/her. If you have the switch set to rotation lock, it doesn't appear in CC (mute take its place).

Ah you're correct!

 

[uwdude]

deleting post- several people jumped on the answer right before me

 

[D.T.]

The rotation lock button in Control Center only appears if you have set your hardware switch to mute. If you have set the switch to rotation lock, the software mute button takes its place in Control Center.

Great followup. I was thinking maybe that was the case of the QP not seeing the rotation lock in CC.

I’d like to see a couple of rotation lock manual overrides, maybe not on an app-by-app basis, but I’d like to see an option in apps like Photos to “Allow Rotation” (on|off). I’m sure it’s easily toggled since some apps already override the rotation setting (like games).

 

[Keirasplace]

I do when it comes to gmail. It I don't use samsung products. I do use a 5s for a phone, and an iPad Air with constant tab reloads in safari. With only Sarai running, and two tabs, I can't type in a macrumors tab and research in another tab, without the macrumors tab reloading. That is piss-poor user experience. And all I hear is that it's not a ram issue from the defenders. Yet in 2 years of WebKit in its present form, apps has not been able to fix this "non-ram" issue. That is where my frustration/anger stem from.

Please give it a rest. Seriously, stop buying Apple products if they are so bad... BTW, browsing on Android phones sucks ass even with 4G of memory, and the rest of the phone also lags too. Go ahead, do it, switch.