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hentaiboy said:

Will be interesting to see if the Xs Max starts to cannibalise iPad though. Steve never envisioned 6.5” phones...

I think it signals there will likely never be another iPad mini.  I think the other iPads will still sell well as the basic iPad is almost 1/4 the price of the XS max and the 10.5" pro closer to 1/2 the price, being big pushes for businesses and schools and people replacing there netbooks, other tablets. The 12.9" iPad being twice the size and already premium makes it no comparison size wise. Of course I didn't expect the iPhone X to sell so well and in doing so become the iPhones main product line is sales, so I could be very wrong and this makes another one of the iPad models unnecessary for Apple to sell in the near future. 

stantheman said:

hentaiboy said:

Will be interesting to see if the Xs Max starts to cannibalise iPad though. Steve never envisioned 6.5” phones...

Apple could make an modified iPhone X-Max without a cellular chip to replace the iPad Mini.

I hear you...interesting idea. But don't you think that would be a step backwards? I think Apple would prefer all iPads to have cellular capabilities...much like the AppleWatch. Just thinking out loud.

The Apple Watch has a noncellular version, and given the Apple Watch is +$100 for cellular and iPads +$130, there is still a cost distinguisher(that $30 could be from gps as that is the difference between iPad and Apple Watch). The iPod touch is still being sold so there is still a demand for a small noncellular device, but that's 1/5 the price of the iPhone X so thats a major difference too. Since dropping cellular for cost would be the purpose of such a product, they may be more inclined to do it to the XR, it is more in line of what would be useful on an iPad anyways (no need for a second camera, or the 3D Touch). At $600 it would probably sell okay, but I doubt Apple is considering non iPhone products below the 10" screen size range anymore as iPhones are so popular that the cheaper devices being large iPads (maybe MacBooks?, the Air is cheaper than the XS max at this point) makes more sense, but as I already stated I am probably wrong and there will be a different lineup of iPads along iPhones within the next 2 years.

The XR is larger, has better battery life, and has more color options to boot against the XS. The loss of optical zoom, and a lcd display (without 3d touch?) compared to Oled, and it's not verified for 2 meter deep. Quite frankly those cancel out IMO. So then the XS Max(which what is the point of max=plus?) sort of drops those XR advantages, but at a $350 difference it is not really worth it.

My question:
Why did Apple give the XR better battery and a larger display?
Why are the XR disadvantages things that the 8+ had, rather than new? (At least 2 camera, 3d touch)
There is no 3d touch hardware, but software? how does it affect the experience?

Surprisingly(to me) the iPhone X outsold the 8,8+. What will be the #1 selling iPhone this year(opinion)?

If I was to buy an iPhone this year, i'd probably go for the XR, but potentially I will have a different desire if someone explains these. 

Also the 6.1" model might be the XC?

Why would they remove 3D Touch, it is on every Apple device (with a touchscreen/ trackpad) now except for the iPhone SE, MacBook Air, and Apple TV remote, and it is quite possible 2 of these devices may be discontinued before the year is over.

cgWerks said:

0VERL0RD said:
Apple don't like being forced to use Proprietary software like Adobe's Flash or Nvidia's Cuda. Neither do they like being implicated in Class action lawsuits through fault of their manufacturing partners http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/nvidia-reaches-settlement-in-class-action-suit-affecting-apple-dell-hp-laptops.521913/

Nividia also likes to dictate higher margins for supplying their products .That's why they failed to keep both Xbox & PlayStation! 

Well, that might explain why Apple doesn't buy from nVidia to build them into their machines. But, it doesn't really explain why they don't enable users to toss one in an eGPU and make it work without hacking the OS.

Nvidia makes there chips compatible with macs, that’s not really something Apple can help.