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As for that “one hardware announcement,” I seriously hope it’ll be the iPad Pro w/ Face ID and less bezel. After having tried my friend’s iPP 10.5” for a few minutes, I got spoiled and all of a sudden my Air 2 feels like it lags and stutters (even though it doesn’t). And I’ve been holding off upgrading my Air 2 for some time now. 

It’s more than impressive how Apple wasn’t even known for its screen development capabilities just a decade ago and today they’re one of the best screen developers. I hope and surely believe they will keep up the good work.

maestro64 said:

lkrupp said:

It just keeps getting worse for the naysayers. Oh, and AAPL is now at 933 Billion market cap. What were “they" saying about Amazon getting there first?

your math is a little off, they are at $897B

No he’s actually right. Go open stocks app and look at AAPL’s market cap. It’s at 932.8B to be exact.

$549 for a 6.1” iPhone sounds like a dream though. Just 2 years ago I got my 7 Plus Jet Black 128GB for a hefty $849. Of course the $549 one will come with 32GB of storage, but still. Hope this rumor turns out to be true. I’d gladly pay $649 for 6.1” & 128GB.

There are two things that came to my mind when I heard the news about this budget iPad:

1. I know Sammy’s Galaxy tablets are already dead, but I just want to recognize them: RIP Galxy tabs. 
2. At this point, when the budget iPad packs all these features and performance while maintaining the price tag of $329, iPP pricing seems unreasonable and even a little ridiculous.

At $649, it’s roughly 2x the price of the iPad 6th gen, and I just can’t justify that price gap. I hope this year’s iPP would bring enough enhancements to make me feel I was actually wrong.