And maybe a new/better CPU to entice a upgrade.
The new screen size & CPU would be a good selling point for Xmas upgrades making the new iPad old hat like the iPad2.
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And maybe a new/better CPU to entice a upgrade.
The new screen size & CPU would be a good selling point for Xmas upgrades making the new iPad old hat like the iPad2.
It could just be a new variant of the iPad3 -- for example a Sprint LTE version, since Sprint is starting to roll out LTE this year.
But even that is a stretch.
I'm quite interested in the 27" iPad, rumoured to be coming out in June, with Keyboard, Mouse. Heard very little about that.
Just a thought - we all know that the iPod sales have been going downhill for sometime now as many are moving to the iPhone, which is the same size (roughly) as the iPod Touch. What if Apple drop the iPod Touch and replace it with a 7" iPad? That makes sense to me. Maybe update the Nano for those that need something small and more portable.
In all fairness, the site we are currently on is "MacRUMORS". This isn't CNN, not does it claim to be. There will also be reports like this to discuss and some of them will be more credible than others.
I'm not saying there will be a 7 inch iPad, but I can't understand how you must certainly know there will NOT be one. Unless you are a senior executive at Apple and know this for a fact, then you are speculating like everyone else here.
Not really.... vr-zone just posted an article stating that the current third gen iPad was Apple's plan B because LG's new IGZO panel was not ready for production in the quantities needed by Apple. This coupled with the die shrink on the revised iPad 2 leads me to believe Apple is planning a refresh with the IGZO screen they originally wanted to use and a die shrink too. This would give Apple a revised iPad that would be thinner, lighter, with longer battery life and the same third gen HD display to bolster holiday sales.
We've heard rumors of an iPhone mini since the iPhone came out, and an iPad mini since the iPad came out. We also hear rumors of a Fall iPad refresh every year, which is stupid, and won't happen. Digitimes is just making bad guesses to get page views.
The iPod Touch is ridiculously popular, Apple aren't just going to drop it like that. Parents even buy them for their kids just for the games... It's crazy.
A 10" iPad just goes to show how badly thought out this rumour when the current iPad is 9.7". I can still see them releasing a 7" version, but for marketing reasons I'd bet on it having a 'Mini' postfix in order to separate it from the original iPad.
This is the dumbest rumor of all time.
Apple, the company that epitomizes simplicity, is going to have three iPad sizes by the end of the year?
With three times the customer confusion?
With three times the inventory and forecasting headaches?
With three times the headaches for developers?
Seriously, Macrumors, you need to ignore the crazy, and stay away from clear page-view bait.
Apple, the company that epitomizes simplicity, is going to have three iPad sizes by the end of the year?
With three times the customer confusion?
With three times the inventory and forecasting headaches?
With three times the headaches for developers?
Seriously, Macrumors, you need to ignore the crazy, and stay away from clear page-view bait.
Seems a Sept launch for the New iPhone 5 COULD be plausable. Just checked the Moscone events calendar (http://www.moscone.com/site/do/even...DF17?nav.type=0&nav.filter=1209&nav.base=1205), and there's 2 Wednesdays in September that would work; 9/5 and 9/26.
Components or Products
How do they know these components are for new iPhones or iPads? Apple is all about merging OS X and iOS, so wouldn't it make sense to do it with the hardware too. We know touch screens computer suck, because people get tired of holding their hands int he air, but what stops you from making a trackpad out of a 7" iPad/iPhone display? This would allow trackpad functionality with the power of a iDevice. I can't say I would buy it, but I do believe Apple could make a killing with an Air with a built in iPad for a keyboard and trackpad. Seems unnecessary with an iMac I realize, but on Air or MBP it might allow for a slimmer design. On a desktop though it would make the 7" iTrackpad idea viable since it would allow for people who want to test the waters with the technology to do so at a lower cost.
How do they know these components are for new iPhones or iPads? Apple is all about merging OS X and iOS, so wouldn't it make sense to do it with the hardware too. We know touch screens computer suck, because people get tired of holding their hands int he air, but what stops you from making a trackpad out of a 7" iPad/iPhone display? This would allow trackpad functionality with the power of a iDevice. I can't say I would buy it, but I do believe Apple could make a killing with an Air with a built in iPad for a keyboard and trackpad. Seems unnecessary with an iMac I realize, but on Air or MBP it might allow for a slimmer design. On a desktop though it would make the 7" iTrackpad idea viable since it would allow for people who want to test the waters with the technology to do so at a lower cost.
Agreed, but sales of the Touch are falling, because more and more people are buying iPhones. Games and books would be much better on a slightly larger screen. If Apple could keep the price down then it might work. Anyway you probably right I would imagine that the Touch for Kids market would be pretty price sensitive and would only work if Apple could sell it for close to the current Touch cost. I was just thinking that if Apple did launch a 7" iPad / Touch would would happen to the current model.
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I can absolutely see a "new" iPad 10" this year.
1) Update the iPad 3 to a 32 nm A5X-R2, and that will probably involve a new motherboard (as with the iPad2,4)
2) Update the iPad 3 with a new LTE capabilities such as it will work in Europe, China, Japan and Australia (which will use a new baseband processor and antenna design)
3) Update it with new Dock connector (as is rumored for the iPhone 5)
4) Update it with more storage (as the Retina Display drives storage)
Less likely
5) A low cost iPad 3 with less storage, no retina display, no camera and no LTE
1) Update the iPad 3 to a 32 nm A5X-R2, and that will probably involve a new motherboard (as with the iPad2,4)
2) Update the iPad 3 with a new LTE capabilities such as it will work in Europe, China, Japan and Australia (which will use a new baseband processor and antenna design)
3) Update it with new Dock connector (as is rumored for the iPhone 5)
4) Update it with more storage (as the Retina Display drives storage)
Less likely
5) A low cost iPad 3 with less storage, no retina display, no camera and no LTE
It boggles my mind that we don't have any rumors or part leaks on any of these impending refreshes, yet there are rumors floating around for unreleased and unannounced products. Their security must be through the roof on these refreshes. To me that screams redesign with some other BIG secrets. I'm probably wrong. I often am.
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These idiots just love the sound of their own voices, they'll spurt anything to be heard. If nobody's figured it out yet, there's one iPad every year and there's one iPhone every year.
Are they going to call it Samsung Galaxy Note? Is it going to be the most worthless product on the market?
hahahahaha Funniest thing all morning...I never felt this in my single days...but when I got married....I experienced firsthand, the digging and digging LOL!!!!!! Its like they the blitzkreig in there!! LOL
Plenty of women carry around a 7" product already, I don't see why they couldn't fit another 7" device in