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Rumored 12.9-Inch 'iPad Pro' May Include More Powerful A8X Processor
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I could see the argument that it would appeal to folks doing drawing/painting on the 9.7 iPad's as well but still would that be enough of a market?
Guessing the iPad Air 2 would use the same A8x chip (can't see them trying to spread the production costs across the small sales numbers of initial iPad Air 2 Plus or whatever they call this) - so that would be a big clue if we see that in the iPad Air 2 next month.
Still hard to see this as a market, if its the first iOS laptop (with big iOS changes) then yes I could see that trying to expand the market.
Im hoping thats the move they make, though the A chips better be close competitors with intel processors, otherwise professionals who utilize their quad cores will suffer.
Pro is short for "Professional" ... it will be iPad Plus, not "Pro"
Apple won't call a larger iPad iPad "Pro" I'm not sure who started that, but that's just someone thinking from their gonads. This is just silly. It won't replace a creative content creation professional's Mac Pro or MacBook Pro, it will definitely not have that much power.
The larger iPad will simply be larger in size, slightly better than iPad Air, like the iPhone 6 & 6 Plus.
This larger iPad will be called "iPad Plus" (that's obvious now, IMO).
The reason the iPad Air is called "Air" is because it is lightweight. The iPad Mini is called "Mini" because it is smaller in size, it's nearly identical otherwise. Quit thinking along the lines of Apple's Mac lineup, this will not be a replacement for "Pro" level anything. In fact, eventually they may drop the MacBook Air line when they release the larger iPad (and, perhaps a smaller retina iMac), but a larger iPad will not be a professional anything, simply larger.
I've never gone along with this speculation that a larger iPad would be called or considered a "Pro" model (for professional content creation, that's what "Pro" stands for in Macs).
Apple won't call a larger iPad iPad "Pro" I'm not sure who started that, but that's just someone thinking from their gonads. This is just silly. It won't replace a creative content creation professional's Mac Pro or MacBook Pro, it will definitely not have that much power.
The larger iPad will simply be larger in size, slightly better than iPad Air, like the iPhone 6 & 6 Plus.
This larger iPad will be called "iPad Plus" (that's obvious now, IMO).
The reason the iPad Air is called "Air" is because it is lightweight. The iPad Mini is called "Mini" because it is smaller in size, it's nearly identical otherwise. Quit thinking along the lines of Apple's Mac lineup, this will not be a replacement for "Pro" level anything. In fact, eventually they may drop the MacBook Air line when they release the larger iPad (and, perhaps a smaller retina iMac), but a larger iPad will not be a professional anything, simply larger.
I've never gone along with this speculation that a larger iPad would be called or considered a "Pro" model (for professional content creation, that's what "Pro" stands for in Macs).
Well technically we havent seen its potential yet, so we cant make judgement on their innovation yet. I am hoping for extremely great features that the iPad air wont have.
It was rumored to be 4.7 and 5.5-inch and that's exactly what we got. The 5.5-inch was deemed (not alone by me) to be too big to put it in a pocket. And while you can cram it in a pocket, it will bend, so you can't really put it in a pocket. It was assumed that 5.5-inch would be far too big for one-handed use and it is. Reachability one-hand mode is more a proof of the problem than a solution to it.
A 13-inch ARM-based tablet doesn't make a good laptop replacement. There is more to a laptop than screen size. At least a x86-64 CPU and a dedicated pointing device is necessary.
I use my 27-inch iMac as a Smart-TV sitting 2 meters distant. It can't be big enough for me. I don't want to buy a Dumb-TV and connect it to an Mac mini media server or Apple TV to make it smart. I just want a huge wall-mountable iMac for my living room. That would be fantastic.
If it has a digitizer and multi tasking. and multi tasking I am interested. IF it doesn't than I just don't think Apple gets it yet. Certainly won't take sales away from the Note pro and Microsofts Surface without it. Just look at how terribly Samsungs 12 inch tab has done. People want the bigger screen for the digitizer.
Looks cool, should be interesting to see what res they give the screen and what power it has, it may be priced to compete with the Microsoft Surface.
A bit worrying reading the 'it may be thiner then the Air' considering recent events, a 12.9" tablet that's thinner then the current iPad Air? Why?
A bit worrying reading the 'it may be thiner then the Air' considering recent events, a 12.9" tablet that's thinner then the current iPad Air? Why?
Take my money now!!! I want one of these so badly it hurts. I'm expecting these new 12.9 inch tablets to productivity monsters like we've never seen before. I expect Apple will bake a lot of magic into the OS to take advantage of that gorgeous new display. I'm definitely buying, whatever they do!
Using the "rule of thumb"..eg the top part of your thumb is about 1"...the thumb in the photo fits about 13x!
You forget why these phones are bending... No one will be putting this in their pockets.
It seems like everyone thinks this bend just happens, like your phone will be sitting there are just spontaneously bend. It only bends when it is sitting in your pocket a certain way, and when you sit, if wearing tight clothes and your phone not fitting entirely in your pocket, the clothes will press against the phone at the area where it sticks out of the pocket, and the other end will follow your leg. If you feel tension in your pocket where your phone is, its when its susceptible to bending. The simple solution is common awareness of physics. A large iPad will not have this issue unless people are actively trying to bend it.
sure hope they do release a 12.9" iPad, the screen real estate would be amazing! Big screen Pron! BigandTasty
The iPad, both the Air & Mini, are perfectly sized computers already.
No dummy's gonna walk around with a ripped off laptop screen as a computer.
What good is a 13" tablet, anyway?
If this were a Samsung product, everybody here would be laughing at it.
And whether iPad Air 2’s gonna have extra RAM, TouchID, etc. or not, one thing's for sure:
IT DOESN'T NEED AN EVENT TO BE DEBUTED.
It's been a good run these last four years, but the fact is, tablets are so widespread, commonplace & mainstream now
that they're just not a big deal special thing anymore: they're a commodity now. That's not a bad thing.
I'm just saying the wow factor is over.
When new iMacs & Mac Minis are released, do they get seperate events? No.
And, now anyway, neither should new iPads.
As I said before, save the events for something truly event-worthy, like the Apple Watch, a TV set & so on.
Make the events seem special again, and not just looked at as a pretentious way to bring spec-bumped products to market.
Jackie Evancho agrees, shouldn't you?
No dummy's gonna walk around with a ripped off laptop screen as a computer.
What good is a 13" tablet, anyway?
If this were a Samsung product, everybody here would be laughing at it.
And whether iPad Air 2’s gonna have extra RAM, TouchID, etc. or not, one thing's for sure:
IT DOESN'T NEED AN EVENT TO BE DEBUTED.
It's been a good run these last four years, but the fact is, tablets are so widespread, commonplace & mainstream now
that they're just not a big deal special thing anymore: they're a commodity now. That's not a bad thing.
I'm just saying the wow factor is over.
When new iMacs & Mac Minis are released, do they get seperate events? No.
And, now anyway, neither should new iPads.
As I said before, save the events for something truly event-worthy, like the Apple Watch, a TV set & so on.
Make the events seem special again, and not just looked at as a pretentious way to bring spec-bumped products to market.
Jackie Evancho agrees, shouldn't you?
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