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New iPad Shows Up in App Analytics Running A6-Based Chip
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My iPad 3 will be sad if this comes true.
I think the whole point of dropping the number from the name is that Apple is no longer tied to a set cycle. Look at the MacBook line. Last year they did a mid-cycle update to the MacBook Pro. The MacBook Air went unchanged from June 2009 - October 2010 (and the June update was a minor spec bump from November 2008), but then received a significant update 9 months later).
The biggest complaint against the 3rd Generation iPad is that it is bigger and heavier than its predecessor. If they can use a more efficient processor and the new display technology, they can make it thinner. My guess is that the displays aren't ready (Apple is having a hard enough time meeting iPhone demand) but the processors are.
With the holiday season coming up, and Windows 8 tablets such as the Surface entering the market, now would be a great time to release an updated iPad if it is ready.
I don't quite follow you on this. If the iPad Mini comes out in November it will indeed be newer than the iPad but only until March when the iPad will be newer than the iPad Mini... until the following November.
So the iPad Mini will be newer than the iPad for half the year and the iPad will be newer than the iPad Mini for half a year.
I also don't understand why the iPad Mini being newer than the iPad for any amount of time would be a problem. They're not in competition with each other, directly, but rather they are two items targeted at different consumers.
I follow him. The iPad mini will be a new variant of the iPad product line therefore I would expect future updates of the iPad product line to be done at the same time, they same way it's bone for the iPhone, iPod, iMac, Macbook Pro, Macbook Air, etc...
Absolutely not, they would never do that. The entire reason Apple sells so many is marketing. The keynotes are what brings EVERYONE to the products, it is honestly amazing. When there is a keynote every media outlet has it as news, you look at all other companies, nothing even compares to it. They need things to add to them when the next one is released or there is less draw for people to go out and buy one again.
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They dropped the number specifically because they are releasing a device called 'iPad Mini' you wouldn't say 'iPad 4' and 'iPad Mini 2' three words isn't good, and they know that. It is marketing. Same reason why there is no 'iPod Touch 5' too many words, and there is 'iPod Nano' and 'iPod Suffle' you get into adding numbers to all of those and it just gets ridiculous, their marketing team wouldn't let that happen. The iPhone is one device, it has no other sizes, etc. and of all the devices, it is the most important to distinguish between previous year for customers. People want to see the next number.
Why not an A6 powered iPad Mini with a resolution of 1280*800 or 1680*1050
I believe Apple prefers the 4:3 ratio for their tablet products, I kind of agree, I like how it works in portrait mode for reading/browsing and it's decent for video.
The main driver with using an existing resolution is kind "instant" compatibility with thousands of apps, ease of development (or revising), etc.
Heck, if they wanted to define an all new resolution, I'd use something like 1365 x 1024 and the A6 just like it sits in the iPhone 5 since I think it could handle that res pretty handy, plus it puts the PPI at a nice ~214, keeps the 4:3 ratio...
At any rate, I think keeping the fragmentation down to nearly none with the introduction of a new device is a huge factor in the hardware specs.
Eventually, most people won't care that much about the "next number" in the same way most people today are meh when it comes to the next MacBook. There may be signs that this is already happening at least based on the anecdotal evidence I've witnessed with some people looking at the new iPhone 5 for the first time at an Apple store recently. The visual difference was smaller than they expected.
Why would Apple wait until March if they can release it now?
Apple makes alot of money per iPad and they sell *alot* of them. They have the funding to engineer updates and if they have the A6 available, the screen technology, can improve battery life, and have more LTE coverage than the current "New" Ipad, why not release a newer one?
Apple is facing increased competition. They are "the" tablet. Why not stay well ahead of the competition and not let them catch up? The Ipad 3 is still going to be a great tablet. They are just going to have a better one available. If a company changes their product every year, their top of the line device will be that way until their competitor releases one in 6 months...
Apple makes alot of money per iPad and they sell *alot* of them. They have the funding to engineer updates and if they have the A6 available, the screen technology, can improve battery life, and have more LTE coverage than the current "New" Ipad, why not release a newer one?
Apple is facing increased competition. They are "the" tablet. Why not stay well ahead of the competition and not let them catch up? The Ipad 3 is still going to be a great tablet. They are just going to have a better one available. If a company changes their product every year, their top of the line device will be that way until their competitor releases one in 6 months...
I think the iPad Mini is an awesome addition to the end of this year!
But, I am in the market for a larger iPad. And sadly, I feel as though Apple would want to keep selling iPad 3's into holiday season until March, when they usually update them.
I want to replace my old HP laptop with an iPad though. So I won't give my hopes up just yet!
But, I am in the market for a larger iPad. And sadly, I feel as though Apple would want to keep selling iPad 3's into holiday season until March, when they usually update them.
I want to replace my old HP laptop with an iPad though. So I won't give my hopes up just yet!
Tell that to would-be Mac Pro owners!
The delay on a Mac Pro update, is most likely due to the Ivy Bridge-E delay.
Ivy Bridge-E is better suited for a Mac Pro than Ivy Bridge, as it is the higher end of the two processors.
Not to mention Ivy Bridge only comes in Quad Core configurations, and from a marketing stand point most customers don't understand things like Die Shrink, Newer Transistors, Better Efficiency, etc. All they will see is that the last gen Mac Pro supported Hexa-Core and Ivy Bridge doesn't.
You do realises that Mac Pro refresh was already well over due when socket 2011's server class sandybridge-EP was released.
The delay is likely due to Apple not caring much about Mac Pro because iDevices is where all the money is at.
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