Derp. Sorry, you're right. It's still iOS 9. And pathetically slow. And no longer receiving security updates. :-/
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New iPads Might Not Launch Until Sometime in the Second Half of 2017
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If this rumor were true, shouldn't we see some reaction to the news reflected in Apples stock price? I know it's not an official Apple announcement but i would expect a rumor like this would have a negative effect. I'm sure some stockbroker has an inside line on what's really going on.
You like to post contrary to any Apple rumor, yet Apple has made some beleaguering decisions lately as to actual shipping products. So saying any 'rumor' site makes no "sense", when you can't even trust the manufacturer themselves to even update their products on a mere yearly basis is not only incredulous, but ridiculous on your part.
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Your post is both constructive, productive and consequential. Thanks for sharing your actual higher thoughts!
Who is in a hurry? My Air 2 is as good as ever. I just bought iphone 7 jump from iphone 6. It really doesn't do anything better or feel like an upgrade except like couple of seconds loading faster between apps.
New software, new OS, thats where innovation should be. But Tim does not understand computers and he doesn't care about them. He just knows one formula: Next product is somehow faster+smaller+thinner= infinite sales.
As for people who want no bezel screens, don't you think you want a place to put your fingers and thumb in a way that does not obscure the main screen when you hold it?
New software, new OS, thats where innovation should be. But Tim does not understand computers and he doesn't care about them. He just knows one formula: Next product is somehow faster+smaller+thinner= infinite sales.
As for people who want no bezel screens, don't you think you want a place to put your fingers and thumb in a way that does not obscure the main screen when you hold it?
MacRumors Article headline reads: "New iPads might not launch sometime in second half of 2017."
So, Cook should be fired based off a rumored article that isn't even confirmed because of an iPad? I'm guessing you onky read the headline, only offering a knee jerk snide comment about Cook, without reading the actual article.
No, Eddie Cue, judgging from the colours of his shirts
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I got bad news for your wife. I read this news as the death sentence for the Mini.
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I have learned by now that if there is a product which is nice, useful and people like it, but it is below a certain percent in revenue or profit, Apple will kill it.
Consider iPad Mini being the next member of this family.
[doublepost=1484899938][/doublepost]I am another ipad mini fan. My wife has one and I have one. Can't stand the size of the bigger ones. I guess Apple won't be getting any money from us anytime soon. In a way I guess that could be a good thing.No, Eddie Cue, judgging from the colours of his shirts
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I got bad news for your wife. I read this news as the death sentence for the Mini.
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I have learned by now that if there is a product which is nice, useful and people like it, but it is below a certain percent in revenue or profit, Apple will kill it.
Consider iPad Mini being the next member of this family.
ah bummer, i ditched my 12.9 pro because it was under powered and lacked enough ram for my projects. i was looking forward to a new launch and praying for more RAM. guess ill just have to wait, luckily i have a 16" wacom mobile studio pro to hold me over until then. ah the joys of 16 gb ram, and a real OS!
but i do miss the light and porable pro sometimes. of course i just grab a sketchbook and the feeling goes away......
but i do miss the light and porable pro sometimes. of course i just grab a sketchbook and the feeling goes away......
I'm thinking (hoping) Apple is going to drop the iPad mini, (maybe keep the old mini 4 around if they're so inclined), and then have the 9.7" (same design as the 9.7" Pro) as the entry level iPad. 10.5" Same footprint as 9.7" but less bezel and no home button, as the new primary iPad, then the 12.9" as their true 'pro' iPad.
It's an input category which works extremely well though. Better than any iPad stylus I have used to date.
That's precisely what Apple does best. Take a product category with a frustrating user experience and deliver a polished product made possible by its control over both the hardware and software.
And that's why Apple has my money.
Damn, I was really hoping to replace my iPad Air 2. Here's the thing Apple...people can't upgrade their iPads or even look forward to upgrading them if you don't have a consistent release cycle like you do for the iPhones. If you make me wait to upgrade my iPad I just get comfortable with what I have or use my phone more and then realize maybe I don't need a new iPad. Make it something people "feel" like they need and keep it on a schedule. Duh!
Original iPad Mini does the job for me. It is just used to read the paper, a book and just basic web browsing. Whats the point of upgrading it.
Yeah, my son starts high school in September were they use iPads. I was hoping for new models before then so that I it would last a bit longer... Mind you, he will probably destroy it before its incept date.
I guess he doesn't have children that start a school year before the end of September... (Not gay-bashing, just a fact).
Interesting.
You were hoping to replace your Air 2. Why? Is it deficient in some way that is preventing you from using it the way you want to? Were you getting bored with it and just wanted something new?
Having a regular schedule might allow you to plan better for upgrading but it is not good for Apple. Regular schedules for iPhone releases makes sense because traditionally those phones were tied to 2 year contracts that are predictable. If Apple were to revert back to a hard-n-fast release schedule for iPads, there would be a dead 3-4 months of the year where iPad sales drop to non-existence as people wait for the next generation... knowing to-the-day when it will be released.
Except for a some extreme use cases, the current iPad hardware is not being taxed by the latest version of iOS. Apple is a hardware company and while they make money with the sale of new generations of devices, they have forgotten that it is the software that drives the hardware.
If Apple wants to see iPad sales re-spark, then it won't be new hardware alone that does it, but improvements to iOS that are specific to the iPads that will do it.
Enjoying the hell out of my 9.7 pro on iOS 9.3.3 jailbroken with Smart Keyboard, Silicone back, and Pencil. Glad to keep using it without getting a successor.
I have custom assigned shortcuts on my ASK to make the # row effectively like a function row holding down command
Also have custom mapped home button and lock button assigned shortcuts to limit finger reach
Cmd+m is home button since they're right next to each other, and same with cmd+,
But I also have cmd+1 for home, cmd+0 for lock
For reference:
Cmd+2 - lower brightness
cmd+3 - raise brightness
Cmd+4 lower vol
Cmd+5 raise vol
Cmd+6 screenshot
Cmd+7 previous track
Cmd+8 pause/play
Cmd+9 next track
Seems logical to me, and I don't ever have to think about what the shortcut does, those function keys are mentally mapped out
I have custom assigned shortcuts on my ASK to make the # row effectively like a function row holding down command
Also have custom mapped home button and lock button assigned shortcuts to limit finger reach
Cmd+m is home button since they're right next to each other, and same with cmd+,
But I also have cmd+1 for home, cmd+0 for lock
For reference:
Cmd+2 - lower brightness
cmd+3 - raise brightness
Cmd+4 lower vol
Cmd+5 raise vol
Cmd+6 screenshot
Cmd+7 previous track
Cmd+8 pause/play
Cmd+9 next track
Seems logical to me, and I don't ever have to think about what the shortcut does, those function keys are mentally mapped out
If Apple does start moving towards a bezel-less iPad line....then perhaps a bezel-less 9.7" iPad will be almost the size of the current mini. Just like the 10.5" bezel-less iPad will be the same physical size of the 9.7" iPad.