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Next Low-Cost iPad Said to Feature Thinner, Lighter Design

next year it will be as thin as a sheet of paper! it will come with an apple pencil with a graphite cartridge (refills $69 sold separately) and will have an infinite battery life! also the ipad can come ruled or graphed! you will need a scanner for cloud access though. (again sold separately for $8,999)
 
I can also report that the next low cost iPad will feature a snappier Safari
 
Lounge vibes 05 said:
This really should be called the iPad SE, because that’s exactly what it is.
Take an old iPad design that was recently discontinued, in this case the 10.5 inch footprint, and update the specifications, lower the price, and boom!
The same thing that they do with the iPhone SE series, take an older design, the iPhone 5s or the iPhone 8 design, put a new processor in there, and that’s it.
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Very good point. I am sure many people looking to buy this kind of model will appreciate the lighter design. In my opinion, a little thickness can make an iPad much easier to hold. Make it too thin, and it poses problems in many ways.
 
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Apple_Robert said:
Very good point. I am sure many people looking to buy this kind of model will appreciate the lighter design. In my opinion, a little thickness can make an iPad much easier to hold. Make it too thin, and it poses problems in many ways.
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I have the IPP 12.9 1st gen, and the bezels actually make it easier to hold than the 3rd/4th gen IMO. Thin/small isn't always a good thing.
 
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mannyvel said:
I have the IPP 12.9 1st gen, and the bezels actually make it easier to hold than the 3rd/4th gen IMO. Thin/small isn't always a good thing.
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I have the iPad Pro 11" 2020 with a full screen protector. The bezels are very small. I often trigger apps when picking up the iPad. Granted, it is a small annoyance at times but, still there. When I had the iPad mini 5, I appreciated a little bezel as it made it easier to carry and hold for reading etc. without triggering unwanted action.

I hope we don't see the iPad Pro get thinner and thinner.
 
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I can just imagine marketing meetings discussing the low end iPad with the engineering team:
"We need to be able to incrementally improve this thing every year, so keep the bezels big (we can trim them with each iteration) and God forbid don't make it light. Bezel trimming and miniscule weight reduction will be our upgrade path for the next 10 years".
 
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Serban55 said:
yea, you people, those who complain all the time :))
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Do you really think the iPad has reached its final state? There are no issues with it?

From where I am sitting they have a device with a battery that lasts three times longer than the average person can reasonably hold it.
 
4jasontv said:
Do you really think the iPad has reached its final state? There are no issues with it?

From where I am sitting they have a device with a battery that lasts three times longer than the average person can reasonably hold it.
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focus....here we were talking about you saying that is too heavy...you cant have a lighter and thinner alum chassis without bendind issues
This is the thing....there are issue...bend is an issue that i see a lot of people complain about it...6.3mm
If you want a light device..then smartphone is for you...you cant have an 200g device with over 10" display....maybe if its empty inside
 
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I just switch backed to iOS after a 6 year jaunt with Android. I really missing a tablet even though Android tablets a generally crap.

My work is updating their iPads. So I am getting an iPad Air2 for free.

I figure the Air should help me decide if I even will use a tablet.

I will use it for reading, note taking and watching movies when my wife and daughter take over the tv and I go into estrogen overload.
 
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Serban55 said:
focus....here we were talking about you saying that is too heavy...you cant have a lighter and thinner alum chassis without bendind issues
This is the thing....there are issue...bend is an issue that i see a lot of people complain about it...6.3mm
If you want a light device..then smartphone is for you...you cant have an 200g device with over 10" display....maybe if its empty inside
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That was my point. Right now the battery lasts longer than someone can continuously hold it. As soon as you have to put it down you might as well plug it in. Apple needs to have the courage to cut the battery life down to a functional length and in doing so they will reduce the weight. Of course cutting the battery weight will increase the length of time most people can hold it. Finding the balance will take trial and error, but right now the iPad battery is excessive.

Off the top of my head magsafe offers a solution where one can get, say 3-5 hours of battery life with a built in battery, and another 3-5 hours with a magsafe solution for those that can't access an outlet. The nice thing about this is that small group of people who think the iPad battery is still to short could just add another magsafe battery. Especially if you can stack them.

Or heck, get rid of the primary internal battery all together and make the environmentalists happy by exclusively using magsafe batteries. Let the user decide how much battery life and weight they want.
 
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I'm listening Apple...

Especially since it would replace my Air 3 if these rumors are true.
 
dragoon2745 said:
Does full-lamination display mean it will support the second generation Apple Pencil?
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look at the 10.5 inch iPad Air/iPad Pro (since this iPad is based on their body shape)

they have laminated displays

do they support the second generation pencil

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