Cheaper would be nice, but $200 less than the Air when it has a newer SOC and better front cam with center stage doesn’t make sense. I mean I’d love the air at $500 and the mini at $400 (like with the A12 versions that were released together in 2019), but given that the air has been $600 for a year, $400 for the mini is not realistic.
You will keep waiting for the next best thing. History of the iPad mini update shows that’s Apple tends to wait 2 or more years if you can wait that long then maybe this product is not for you and are trying to substantiate a purchase for your purpose. People who have already placed orders know exactly what the product is and it’s intended purpose and are not waiting for the next best thing as when it gets released guess what these people will upgrade and you will still be waiting for the next best thing.
Well, to be fair, it's not one of their "pro" iPads but they did manage to spiff it up pretty nicely, and it's not like you'll notice a lack of power. If someone hadn't told you otherwise, you'd have thought it was just as fast.
Yeah, but she goes into every thread and says “it costs too much,” so I;’m not sure how your personal experience is relevant.
Your Air vs mini argument makes less sense. Most people buying one vs the other are probably doing so because of screen size than price.
Tbh I understand it because it allows them to use a ton of chips with only slightly less performance than the higher binned ones instead of just throwing them away. Helps keep costs down too (relatively speaking)
Because to you there are no battery vs heat vs speed tradeoffs. Like you could have noticed a difference in speed except for a different benchmark number
Amd let those otherwise functional silicon go to waste? It’s not like those processors are made off of some $10 plastic. Or do you want a starting price of $799 for 64GB model just so you get 8% better performance rather than $499 for the same 64GB but lose that 8% performance?
I was sold on it to begin with and all these revelations about how "crippled" it is haven't changed a thing, it'll still do what I want it to do quite well. The form factor, small and light, yet big enough, is why I like it.
Intel "bins" all of their chips - that is how you get the 9900K, 9900, 9900T, etc. I am sure that Apple/TSMC is doing the same thing here with the A15...
Once again… please read my comment. In this thread I never said “it costs too much” I said: Still managed to cost $499 😂.
What is the point you are trying to make as the iPad Pro of those years had 4GB of RAM it was not the Silicon that was limiting its abilities.
Yeah, but what did you say in the other thread?
Well if you read my statement again, you'd realise that we are both right. Although I was only aware of cpu and gpu chips with some failed cores but not reduced core frequency. So if that is really what is happening, it's fine in my view.
