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Earbuds, headphones, whatever. I don’t care… 🤷♂️
Also, I’m not trying to insult you.
Over a headphone jack? How bizarre…
I assume that most consumers weren’t using it much.
It really isn’t “essential” for most people. Most DJ’s use computers, not tablets.
Where did you read that? Goop?
Seriously, this thread has a higher chance of giving me brain cancer than any pair of AirPods ever could… 🤦♂️
This design with flat edges yet a square (not rounded) display is the worst looking product ever. Dont know what the design team has in mind for this stupid design that looks half-baked, and certainly does not have Apple's obsession with geometry and perfectly pleasing rounded corners.
Apple needs to stop trying to capture every price segment in the market with these half-baked products, and just make one iPad that is the best (iPad Pro), put the most innovative features in it, and let people naturally swarm over to get their hands on the best iPad because they lust for the revolutionary features. Back to the good old Steve Jobs days when he would not make anything that he's not truly proud of.
Apple needs to stop trying to capture every price segment in the market with these half-baked products, and just make one iPad that is the best (iPad Pro), put the most innovative features in it, and let people naturally swarm over to get their hands on the best iPad because they lust for the revolutionary features. Back to the good old Steve Jobs days when he would not make anything that he's not truly proud of.
Darth Tulhu
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You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot force it to drink.
Right. The Sony Walkman, the iPods, and EVERY other mobile device got it wrong the first time all the way until Apple decided to sell AirPods COINCIDENTALLY at the same time they removed the jack from their mobile devices. Something that Apple admitted plainly that required "courage".
And they had plenty of it to tell you to your face. But it worked out for them, didn't it? So much so that here you are defending the decision.
Darth Tulhu
macrumors 68020
But it DOES have the analog port you deride. Enough with the "serial port" and "floppy disk" comparisons. They're nowhere near equivalent examples.
The two things don't have to be mutually exclusive. Apple did this INTENTIONALLY, as both choices makes them more money. That's capitalism, baby.
True, and irrelevant.
But so is whining about the loss of the headphone jack. It's gone, and it may not be coming back.
Using Apple products is a luxury, and hey, using my headphone jack-less iPhone, iPad, and AirPods Pro combo has been a luxurious experience. I detest plugging in now. I raged against this for a while, but eventually I got thru the 5 stages of grief.
Touch ID/home button on the flat edge design actually looks kinda cool ngl. But then again it started with the iPhone 4 so it's not a surprise. That design trend never followed the iPad though at the time.
False. I have an iPad and a flip phone. I don't use either of the cameras much, but I do occasionally take a picture of a flower and run it through Plantnet to figure out what it is.
Losing the headphone jack is a bigger deal, but I don't use that very much either. My iPod works better for on the go music. When that wears out I'm going to have a problem. The current alternatives seem to be strictly MP3.
Honest question, do you really like charging headphone batteries nearly continuously? Is putting them on the charger nightly just part of the going to bed ritual?
I'm an old DJ.
Phonograph records, CDs, and cassettes.
I could use 2 tablets as a DJ tool.
The problem is software.
Good DJ software is not likely on any tablet.
I used to know a blind lady who used good old Winamp to do her radio show.
I would use Windows only for DJ software, so yes, a notebook.
Not sure if Quick Time is still a Windows option.
I would never spend too much money for any Mac.
Phonograph records, CDs, and cassettes.
I could use 2 tablets as a DJ tool.
The problem is software.
Good DJ software is not likely on any tablet.
I used to know a blind lady who used good old Winamp to do her radio show.
I would use Windows only for DJ software, so yes, a notebook.
Not sure if Quick Time is still a Windows option.
I would never spend too much money for any Mac.
Must be an age thing? 🤣
Kids of today seem of like not owning anything. I find it bonkers that I have to pay for apple music to play some of the music I already own by voice on my homepods.
Might be happening, making the design similar across the iPad lineup. Hope there won't be any price increase.
I hereby nail my colours to Spaceboi Scaphandre's mast in lamenting the demise of the headphone jack.
These stupid camera bumps, especially on the iPad 
It would be so cool if Apple offered two versions to choose from, one with no rear camera at all (only front facing camera) and one with cameras on both sides as it is now for those weirdos who think they need a rear camera on an iPad. I would go for the version without rear camera in a heart beat.
It would be so cool if Apple offered two versions to choose from, one with no rear camera at all (only front facing camera) and one with cameras on both sides as it is now for those weirdos who think they need a rear camera on an iPad. I would go for the version without rear camera in a heart beat.
You do know that you can buy charging cables for Apple Pencil I use a special cable for mine I never use my iPad to charge it
I wish Apple had less product skews.
Just have:
iPad mini
iPad (which is the Air)
iPad Pro 12.9
Retire gen 1 Apple Pencil and Lightning.
Just have:
iPad mini
iPad (which is the Air)
iPad Pro 12.9
Retire gen 1 Apple Pencil and Lightning.
This thing looks pretty bad. Worst of all worlds shape/screen combo, big camera bump, loses the headphone jack. It seems to have lost the charm of the current low-end iPad.
I think the main reason Apple is updating the design is to allow an upsell of the pen and (extremely pricey) keyboard accessories.
I think the main reason Apple is updating the design is to allow an upsell of the pen and (extremely pricey) keyboard accessories.
Darth Tulhu
macrumors 68020
I think the term continuously is hyperbolic. AirPods charge in the case when I put them away, so there's no thinking involved. I don't wear my AirPods continuously; my headphone habits are not far from what it was when I was wired, but I do wear the APs more due to their ease of use and unobtrusiveness.
Yes, it is for me. No different that charging my iPhone or iPad Pro.
I actually have an inexpensive, non-MagSafe 3-in-1 charge station (also has a spot for the Watch), which sits neatly next to my plugged-in iPad Magic Keyboard on my nightstand. Nice and tidy.
Darth Tulhu
macrumors 68020
It was you, Jony, who brought the square edges all the way back starting with the iPhone 4.
Nevertheless, taste is subjective. I prefer rounded edges myself (like the iPhone 11), but I LOVE my iPad Pro's design as well.
Sorry mate, but one size does not fit all. Especially once a product becomes mature. Macs, MacBooks, iPods, iPhones, etc have come in a variety of sizes and configs and price-points well before Steve passed away.
ALL the iPads are excellent devices; The base iPad is the greatest deal in computing history.
I truly don't agree with the complaint of addressing different price points/use cases with them.
Every product sold out there does this, from vehicles to cereal.
Damn it, I'm hungry...