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Apple Announces 10.5-inch iPad Air and Refreshed iPad Mini (engadget.com)
Ahead of a planned event next week, Apple today unveiled two new iPads. From a report: The new, larger, 10.5-inch iPad Air will arrive with a 70 percent performance boost compared to its predecessor, thanks to the company's A12 Bionic chip with Apple's Neural Engine. That'll be useful alongside the now 20-percent larger display -- which is compatible with the first-gen Apple Pencil too.
A new iPad Mini has been a long time coming. The 7.9-inch option will, barring screen size, match the Air on specs. The screen is also 25 percent brighter versus old iPad minis, and will also support Apple Pencil -- the tiniest model to do so. Both new iPads have a laminated display that brings the surface glass and screen closer together to improve visibility -- and making them at least a little more desirable than Apple's entry-level iPad. Neither has FaceID built-in, it seems. Look, there's that Home button. The new iPad mini starts at $399 for the Wi-Fi model and $529 for the variant that includes cellular support. The new iPad Air starts at $499 for Wi-Fi, and $629 for Wi-Fi and cellular model.
A new iPad Mini has been a long time coming. The 7.9-inch option will, barring screen size, match the Air on specs. The screen is also 25 percent brighter versus old iPad minis, and will also support Apple Pencil -- the tiniest model to do so. Both new iPads have a laminated display that brings the surface glass and screen closer together to improve visibility -- and making them at least a little more desirable than Apple's entry-level iPad. Neither has FaceID built-in, it seems. Look, there's that Home button. The new iPad mini starts at $399 for the Wi-Fi model and $529 for the variant that includes cellular support. The new iPad Air starts at $499 for Wi-Fi, and $629 for Wi-Fi and cellular model.
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Not a bit of critical thought here at all, is there? I hope you got paid reasonably for this propaganda.
I've still got an Air 2 that works fine for the light web-browsing and Netflix watching that it gets used for, and I think a lot of people are in the same situation as I am here. At least Apple has moved past putting 32 GB (or even 16 GB) on the base models. 64 GB feels like a sufficient amount for loading it up with stuff when going on a trip and not having to worry about the lack of space.
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And both of them still have the headphone jack.
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I am going to wait until next year's revolutionary, disruptive tablet that will have a 10.6" screen and no stupid headphone jack. Who the hell needs a headphone jack anymore? Beats by Dre headphones have bluetooth!
Apple under Jobs introduced different and interesting products. Apple under Cook seems to produce nothing but iterations, gradual updates of old stuff. They're boring now.
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And people say innovation at Apple died with Steve Jobs. C'mon Tim Cook.... Really wow us: Rose gold iPads!
Pathetic junk for insecure people. Can't wait til that idiot company goes out of business.
I'm disappointed at seeing Apple morphing into a toy company. It used to be a company, that, even while I was using Windows stuff, was at least a viable alternative for high end hardware and robust software. Now it's not even a viable alternative (for work... they make great toys). What a shame. Now my options are down to Windows... or Windows. Ugh. I wish desktop Linux was a viable alternative. That'd be pretty awesome.
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are they still stuck with a proprietary charging port or they moved on to USB-C ?
The iPad Pro uses USB-C, so if that is a requirement you have a solution already. Nothing wrong with more consumer oriented gear that will not have much attached over a lifetime of the product using different ports.
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What are the options? Any mostly stock OS?
At one time - this has been a couple years - you could only get free MS productivity apps on screens SMALLER than 10.1".
If your tablet was larger than that, you had to pay for a consumer Office365 license because MS considered your device equivalent to a full desktop/laptop.
Is this still in effect or has MS given that up?
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You're the world's most deserving incel. You know nothing about this.
If you can't connect a mouse, a USB drive, a printer who gives a shit then?
The people who can attach USB-C hubs, for video output or SD card attachment or keyboards or other USB-C devices...
Some things may not work at the moment, like USB-C drives, but eventually they will (there's already at least one external drive maker that has an app that can connect to an external drive they make).
The advantages are being able to use the same adaptors for things like video across a laptop and the iPad....
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So most iOS apps, will not be made to handle the newest models
I find that something like 90% of iOS apps handle new features within a year or so - like FaceID or the Files app.
because for one it needs to support on the lower power phones, and just change the screen display (to save on re-coding)
That is totally wrong, there are a lot of ways to easily provide for more complex UI on the iPad without much coding at all.
On top of that there are a number of very powerful iPad only apps...
These are low power devices and are limited in what they can do.
That is also wrong, the latest iPad Pro models are FASTER at browsing large 16-bit TIFF files than many desktops.
At this point they are extremely powerful and not that limited, with what limits there are fading away over time...
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I don't buy tablets/phones over $275. Call me when these new devices are old enough to drop below that threshold.
In the meantime, I love the several iPad 4 Minis I bought last Christmas for $250 each (128 GB models). They'll keep me happy until the refreshed 256 GB mini drops below $300.
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Apple only sells purely decorative jewelry. Don't be distracted by the remains of a computer in there, heat-throttling away, never having a chance to be upgraded. It only serves the fixed set of fixed-function dazzling modules. The usee never gets to have contact with it.
Being so scared you are going to be hacked that you have to spend 2x on your device is quite a burden. How many actual Android phone/tablet attacks have there been in the wild?
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Every time apple comes close to folding, MS bails them out.
MS needs them, they provide the illusion of competition.
The 7.9-inch option will, barring screen size, match the Air on specs.
And there's also a 7.9" model for men that's labeled 10.5" ...
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Dunno if handheld computing is front and center at Apple any longer.
Visited Apple Store and couldn't visibly see that Apple's line of iPads has advanced. Every one of the iPads looks like they did 4 years ago. Except now a 12" iPad looks small. WTF?
No where was an iPad Mini on display.
Effectively, Tim Cook has obfuscated consumer's ability to compare, contrast and plot a roadmap forward with handheld desktop portables and desktop portables .vs. wired desktop computing.
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The iPad Mini does not have stereo sound in landscape mode, which makes it crap for video streaming apps. All the sound is firing from the left or right of the screen. What a waste. One of the reasons I am sticking with Android tablets because almost all of them support stereo sound in landscape mode.
Heck, I even would access a MONO sound if the speaker was placed in the center of the screen, but the way Apple iPad/Mini does it is just stupid.