Purported 'iPad Pro' render hints at additional speakers on Apple's rumored 12" tablet

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  • Reply 21 of 43
    bugsnwbugsnw Posts: 717member

    If Apple puts 4 speakers in new iPads, I will personally do a jig. This should have been done a long time ago. While they're at it:

     

    * Make them go to 11

    * Make them project the sound towards the human using it. Don't make me cup my hands over the corners anymore

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  • Reply 22 of 43
    fallenjtfallenjt Posts: 4,057member
    rogifan wrote: »
    If this is just an Air 2 with a bigger screen I don't see what the point is. For a larger screen iPad to work it needs better software and digitizer support, IMO.
    Your opinion is the same with those fandroids: Stylus lol...It 's dead. Apple Stylus is your finger. Move on.
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  • Reply 23 of 43
    rogifanrogifan Posts: 10,669member
    fallenjt wrote: »
    Your opinion is the same with those fandroids: Stylus lol...It 's dead. Apple Stylus is your finger. Move on.

    Well I think a 12" iPad would be mostly for productivity and I think creatives, like graphic designers, would prefer proper pen support, which is not their finger. And if the stylus is dead how come Apple has 30+ patents/patent applications for smart pens?

    http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/patents-smart-pens/

    If Apple really wants to put Microsoft's Surface 6 feet under this iPad "pro" will have improved software and proper pen support.
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  • Reply 24 of 43
    rogifanrogifan Posts: 10,669member
    bugsnw wrote: »
    If Apple puts 4 speakers in new iPads, I will personally do a jig. This should have been done a long time ago. While they're at it:

    * Make them go to 11
    * Make them project the sound towards the human using it. Don't make me cup my hands over the corners anymore

    Even better, use a bluetoothe speaker. Sound is going to be much better than anything coming from iPad speakers.
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  • Reply 25 of 43
    bugsnwbugsnw Posts: 717member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Rogifan View Post





    Even better, use a bluetoothe speaker. Sound is going to be much better than anything coming from iPad speakers.



    I have the logitech boombox mini....love it. But the sound always feels more natural coming right form the source. I have to lay the speaker on my stomach, behind the iPad, in order to watch and hear a movie properly. If it's off to the side, it's distracting.

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  • Reply 26 of 43
    asciiascii Posts: 5,936member

    The extra speakers thing actually makes me believe it, because if someone was completely making up these specs I don't think extra speakers is something they'd think of.

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  • Reply 27 of 43
    bappobappo Posts: 24member
    I would love a A4 iPad. To read scores on my piano for example.
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  • Reply 28 of 43
    lightknightlightknight Posts: 2,312member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Benjamin Frost View Post



    Someone needs to whirlwind through the iOS department and sack the B and C players. Then put the fear of God into the rest.

    This can mean a lot of things. 

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  • Reply 29 of 43
    inklinginkling Posts: 784member
    Better speakers make sense. Two of the primary users for the iPad Pro are:

    1. Graphics designer who need more workspace

    2. Those making on-the-go presentations.

    The latter would love a better speaker system.
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  • Reply 30 of 43
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    Originally Posted by bugsnw View Post

    This should have been done a long time ago. While they're at it:

     

    Said no one, ever.

     

    * Make them go to 11



     

    Then you’ll whine that they’re tinny.

     


    Don't make me cup my hands over the corners anymore



     

    Then you’ll whine that the iPad can’t even be held. Which would be the case. So they won’t be doing that.

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  • Reply 31 of 43
    <span style="line-height:1.4em;">This should have been done a long time ago. While they're at it:</span>

    Said no one, ever.
    * Make them go to 11

    Then you’ll whine that they’re tinny.
    Don't make me cup my hands over the corners anymore
    Then you’ll whine that the iPad can’t even be held. Which would be the case. So they won’t be doing that.

    This should have been done a long time ago.

    They should be louder, and sound tinny as they are on my iPad Air 2.

    The iPad can be held quite easily in one hand or two.

    Sorry, TS.
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  • Reply 32 of 43
    Originally Posted by Benjamin Frost View Post

    They should be louder

     

    Well, sure. But generally ‘louder’ in these small speakers will blow them out and ruin the levels.

     

     The iPad can be held quite easily in one hand or two.


     

    Sure, but that doesn’t say anything about front-facing speakers, which they wouldn’t do.

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  • Reply 33 of 43
    bugsnwbugsnw Posts: 717member



    TS...you enjoy snark and I won't get into that with you here. Whatever makes you happy. You might want to oil up your gears and try to follow along sometimes. We all love Apple and there are few whiners. We love continuous improvement. The first time I fired up a video on my iPad 1, I wished the speakers were both louder and designed better as far as the direction of sound.

     

    Remember, Apple is in a wildly competitive industry. It's a great thing that they have both competition AND loyal, vocal fans that spur them on when they do well and criticize fairly when they miss the mark (see Marco Arment's recent blog about software issues).

     

    It's a good thing. I love contributing to it. That's all myself and everyone here is doing.

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  • Reply 34 of 43
    Originally Posted by bugsnw View Post

    I wished the speakers were both louder and designed better as far as the direction of sound.

     

    Well, sure. So do I.

     

    Thing is, they can’t really do that. The shape of the device and design of its internals necessitates speakers on the sides, and when they’re that small they can only reproduce sound so well, you know?

     

    I’d love high-quality quadriphonic sound on an iPad, but is that really feasible?

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  • Reply 35 of 43
    peteraltpeteralt Posts: 155member
    I have an iPad Air 2 and an iPhone 6 Plus. When I am using my iPad, I wish it had the same display specs as my iPhone. When I use my iPhone, I wish it had the same processor and RAM specs as my iPad. The new iPad better have comparible PPI, contrast ratio, and color saturation as my iPhone 6 Plus!
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  • Reply 36 of 43
    nolamacguynolamacguy Posts: 4,758member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Rogifan View Post



    If this is just an Air 2 with a bigger screen I don't see what the point is. For a larger screen iPad to work it needs better software and digitizer support, IMO.

     

    so you have access to the specs for this potential device, then? otherwise how do you know what it has or doesnt have?

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  • Reply 37 of 43
    nolamacguynolamacguy Posts: 4,758member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Wurm5150 View Post



    It's still two speakers..just placed on opposite sides..which is how stereo speakers should be..

     

    assuming landscape orientation. but then it wont be stereo when in portrait orientation.

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  • Reply 38 of 43
    nolamacguynolamacguy Posts: 4,758member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by PScooter63 View Post

     

    You expect a convincing stereo soundfield with transducers less than a foot apart?  I mean, what's your viewing distance?


     

    agreed, all the complaining about stereo on an ipad is crazy. its the most casual of casual viewing...

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  • Reply 39 of 43
    nolamacguynolamacguy Posts: 4,758member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Inkling View Post



    Better speakers make sense. Two of the primary users for the iPad Pro are:



    1. Graphics designer who need more workspace



    2. Those making on-the-go presentations.



    The latter would love a better speaker system.

     

    how would increased speaker placement make a presentation *on the ipad* better? either youre projecting, in which case increased stereo doesnt help, or youre putting this device in somebody's hands, and i doubt they will notice or be impacted by increased stereo when watching your sales pitch.

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  • Reply 40 of 43
    nolamacguynolamacguy Posts: 4,758member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by bugsnw View Post

     

    Remember, Apple is in a wildly competitive industry. 


     

    whos their competition in tablets?

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