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New iPad - what will it be called?
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ZombiePete
macrumors 68020
And the iPad Air really doesn't make any sense in relation to the MacBook line, where the "Air" model is the lighter and less expensive model. The iPad Mini should be the iPad Air and the iPad Air should either just be the iPad or possibly even the iPad Pro (with the iPad 4 just being the iPad, perhaps).
If the rumors pan out and a 5.5" iPhone Air is released, then the naming conventions truly have no meaning anymore.
960design
macrumors 68040
I like your thinking! They should start at Hydrogen and work their way up. iPad Sulfur may not sell so well, but I bet iPad Promethium would!
Menel
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ZombiePete
macrumors 68020
So what's your point? What logic is there in using the "Air" moniker in such a haphazard way?
MacBook ---> MacBook Air
Apple took the old, heavier, thicker, and bulkier product and slimmed it down, lowered the weight, and eventually replaced the former with the latter.
iPad ---> iPad Air
Apple took the old, heavier, thicker, and bulkier product and slimmed it down, lowered the weight, and will eventually replace the former with the latter.
There's nothing haphazard about it. The same exact usage applies.
cambookpro
macrumors 604
iPad Air 2 seems a bit long - and iPad Air (2nd generation) would imply the 1st iPad Air was a totally new product, which it wasn't.
As iPad updates become more iterative, I think they'll adopt the date moniker used for the Macs, so it'll be iPad Air (Late 2014).
As iPad updates become more iterative, I think they'll adopt the date moniker used for the Macs, so it'll be iPad Air (Late 2014).
ZombiePete
macrumors 68020
When you lay it out like that I guess I can see where I've gone astray. I have to admit, I never really thought of the MBA as a replacement to the MacBook and always considered it its own, new product line.
Yeah, that's where I think a lot of the confusion is. But it's understandable with how Apple quietly phased out the MB. Now the MBA fills the role of the "budget" MacBook - hence being the replacement for the MB.
That being said, I doubt we'll see the title transfer to the iPhone, unless there's a total restructuring of the product line.
Agent-P
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Night Spring
macrumors P6
Every time I see this thread, I think, "I don't care what it's called, just release it already!" 😀
Yes, in an effort to decrease the weight of the best iPad they've ever made, they had to limit the amount of engravings they put on the back of the device
I will personally kick someone's butt at Apple if they officially call it "the new iPad air". It was such a freaking mess when they pulled that crap a couple years ago with "the new Ipad" (3rd gen, right?)
