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Apple announces New iPads (Air and Mini)
- Thread starter Infinity Times Two
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I have to say that after a long while apple has impressed me. Absolutely phenomenal specs and features for an unbelievable price. I might just retire my mom's iPad 2 for the new air.
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hmmm... "announces".
They basically just stealth-dropped them. Great hardware refreshes, and absolute no-brainers for anyone who needs to replace their old(!) iPads. But nothing to get all that excited about or feel the need to upgrade if your current iPad's still performing reasonably well.
Great mobile hardware at a decent price.
They basically just stealth-dropped them. Great hardware refreshes, and absolute no-brainers for anyone who needs to replace their old(!) iPads. But nothing to get all that excited about or feel the need to upgrade if your current iPad's still performing reasonably well.
Great mobile hardware at a decent price.
Man I loved the original iPad Air and never understood why they never updated the line. Need to resist as I really don't need it.
Ipad Air again? Apple's gotta clean up its design and naming pipeline because outside of the larger pro which deserves its title, the 10 inch ipads are broken into 3 categories now that seem arbitrary since they are all basically the same, lol
im never buying an ipad again. i cant even use my ipad 2 anymore because no apps in the store are compatible anymore.
what a ripoff
what a ripoff
The iPad 2 from 2011? I'm still using my iPad Retina from 2012, which seems to still update most of my apps although I can't update the iOS anymore and it's cracked all over the place from drops over the years.
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Actually, with todays changes, there is only one 10.5 inch iPad, namely the new Air.
The 8 year old iPad 2? That got 5 years of updates, like every other Apple product?
Do you apply this logic to other pieces of hardware? Like, a Playstation 3 sold in 2011 can't play any of the games released today on PSN... Like, RDR2, Last of Us 2, etc.
True, but also semantics because the 9.7 'discount' ipad still exists. You show up at the Apple store and at first glance you would be hard pressed to tell the difference between the three even with the larger screen sizes in the pro/air line. And I have a sneaking suspicion performance wise they are probably all within the same speed as far as tests are concerned.
The leakers got it backwards it seems. They said the new laminated model would come later and the new cheap model would come first. Regardless, the new Air seems nice but not having pro motion sucks and keeping both speakers on the same side is stupid. With trade-in and my military discount, I can get one for 300, so I'm doing it. I like my 2017 iPad but the lack of lamination really ruins the iPad experience for me.
thats such a bad comparison i have to think you are trolling
No, both Air and Mini are Pencil 1st gen. That's ok, other than the side gesture and matte finish the main reason for Pencil 2 is side-charging, and that requires a different design of the iPad itself.
No, that was the plain "iPad" that you can get for $250 lately.
Wider color gamut on the screen. Anti-reflexion and laminated display.
Oh right. Just got that one for my daughter who loves to draw. She'll be pretty excited. I thought Airs had it too for some reason.
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I don't see any info on RAM.
iPad 2018 has 2GB RAM, It's not unlikely that this Air has 4.
Very interested in the 10.5" Air.
Think it's time to replace my trusty Air 2, which is still fast enough but the new Air will obviously be even faster (not sure on how much faster, but the A12 vs A8X seems quite the jump).
Not to mention the additional years of support it will presumably get. I'm just glad it kept the headphone jack.
Think it's time to replace my trusty Air 2, which is still fast enough but the new Air will obviously be even faster (not sure on how much faster, but the A12 vs A8X seems quite the jump).
Not to mention the additional years of support it will presumably get. I'm just glad it kept the headphone jack.
My concern regarding the Air is that I could spend 500 euros more (new pen + much more expensive cover) and the device would feel much more future proof.
But, realistically, this iPad does anything I ever want and I already have the pen and the Smart Cover is much cheaper. The screen is much better than the iPad so there would be an upgrade there.
the design, quad speakers and proMotion are really nice but everything about it is so much more expensive...
But, realistically, this iPad does anything I ever want and I already have the pen and the Smart Cover is much cheaper. The screen is much better than the iPad so there would be an upgrade there.
the design, quad speakers and proMotion are really nice but everything about it is so much more expensive...
The A12 chip is a 4 ram chip. I assume that stays true for these devices.