Rumored iPad Mini 4 Rear Shell With iPad Air 2 Design Elements Shown Off in New Video

If it still has just 1 GB RAM, it would truly suck and affirm that Apple has stopped caring for user experience and their customers.

This is their last chance to prove themselves.
 
Maybe sooner than the fall: One idea on why the Mini 3 update was so underwhelming is that it was just a fallback plan: that Apple had a more ambitious version but that some critical issue couldn't be worked out in time to meet the launch window.

If so, it probably wouldn't take them a whole year to resolve the issue. And why sit on a significant product improvement if it's ready to go? A quick upgrade shouldn't even get the usual suspects angry since anyone who bought a Mini 3 either (a) knew they were buying last year's tech; or (b) is unaware of Apple's product release cycles.
 
SSD-GUY said:
Anyone else just underwhelmed with the "retina" display on the iPad minis? I don't know why but compared to the iPad Air's, the iPad Mini's display just seems a bit fuzzy/Not sharp?
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Huh?

I have a mini retina and an Air next to each other on my desk right now and the mini's display is as sharp - if not a tad sharper - because it has the same number of pixels in a smaller screen.

I'm looking at the exact same document in Pages; the mini has sharper text when viewed VERY closely. At normal reading distance you can't tell any difference.
 
coolfactor said:
I can't keep up with these product releases... they all become a blur.

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And as soon as they do, you'll come out saying that 4GB is what they should've put in.

What can't you do with the current iPad right now due to RAM restrictions? Give three examples.

More RAM is akin to a bigger gas tank.... would you rather a car engine that was super-efficient, or one with a giant gas tank? Apple strives for super efficient.

(yah, I know RAM-to-gas tank comparison is not the best... but you get the point... bigger specs does not always mean better... because software just gets more bloated and requires higher specs, and on it goes... never being happy)
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It should have 4GB actually, but 2 is currently the standard starting to be used in other lines, it makes sense to use them in all the lines. Why raise the bar in and not meet the new standard with the remaining products?

eDrawings, to answer your question. To use it smoothly I need to close all of my other apps, and need to completely close it to use any other apps to avoid memory crashes. I am currently struggling with this on 2GB of ram in my air 2. More is always better, but less than the standard is just unacceptable.
 
sonicrobby said:
It should have 4GB actually, but 2 is currently the standard starting to be used in other lines, it makes sense to use them in all the lines. Why raise the bar in and not meet the new standard with the remaining products?

eDrawings, to answer your question. To use it smoothly I need to close all of my other apps, and need to completely close it to use any other apps to avoid memory crashes. I am currently struggling with this on 2GB of ram in my air 2. More is always better, but less than the standard is just unacceptable.
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Considering the "other lines" barely work with 2GB, the comparison is spurious.; maybe you need 4GB on them to get the performance of 2GB on the air 2.
 
DavidTheExpert said:
I wish they would come up with a more consistent naming convention for the iPads....

iPad Mini 4 alongisde the iPad Air 3 at the launch of iPhone 6S and a revamped iMac 5k?
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Wait for The New Apple Watch Edition 2S.

On topic: Give me an iPad Air 3 with iPhone 6 design elements!
 
sonicrobby said:
It should have 4GB actually, but 2 is currently the standard starting to be used in other lines, it makes sense to use them in all the lines. Why raise the bar in and not meet the new standard with the remaining products?

eDrawings, to answer your question. To use it smoothly I need to close all of my other apps, and need to completely close it to use any other apps to avoid memory crashes. I am currently struggling with this on 2GB of ram in my air 2. More is always better, but less than the standard is just unacceptable.
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Except that's not how memory management works in iOS at all....
 
RDeckard said:
Huh?

I have a mini retina and an Air next to each other on my desk right now and the mini's display is as sharp - if not a tad sharper - because it has the same number of pixels in a smaller screen.

I'm looking at the exact same document in Pages; the mini has sharper text when viewed VERY closely. At normal reading distance you can't tell any difference.
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The main complaint about the Mini screen (at least the 2 one, I don't know if they changed it for the 3) was about gamut and color accuracy, versus the air, not precision. Since I don'T own one, I don't know if that's a valid criticism.
 
Boy is this early for new iPad hardware - looks nice. Normally for iPhones or iPad's you start seeing actual hardware, like this, a month or 2 months before release.

Changing the release dates would go against the recent schedules, but getting this hardware for a release in late October would be very weird as well.
 
DavidTheExpert said:
I wish they would come up with a more consistent naming convention for the iPads....

iPad Mini 4 alongisde the iPad Air 3 at the launch of iPhone 6S and a revamped iMac 5k?
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One alternative is to give each new model family (e.g., the iPhone 6) a name rather than a generation number. But the big challenge there is finding names that work well in multiple languages and cultures.
 
scottwaugh said:
Boy is this early for new iPad hardware - looks nice. Normally for iPhones or iPad's you start seeing actual hardware, like this, a month or 2 months before release.

Changing the release dates would go against the recent schedules, but getting this hardware for a release in late October would be very weird as well.
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June is just around the corner ;)
 
We have already reached Peak iPad. I no longer care about these hardware iterations. Wake me up when it does something that my old iPad 2 can't.
 
NT1440 said:
Except that's not how memory management works in iOS at all....
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Well I dont know what to say. I see the issue, the fix is closing apps, the error I get says its low on memory. So whether that is how it works or not, that is the issue I have.
 
wlossw said:
We have already reached Peak iPad. I no longer care about these hardware iterations. Wake me up when it does something that my old iPad 2 can't.
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Like Airdrop, Siri, and Handoff :cool:. Our iPad 2 models can't do that but new ones can ;) .
 
I don't know if it is RAM related, but macrumors has to reload all the time on my ipad 3. Ever since iOS 8 was installed.

The reason the ipad mini needs to continue to exist is the same reason the nexus 7 was discontinued, An ipad at similar size leaves no room for competitors. For this same reason there needs to be an ipad pro. It is to keep the competition from exploiting a gap in the market. It is why iPods, with a variety of sizes, dominated the music player market.
 
SSD-GUY said:
Anyone else just underwhelmed with the "retina" display on the iPad minis? I don't know why but compared to the iPad Air's, the iPad Mini's display just seems a bit fuzzy/Not sharp?
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Are you sure it has a Retina Display :p? You should probably take that to a apple store if it is fuzzy.
 
sonicrobby said:
I understand it takes the memory, but what causes it to crash? I assume the tasks exceed the memory capacity of the device. Or do I just have a faulty iPad?
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That's a good question. Could be a memory bug in the particular apps you use. Hard to say without knowing specifics. I doubt its a fault in your hardware, but remember that there is both the OS that is managing, and then the app itself which can have issues.

I'm sorry I can't help more, but have you tried writing to the developer of the particular app you're having issues with?
 
sonicrobby said:
If Apple does not put in 2GB of RAM, then they shouldnt even bother with it.
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I'm tired of Safari having to reload pages every time I switch to it but the interface has hires snapshots of (out of date) screen captures when I go to switch apps. Aren't those snapshots eating up the RAM? And what's the point of them if they're not very current (sometimes they seem hours, if not days, old)? At a minimum, couldn't it cache some of the Safari pages to to 64GB of storage, I don't understand why it has to reload all the time (it didn't used to have to, did it).

Gary
 
I was hoping to see an updated design to the iPads this year. Something like the rounded edges of the iPhones 6 which make the device so comfortable to hold.

I'll be surprised myself if the iPad mini carries the same design for a 4th year in a row.
 
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