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  • Apple to launch 4" iPhone and iPad Air 3 in first half of 2016, analyst says

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    smalm said:
    The mini got updated last fall so it's not been neglected. 
    The mini just got those updates it should have received one year before.

    Give us the Air with an A9X and the mini with an A9 and we're talking about an up-to-date iPad line-up. Finally...
    They're not going to update the mini in March when it was just updated last September. Anyone who thinks iPads should be on a 6 month cycle is nuts.
    cornchipwilliamlondon

  • Apple to launch 4" iPhone and iPad Air 3 in first half of 2016, analyst says

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    Mr_Grey said:

    Herbivore2 said:
    An iPad Air 3 with an A9X CPU will be a very compelling machine. 
    No.  Any new iPads that don't have pencil support will be poor sellers at best.  

    The best outlook for iPad sales would be if they managed to get ForceTouch and pencil support not only in the iPad Air 3, but in the iPad mini 4.  It looks like they will be neglecting the iPad mini again by this report, but if the iPad Air 3 doesn't have it, all we will be hearing is reviews on why it didn't, or why anyone would buy the new iPad since it's only slightly different from the current one.  

    Apple really needs to move forward here and they will look stupid if they don't.  An iPad Air 3 that's microscopically smaller, thinner or with slightly better cameras or slightly better speed isn't going to cut it.  Remember that the iPad Air 2 is hardly any different from the iPad Air 1 already.  More of the same is not an option here.   
    The mini got updated last fall so it's not been neglected. They can't really make the Air much thinner (if at all) so I don't think we'll see a new Air until they bring the Pencil or 3D Touch to it. There were rumors out there that Apple was having trouble implanting 3D Touch on larger displays so that could be an engineering challenge. Plus getting 3D Touch and the Pencil to work together.
    williamlondon

  • Apple to launch 4" iPhone and iPad Air 3 in first half of 2016, analyst says

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    Mr_Grey said:
    This sounds like the iPad mini is going to get the shaft again.  The most popular tablet they sell and yet they keep leaving it behind all the others in specs.  

    It makes you wonder who exactly is in charge at Apple and what they are doing.  They haven't managed to launch a full slate of products in a given year for many years now.  I wonder if it occurs to them to actually just hire more people or work a bit harder instead of just falling behind year after year after year. 
    What do you mean? The mini got a full update last year while the Air got nothing. And since Apple doesn't provide iPad sales by model how do you know the mini is the most popular? The mini will probably never have the same SOC as the Air but so what, there may be thermal/battery reasons plus there's no evidence the mini is a slouch at anything.
    williamlondon

  • Apple to launch 4" iPhone and iPad Air 3 in first half of 2016, analyst says

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    Mark Gurman says this new phone will support Live Photos but won't have 3D Touch. I think that's insane and I hope it's not true. All that does is give credence to those who claim 3D Touch is a gimmick and the things you use it for could be accomplished with long press.

    EDIT: I'm not arguing that 3D Touch and long press are the same thing (they're not) but plenty of idiots do.
    Mr_Greycaliuraharacornchip

  • Apple to launch 4" iPhone and iPad Air 3 in first half of 2016, analyst says

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    1983 said:
    Well this is all very uninspiring...what a depressing article. Has Cook finally succeeded in turning Apple into boring old fart?
    Huh? All this rumor is about is Apple giving the cheapest iPhone a spec bump. What's depressing about that?
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