Dude you are so right. The only reason I upgraded to an Air5 from and Air2 is because battery and lack of software updates. I don’t need freak’n AI or even an OLED in my iPad.
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Apple Suppliers Say New iPads Have Been 'Repeatedly Postponed'
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Dude you are so right. The only reason I upgraded to an Air5 from and Air2 is because battery and lack of software updates. I don’t need freak’n AI or even an OLED in my iPad.
Interested as I want to upgrade but hardly anxiously. I knew this would go catawampus when they first mentioned the screens being new technology. I only hope when they launch there is not another "bloomgate" as the pro predecessor had..
You say that to all the girls
I'm a bit concerned about this too. Normally I sell the old ones right away, but in this case I think I'll hang on to them for a couple of weeks just in case.
That likely is not true. I've read estimates in the past that have stated the opposite, that iPad gross margins are actually higher than Mac gross margins. And even if Mac gross margins were higher, they're not "way" higher.
Also, Mac and iPad revenue is in the same ballpark, sometimes with the Mac generating more revenue and sometimes with the iPad generating more revenue.
Don't forget education. Why would I spend hundreds of thousands more for a fleet of Airs for young kids?
I think this should have read "MacRumors staff are anxiously waiting for new models".
I don't know anyone who is "anxious" about a simple product release other than you guys to be honest.
An excellent second display for my Mac when I travel that I can also use for other things as well, such as playing games or watching movies while on a plane.
One is locked down with App Store. Mac isn’t. iPad keeps on giving to Apple after the sale.
True, but to be clear for the others, that's additional gravy. iPad profit estimates and iPad revenue estimates do not include this extra software revenue.
I don't know about that, the "new iPad release date thread" has 41 pages already.
You're one of the rare people who correctly use the term "couldn't care less." It's a relief. Thank you.
It's a whole new iPad ecosystem, with the keyboard and pencil, and a lot to get people interested. Apparently, new technology with the dual-layer OLED, so all together a big release.
iPads are fantastic. It seems to me the people who are negative about them are those who have to decide between iPads and laptops. Most people I think have both. I do get the negativity.
iPads are fantastic. It seems to me the people who are negative about them are those who have to decide between iPads and laptops. Most people I think have both. I do get the negativity.
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When I had my iPad mini 4 I used the camera only once. That was right after I bought it to make sure the camera worked.The only time I use mine is for identifying plants.
Exactly the same here, from Air 2 to Air 5 and only because the Air 2 became really slow after working excellently for 8 years.
My only assumption for the people who see blooming - is it exclusively your thing to watch screens in entirely dark conditions with absolutely no lights ? Is that your thing ? And why is that so important to you ? When I watch a film or look at an iPad I have at least one room light on so that I can get up and go to the toilet without tripping over the coffee table, a shoe etc. This one light has NO effect whatsoever on the screen I watch in terms of quality, sheen, reflection etc. and if there's blooming there, I wouldn't see it in a million years. It worries me that these forums are just filled with tech "perfectionists" who'll be miserable most of their lives because they're constantly promised something incremently better that may live up to their "finally perfect" criteria, only to be told the week after that the problem isn't really true blacks but dynamic light range or flux capacitor induced light bleed or whatever, and then their new thing will be that. Appreciate what you have and consider the true marvel of technology that it already is, oh and turn on a very dim light too. You'll be way happier...
utterly wrong point of view and hardly any deep thought about using µICs in mobile devices.
- This is a mobile device - thus you want the least amount of electrical power consumption => the more the heavy duty µICs can idle the better it is - in case you don't understand that you don't understand mobile devices
- The M3s are not much more powerful than the M2 µICs but they are more efficient and thus are much better for mobile devices
- The hardware accelerated raytracing and mesh shading are also contributing to more efficiency as well as 3 nm vs 5 nm with lower core voltage
- GPU optimizations will enable longer and more efficient media consumption and added AV1 decoding for e.g. YT
- 15 % faster neural Engine - here also more efficiency and more power in case needed
- On top of that the M3 offers better dynamic caching
- More efficient display with OLED also improves battery life - utterly important for mobile devices
That's the beauty of going from 5 nm to 3 nm and adding further hardware accelerated features as elaborated above.
You want the µIC to be doing nothing for most of the time and doing something for light work like browsing the internet or typing emails and sometimes you want peak performance when computing heavy tasks like editing videos or transcoding stuff or editing images - but that's all nice to have and not the things you normally do on an iPad all day. The battery would simply not last very long.
Additionally the new µIC will be more future proof and with the proposed 16 GB RAM it will have it's 'technology freshness' for years to come.
I am getting the new iPP 11.1" 2024 day one in maxed out configuration - there are two things that make it stand our beside the higher efficiency of the M3 ( which is utterly desired ):
4 TB
OLED display
beside that the last µIC in combination with the built in hardware accelerations will yield in things like 2 external display support and/or usability as a real laptop replacement in case needed in emergency situations.
For me this will be a replacement for my deeply hated Lenovo company laptop since we have a BYOD policy for iPadOS devices and not for laptops. In case the iPad would become macOS this chance would be gone since MACs are not allowed in my company.
Beside that I think the distinction of an ultra mobile device like the iPad and a mobile device like a LapTop is rightly done.
The iPadOS will be improved over time to allow for further use cases but I hope it is never becoming a MAC - in case I want a MAC I'll buy one - in fact I have two - a MBP14" maxed out and an iMP maxed out.
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At this point, I may as well just wait till their back to school promo later in the year.
( for me ) it's the first ( notable ) upgrade since the iPP 2018:
• same µIC architecture without significant new features
• same form factor
• same hardware layout
• almost similar RAM and SSD configurations
hardly any benefit in real world usage for the two successors.
The new iPP 2024 however will bring tremendous improvement over all predecessors:
• lighter
• ( much ) better display
• more efficient => same or longer battery life
• significant feature update in µIC architecture with M3
• 4 TB SSD in words 'four terabytes'
This will be the first incarnation of all recent iPads I am willing to consider and independent from webcam orientation this will be an instand buy of the maxed out version.
( my iPad mini does not count since this was just bought due to the tiny form factor for fun )
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