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Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by spike021 »

sandymcmurray wrote: post #318
JohnnyConatus wrote: post #89

There is a legendary story about how Steve Jobs, upon his return to Apple, drastically cut-down the number of models that they offer. How on earth have they forgotten that lesson? Trying to figure out the differences between the 9.7" iPad and iPad pro is not easy, and regardless, it makes it harder to buy.

http://www.apple.com/ipad/compare/ to compare current models. iPad Pro 9.7 has better processor, better screen, better camera, is slightly thinner and lighter and works with Apple Pencil and Keyboard accessories. There are now just four options: big Pro, little Pro, iPad, and mini.

Four options, plus all the sub-options: with cellular data or without, 3 or so different amounts of space..

With the larger iPads do some people get smaller space, even though larger display probably means more resources/larger resolution media will need to be stored on the device.

Spitballing but it's quite a few options.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by kevindqc »

aroman wrote: post #274
JohnnyConatus wrote: post #89

There is a legendary story about how Steve Jobs, upon his return to Apple, drastically cut-down the number of models that they offer. How on earth have they forgotten that lesson? Trying to figure out the differences between the 9.7" iPad and iPad pro is not easy, and regardless, it makes it harder to buy.

You've got it backwards. This update streamlines the product line, along the lines of what Steve Jobs did. There are now 3 iPads: the iPad, the iPad Pro, and the iPad Mini. The differences are as clear as they ever have been for Mac lines.

What are you talking about? There is now 4

http://www.apple.com/ipad/compare/

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by shams93 »

The most comedic thing about Apple is that my raspberry pi3 with chromium has support for webmidi and webrtc but not even the iPad pro can do webrtc chat with mobile Safari. Sure I know they're not fans of the web but it has to be hurting them at this point when a $35 system has more browser capabilities than a $1000 device.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by simonh »

aroman wrote: post #274
JohnnyConatus wrote: post #89

There is a legendary story about how Steve Jobs, upon his return to Apple, drastically cut-down the number of models that they offer. How on earth have they forgotten that lesson? Trying to figure out the differences between the 9.7" iPad and iPad pro is not easy, and regardless, it makes it harder to buy.

You've got it backwards. This update streamlines the product line, along the lines of what Steve Jobs did. There are now 3 iPads: the iPad, the iPad Pro, and the iPad Mini. The differences are as clear as they ever have been for Mac lines.

Except there are two iPad Pro sizes and one of them is the same size as the new basic iPad 9.7'. And the iPad Mini is now more expensive than a basic iPad 9.7' but are slower, but only come in a large storage option.

I love Apple. Read my other posts defending the iPad as a productivity device on this discussion, and defending the cleanness if the iPhone lineup, but the current iPad lineup is all over the place.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by draw_down »

shams93 wrote: post #323

The most comedic thing about Apple is that my raspberry pi3 with chromium has support for webmidi and webrtc but not even the iPad pro can do webrtc chat with mobile Safari. Sure I know they're not fans of the web but it has to be hurting them at this point when a $35 system has more browser capabilities than a $1000 device.

They don't sell on feature checklists

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by l1ambda »

wnevets wrote: post #320

I know kids and grandparents that use tablets all the time but not really anyone outside of those age groups. Is anyone else finding that to be the case? I know I personally haven't used the ipad in months if not years at this point.

Tablets are like nunchucks...cool but useless.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by lorenzhs »

Yhippa wrote: post #277
zie wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

you also get GPS, which works regardless of cell connectivity, handy for Maps :)

Does Apple Maps support offline map downloads? If so this is a great selling point.

I don't think so, but Google Maps does on both iOS and Android. Quite handy when abroad.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by draw_down »

apricot wrote: post #98
aikorevs wrote: post #2

Could not find what's new. Any hints ?

"Could not find what's new. Any hints ?" This sums up Apple's problems better than anything I've seen.

I'm afraid I must agree. They must be working on a bunch of new things or one huge new thing, trying to find their next big hit, because nothing seems to actually be advancing anymore.

(What's new here, apparently: they dropped the price by $70 and bumped the processor.)

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by scarface74 »

g051051 wrote: post #20
constantlm wrote: post #11

Hmmm. Most people I know who own iPads have had them end up as rather expensive children's toys.

Mine's not a children's toy, but it's almost useless now. Once they stop updating iOS for a device, it's pretty much game over. Many apps have stopped working due to the developers making mistakes and publishing incompatible updates. Just about the only app I can still use is NetFlix.

I have a first generation iPad. I rediscovered it about four months ago after I moved. I reset it and could download and use older versions of Netflix, Hulu, Plex, and a few other video streaming devices. I even used a version of Google Drive to read PDFs.

The battery lasts about 5-6 hours for video playback. Apple lets you redoenload older compatible versions.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by chrisper »

wnevets wrote: post #320

I know kids and grandparents that use tablets all the time but not really anyone outside of those age groups. Is anyone else finding that to be the case? I know I personally haven't used the ipad in months if not years at this point.

The only reason I will buy a tablet soon is to be able to watch movies on a long flight. But it won't be an iPad. It will be a $50 tablet from Amazon.
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