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  • iPad mini 5 refresh predicted, but may not be at October iPad Pro & Mac event

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    k2kw said:
    Could this event be where the first new Apple Thunderbolt 3 Display gets introduced? 

    It makes sense to me. The event focus is on creatives and imagery, there seem to be supply-chain rumors of new iMac displays, the Mac mini is due and needs a display (yes, some people use them headless but Apple won’t market it that way — they will present it as they always have, with an Apple display), and any new MacBook/Pro model/refresh could obviously use one. Also note recent stock-reduction flash sales of the LG Thunderbolt display ($269, I believe).

    The writing is on the wall: the new Apple display is happening this month!
    Totally with you on this. 
    New Display makes me wonder if they will then either present, release, or preview the new Mac Pro.    Although I doubt that it is what they want because of the lack on 10nm Intel Chips.  "Hi here's our great new machines running Intel's slow chips".   They need to get this machine out for Professionals as it should be the last intel based MacPro.
    With the next one in 5 years being an based on multiple A17X chips using the new SuperOS.
    Release isn’t likely, since the 28-core flagship Xeon-W (3175X) won’t begin to ship until December at best. Maybe a preview, but I don’t think that’s likely either, because the controversy (no matter what they do) would upstage everything else.

    No, this presentation will be about meeting expectations: that the iMac display stay ahead of the competition, that the Thunderbolt 3 display work seamlessly with the MacBook, MacBook Pro, and new Mac mini, that the iPad, iPad Pro, and new iPad mini stay ahead of the competition and continue to innovate as a tool for art and graphic design.

    Just my 2¢.
    I think the new Mac Pro is more likely to use the Skylake-SP processors than the W-series the iMac Pro uses. Not holding out too much hope for a dual-socket machine, which would rule out the W-series, but there are definitely a lot more interesting CPUs available with Skylake-SP, at similar TDPs as the W series. Cost is another matter, however. Of course the 3175-X could be a $10,000+ part itself, unknown at this point. 
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  • iPad mini 5 refresh predicted, but may not be at October iPad Pro & Mac event

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    canukstorm said:
    rogifan_new said:
    Predicted based on what exactly?
    Pure speculation.
    Based on (paid) supply chain sources, like always. I know it’s upsetting to some—for what reason I have no clue—that Kuo often has accurate info, but get over it. Deal with reality on realities terms. 

    This is the guy who called the 5.8” and 6.5” OLED iPhones, and the 6.1” LCD, all with a notch and TrueDepth camera system, on November 13th 2017. He didn’t just make that up; he (likely) paid good money for that info. That you’re upset he has good sources isn’t meaningful or relevant. 
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  • New iPad Pro again rumored to ditch Lightning for USB-C

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    wood1208 said:
    I doubt Ipad will adopt USC-C but if it did than 2019 iPhone will be next to adopt.
    I don’t see the need for iPhone to switch to USB-C. 
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  • Review: The iPhone XS Max is what Apple has always promised the iPhone could be

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    tzeshan said:
    "also 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM -- a new high on the iPhone."
    2017 Macbook Pro 13" has only 4GB LPDDR3 RAM. 
    No, it has 8GB. Even the $1,099 iMac, the $999 MacBook Air and the $599 Mac mini also have 8GB RAM. The only Mac available with 4GB is the $499 mini. 
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  • Renders reveal purported 2018 iPad Pro with near edge-to-edge display, iPhone-like antenna...

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    anome said:

    Renders really don't cut it. Most of these renders are just hopeful speculation by people who are hoping to get some attention by putting out their ideas.

    I can't remember the last render (as opposed to actual photo) that was even close to the final product. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. (And possibly if I'm right, for that matter.)

    As for this one, what no notch? All the stuff we've seen has suggested a notch, including internal graphics in iOS 12. Seems unlikely they would get all the other details right, but miss that.

    Aside from one of those speculative renders you mention—which had small, iPhone X-like bezels and a notch—no rumors ever suggested a notch on the iPad afaik. Instead Apple is camouflaging it by using a notch-sized bezel width (9mm) all the way around.  The asset found in iOS 12 did not have a notch, rather it shows a pretty good sized bezel. 

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