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New Photos Offer Clear Look at Fifth-Generation iPad Ahead of October 22 Event

GREEN4U said:
It looks the $%@!(# same!
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What are you expecting it to look like?

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Ludatyk said:
The iPad 5 will have all the bells and whistles compared to the Mini..

A7X w/ 64 Bit
2GB Ram (Possibly)
Touch ID

I doubt the Mini will get those features, I for one... Will be getting the iPad 5.
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Apple is going to move ahead with A64 CPUs. I do think the iPad mini will have a A64 CPU in it. The RAM could be 1GB.

I also think the next Apple TV will have in it a single core A64.
 
locust76 said:
Pretty much the only thing we didn't know about the iPhone 5s was the fact that the CPU was 64-bit and was ~2x as fast as the A6.
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And thats like nothing? Color me surprised and impressed with the A7 technology. I mean we probably could have guessed that as well, since the A5 in the iPhone 4S was also ~2x faster than the A4 chip before. But even knowing this in advance does not take away the extraordinary leap in mobile computing performance. You could no longer surprise me with an A7 in the next iPad mini, but I would be impressed none the less. This really is the post-pc era.
 
locust76 said:
Hmm. Thinking about it, I think the transition to 64-bit will be a lot like the transition to the lightning adapter, i.e. across the board, because they want all devices on common footing with one another.
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I hope so. :)
locust76 said:
I'm gonna go ahead and throw in a prediction that the new iPads and iPod Touches will all have 64-bit A7s. They may not put a retina display in the iPad Mini, though, eliminating the need for a more power-hungry A7X processor, saving lots of battery life. That remains to be seen, though. But for now: 64-bit A7s across the board.
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The X stands for quad-core graphics and the A7 already has quad-core graphics in it. Thats why I predict no more X chips from now on. But it is not the power-hungry processor, its the light behind the display that is draining the battery life of retina displays. It needs to be brighter to push through smaller pixels. A pixel doubling in the iPad mini would create very small pixels. Thats the challenge to overcome. The better the light source, the smaller and lighter the battery and the whole device. They had a year to solve this problem. I'm confident they did it.
 
ValSalva said:
Me too. The iPhone event was anticlimactic. We all expected iPhones and that's all we got. Can't fault Apple because that's what they had to announce. At least they kept it short.

This one promises all kinds of things from new form factor iPads to multiple updates to Macs. I sure hope Apple live streams this one.
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agreed. looking forward to seeing what apple's got going on
 
I'm glad they're getting rid of the side bezel, but I'll still be going for the new mini. Will retire my iPad2 to the kitchen. The only real question I have is whether both form factors will be getting Touch ID
 
What about the future year____ iPad Global Warming Iplod?

Anyone care to venture a guess as to how long in technological development until the iPad reaches its ultimate form factor.....no doubt to be roughly the equvalent of a foldable sheet of thick card stock paper? I have to believe this is well within my daughters' lifetime, barring massive disruption of source materials or a world suited to use without meltdown of most non-insulated/heat soak technology designs.
The fact is, if it's anywhere near the upper limits of projected climate and sea changes, it would probably do us more good as a floating SOS sign for aliens to spot the remains of our planet by.
For Republicans, the only difference is that a tablet that thin would be about as useful as a SOS cardboard sign IN USE RIGHT NOW, since global warming does not exist. The only tablet they think is worth changing things with is a page from their bible-or for tea party users, an iPol-luted device for pride in ignorant destruction of humanity.
 
locust76 said:
It's not what they did that's insufficient, it's the fact that we knew pretty much everything about it before any official announcement. Pretty much the only thing we didn't know about the iPhone 5s was the fact that the CPU was 64-bit and was ~2x as fast as the A6. Everthing else we knew. (Touch-ID, slo-mo camera, gold color, etc..)

But those kinds of leaks are, unfortunately, pretty much unavoidable, since Apple starts production before the announcement, whereas with the Mac Pro they announced before starting production, hence taking everyone by surprise. But it does make Tim Cook's statement that they're doubling down on security look a bit ridiculous.
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So... people go to a site whose name suggests, and whose content delivers, advance information about Apple's products, then complain because they already know by the time the official announcement comes out?

I'm missing something here.
 
D.T. said:
Holy Smokes! Sometimes I'm jealous of the people who get to experience an incredible performance/feature increase of multi-generation upgrades vs. us goofballs who upgrade constantly.

Going from a 1st gen to a 5th gen should be ... *magical* :D
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This will be my first ever iPad. :)
 
fishmoose said:
So ready to replace my iPad 2 with a 64GB Space Grey Wifi iPad 5.
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Same here, i gave away my ipad 1 to my dad a year ago. My girlfriend has hinted i might get a 5 for my birthday (if you would get an ipad 5, wich color, model and memory size would you get?) - but thats 2 months from now! :(:D
 
Almost every person I know who had a full size ipad swapped it out for a mini, myself included.

Is the market really that strong for a full size these days?
 
honestly, as much as i like my ipad unless apple steps it up i may get a surface pro 2. you can run real programs like photoshop AND have a real pressure sensitive pen with wacom level control. only thing missing is tilt.

why can't apple do a pro model?? something more like a tough screen osx device with all the bells and whistles. you can go up to 512GB of storage on the surface pro 2. there is a market out there for this for people who don't wanna spend $2700 for wacom's new companion.
 
jaison13 said:
why can't apple do a pro model?? something more like a tough screen osx device with all the bells and whistles. you can go up to 512GB of storage on the surface pro 2. there is a market out there for this for people who don't wanna spend $2700 for wacom's new companion.
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You will get your wish.
It might not be this October but it is coming.
The next game changer from Apple is closer than you think.
;)
 
Awesome!

NMSUballa said:
This will be my first ever iPad. :)
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Me too!! I'm tired of hauling my 5 pound Blackbook in my backpack on campus. I've been patiently waiting for the iPad line to surpass my macbook on the benchmarks and I'm willing to bet this is the one. (no doubt on the graphics side of things)

:cool: Can't hardly wait. My new Nexus 5 & iPad 5 are going to be the best of friends this holiday.
 
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hyhybt said:
So... people go to a site whose name suggests, and whose content delivers, advance information about Apple's products, then complain because they already know by the time the official announcement comes out?

I'm missing something here.
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It's MacRumors.com, not MacFacts.com
 
GREEN4U said:
He's looking for iPad HOLOGRAM, and SO AM I!!

As for the Samsung watch to which you refer, Apple is making the same thing, but it'll be a couple years til we see it. Fool....
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Sorry for the long time quote, but I meant that terrible phone they just introduced with the curved display .. the watch is equally terrible.
 
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