Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

No A6 Chip for iPad Until June 2012 at the Earliest?

PJMAN2952 said:
Okay here is a lesson for all of us. If you keep on waiting for something good to come out in tech related, you will never get it. So just get the iPad 2 and be happy about it. If you are waiting for like iPad 4 or something, that's ridiculous.
Click to expand...

I have an iPhone 3GS and have waited for the iPhone 5, which I will get. If you're someone who tends to skip a model, I can't help but think that the iPhone 4 and 6 cycle is better than the iPhone 3GS and 5 cycle.

Same goes for iPad. Early days I know, but which cycle is (likely to be) better, the iPad 1 and 3 cycle or the iPad 2 and 4 cycle?
 
I would also be enticed to copping an ipad x with retina display + faster CPU/GPU

However, if the next release of the ipad is a retina display with the A5, but with added RAM + GPU - then what the heck i would upgrade, and give my old ipad to my dad.

I really want the next ipad to offer a TB connection - so i can transfer files to ipad@high speed... also connect ipad to next gen. displays :D
 
kerr said:
I have an iPhone 3GS and have waited for the iPhone 5, which I will get. If you're someone who tends to skip a model, I can't help but think that the iPhone 4 and 6 cycle is better than the iPhone 3GS and 5 cycle.
Click to expand...
I believe you are 100% correct. Although I've never skipped a model, there's not much Apple could include in the iPhone 5 to compel me to buy one, so for the first time, this will be the one I gloss over. The iPhone 5 simply will not be an earth shattering new model.

That's not to say that it won't be a good phone, especially for those that are either new or running with a worn old model. I do believe the iPhone 5 will merely be a placeholder till the iPhone 6 is released.

Because sales are already so robust with the existing iPhone 4, it's only a matter of maintaining some growth via the iPhone 5, till iPhone 6 becomes the next desirable model.
kerr said:
Same goes for iPad. Early days I know, but which cycle is (likely to be) better, the iPad 1 and 3 cycle or the iPad 2 and 4 cycle?
Click to expand...
Having both the iPad 1 and 2, I find that each has it's advantages. Yet that said, I greatly prefer my original iPad. It's built better, has no light bleed (I've exchanged three iPad 2's) and they all have varying degrees of what appears to be a cheaper display that bleeds light, period.

As far as iPad 3, if it has a higher resolution which is widely rumored to be the case, then that alone will make it worth purchasing.
 
I wouldn't be surprised if the A6 chip is the beginning of the end for the Intel-based Mac.... watch it show up in a 11" MBA, then the A7 start to take over the laptop line... and A8s come into the Mac Pro line =o

I'd be amused.
 
pmz said:
I'll gladly wait for a Quad Core iPad w/ Retina Display in June 2012.

Yes please.
Click to expand...

Yes I will not be upgrading my iPad 2 until such a device. Retina with A5 is not worth it - but quad core yes.

----------
MacSince1990 said:
I wouldn't be surprised if the A6 chip is the beginning of the end for the Intel-based Mac.... watch it show up in a 11" MBA, then the A7 start to take over the laptop line... and A8s come into the Mac Pro line =o

I'd be amused.
Click to expand...

Never ... I see actual Intel based iPad coming - ARM is no fast enough no matter how many cores.

I do like hearing Apple teaming up with with Intel for manufacturing.

----------
superericla said:
Personally, if I had the choice between quad-core CPU and 4 graphics cores I would go with the graphics. The iPad's CPU is plenty fast enough for most if not all things developers throw at it. Graphics capabilities greatly improving would make the iPad even more gamer-friendly than it is now. With more graphics cores and iOS being coded to support these cores, developers will be able to do much more graphically and the extra graphics cores would allow smoother framerates if Apple does use a retina display.
Click to expand...


I disagree - compared to Intel cpus even on older MacBook Air - iPad cpu is quite slow - but that it likely not Apple's fault but ARM. To push the graphics you need to have faster cpu. But then it there is big difference on what you can do on a MacBook AIR and iPad 2. Both of which I personally own. They have different purposes for me - I like my iPad 2 - but it can handle hard core applications and no way application development.
 
Best news ever. No reason to spend any money till the A6 is released. Plus you know that A6 will be used in the iPhone as well as iPad, and every new Mac Laptop going forward.

I'm going to enjoy the gear I have now, then get ready for the "new" Apple architecture. By the time they get around to releasing it, I'll be ready for a new Phone / Pad / Laptop... a great combo of three new devices. All with the lightweight wiz bang iOS.

My fallback for work, will be my trusty, super fast and very capable fully loaded 2010 Mac Pro running 10.6.5.

The last of the Real Macs. A serious computer that has always made work enjoyable.
 
This article plus the one below answers a lot of questions and is exactly what happened. A6 wasn't ready so a retina iPad based off the A5 came out, second half of 2012 the A6 suppose to come out so iPhone 5 could possibly have an A6.

The processor MSM8960 though that one is single core, if apple supported the quad core version would make more sense. It also supports stereoscopic 3d which might explain the 2 lens on the "new" iPods. (3D iPods, hmm)

That same chip also supports NFC as well so it's possible we can still have NFC.

http://www.qualcomm.com/media/relea...t-generation-snapdragon-mobile-chipset-family
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back