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Next-Generation Full-Sized iPad Rear Shell Emerges in 'Space Gray'

smoking monkey said:
The term "Greys" have been around a very long time. It's not something X-Files created. Grey has been associated with "space" in popular culture for a very long time.

I think Space Grey is a great term for the color (Apple didn't invent it), but Titanium grey? 2001 is calling!
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Why didnt they call it Alien grey then?

Naming a high end products color from aliens and spaceships feels wrong and childish. I would've gone with Graphite.
 
T-Will said:
11-13" iPad would be a perfect paper replacement. But I doubt Apple would do it.
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I just don't see a larger form factor iPad as a high-volume product, especially if there are no unique features over the smaller form factors besides screen real estate. Apple really blew a prime opportunity by not partnering a Wacom on a pen tablet, which would've been huge. Instead they let Wacom go it alone, and consequently let MSFT get a foothold in a mobile content development, which is something you don't want as a company that is associated with user base.
 
I like 5

I think the original poster is on to something. The 13 ipad isn't for consumers anyway it's for hospitals, schools and museums. Places where we would currently see a small ipad or PC pesentation. The other 4 keep the pricing concepts while removing forever 30 pin cables (ipad2)


Pompiliu said:
Good thing apple doesn't give a damn about your opinion.
5 ipads a year is just insane! Jesus!:eek:
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Shaun said:
Totally agree with you. I just doesn't look right to me on the iPhone 5s and I can't see it being any different on the iPad. Apple's product colours are just so bland and I hate the 2 tone colour schemes. The first thing I'm going to do when I get my iPhone 5s is put it in a case to hide the space grey back.
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Space Gray on the iPad5 kinda looks the same as the iPad1, iPad2, iPad3, and iPad4.
 
lamerica80 said:
I think the notion of green little men are more commons than the x-filey "greys". As for spaceships, why not call it space ship gray? The full moon is a very light grey at best. Fictional space uniforms? As in Star Trek? Or do you mean space suits? Those are white, I believe.

I maintain that space itself is black. Titanium gray would make more sense.
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Apple is not the first to use "space gray."

For example, see BMW:

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18074
 
eddystrasser said:
LOL SD port

you are living in a 2004 fantasyland
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If you read my further posts I wasn't serious, just like the people who post the "W00T! no G5 Powerbooks" on every MBP launch.

What I would like to see is a iPad Mini with a retina display because I am hoping to update my iPad2.
 
barryl85 said:
Maybe when yous are struggling with your 16gb iPhones I can laugh with my Galaxy S4 with 64gb of added memory ! It's actually the future.
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I bought an SD card for my S3 – only good for music/video. Nexus lead by example – no expandable storage!
 
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name99 said:
If I were Apple (like they care about my opinion) here's how I'd arrange the new line, to rationalize (ie not scare off buyers with too many choices) and to clean up the cruft of the past.

Each of the iPad and iPad mini lines splits into two:

We have an iPad S which comes with A7X, TouchID and (greater than 70% chance) 2GB of RAM, 802.11ac, and the A7X has three CPU cores.
We ALSO have an iPad C which is basically the guts of the iPad4 wrapped in plastic, and takes the place of the iPad2.

Likewise we have an iPad Mini S which is basically a scaled up iPhone S (apart from the camera) and costs $50 more than the existing iPad.
And we have an iPad Mini C which is basically an iPhone C (stripped down to as cheap as possible) to get to a retina iPad mini at the existing price point.

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On the negative side, it introduces yet another screen size. Less than ideal. But the old iPhone size is going away soon, as are the non-retina iPad and iPad mini. Essentially dev's will have four all-retina sizes to target (maybe three depending on how retina iPad mini is handled). That's probably not an unbearable burden, especially since for most purposes you can get away with only two real "layouts", phone and tablet, and rely on auto-layout to just let you see more stuff on differently sized tablets.

I'd rate the 13" iPad as 50% likely.
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I think that Apple may drop the iPad 2 and only offer the 9.7 inch iPad and the 7.9 inch iPad.

Regarding the 13 inch iPad you mentioned -- it doesn't have to introduce another screen size. Apple could up the resolution one multiple to 3072x2304 (3x 1024x768 in each dimension) and all apps will work flawlessly -- larger assets needed, of course. You wouldn't get any more screen real estate though, everything would just be bigger. I'd buy it.
 
NO!!!

I was SO looking forward to getting a "blacked-out" full-size iPad when I saw the initial leaks. I have the all-black iPhone 5 and love that look. If they'd come out with a 5S that was all-black, I might have one right now.

If they don't give me the slate back option on the iPad 5... I won't know what to do. I was planning to upgrade and give my iPad 3 to my SO, but I don't feel so confident in that decision under the assumption that the iPad 5 will come in the same colors as the iPhone 5S rather than the colors of the iPad mini.
 
Let's be honest - when you actually see them - the new colours are light brown and lighter brown, depending on how much iron oxide is added.

Calling them gold and grey is just pandering to Apple's PR department.

Genius marketing, but I'm calling the emperor for what he is… they're brown folks.
And the last generation of slate & black are going to be collectors items - the only phones that looked visually different to the 4.

iPads? Most of us will just be glad they're smaller and hopefully lighter, for the redesign - and put it in a case to hide the cheap colours.

This is more about increasing margins for Wall St, and clawing back some of last years' production costs - plastic 5c, cheaper coloured 5s and iPads.
 
name99 said:
If I were Apple (like they care about my opinion) here's how I'd arrange the new line, to rationalize (ie not scare off buyers with too many choices) and to clean up the cruft of the past.

Each of the iPad and iPad mini lines splits into two:

We have an iPad S which comes with A7X, TouchID and (greater than 70% chance) 2GB of RAM, 802.11ac, and the A7X has three CPU cores.
We ALSO have an iPad C which is basically the guts of the iPad4 wrapped in plastic, and takes the place of the iPad2.

Likewise we have an iPad Mini S which is basically a scaled up iPhone S (apart from the camera) and costs $50 more than the existing iPad.
And we have an iPad Mini C which is basically an iPhone C (stripped down to as cheap as possible) to get to a retina iPad mini at the existing price point.
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Nope nope nope nope nope and a no.

This is not the 1990's. To many SKU's almost killed Apple. All Apple need is the iPad and the mini as they have now. And it works.

If Apple did what you said, people would be like what the ****? Which iPad do I get? it would totally overwhelm the customer. It's already hard enough to work out which iPad you need. Do not go and make it exponentially harder by adding in many more pointless iPad SKUs.
 
yes please a gold ipad.
Let the Jersey shore-ification of Apple spread like wildfire!
I'm hoping we see a gold iMac and a gold Mac mini as well.
Of course we will see a special Swarovski Mac Pro by black friday.
 
I'm so happy they ditched that generic looking,ugly so called slate-black color for iPhones and now iPads..I think that was the ugliest color (among black Mac Books) Apple ever used.it just looked plain black and cheap in most angels on iPad Minis and iPhone 5s..

this Space Grey looks 1000x better than Slate Black.
but I still think that Silver + black logo is the best design for all iPads.
I really hope they don't de-grade iPads with releasing those awful; colorful plastic bodies ever!
 
I bought iPad 3 when it launched and bought iPad 4 six months ago.

I won't be upgrading for a third year in a row, but this does look like it's going to be one hell of an update. I wouldn't be surprised to see 2GB of RAM accompany the 64-bit A7X.
 
Am I the only one that finds shiny silver and gold iPhones to be a tad too garish? The only color I would ever choose, from the three available, is space gray.

C'mon Apple.. No oil-rubbed bronze? No copper patina? No orichalcum or electrum?
 
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