I love how everything has to be a "revolutionary breakthrough" with apple. Wow the 73rd version of the 19th variation of the ipad gets better performance. What a break though.
The only thing less original and meaningful are the complaints!
Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design
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Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design
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No need to get defensive. People are allowed to be unimpressed with Apple's marketing speak.
Yes, they are allowed, of course... but being "unimpressed with Apple's marketing speak", a topic having been thoroughly traversed, seems counter to Hacker News's stated desire for comments that substantiate new thought, or create new or interesting discussions.
To the contrary, it's sparked quite the deep discussion about marketing hype, software companies, and views about the same across the world.
More valuable, perhaps, than discussing an incremental upgrade to the iPad Mini?
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What? Yes it definitely is. Look at every single traditional market in every single European country, or in South America. You’ll find people screaming about the worlds best this and world best that. If you walk down a random street in England you see 14 of the world best beers and 7 of them will be the worlds oldest pub. Naturally all the commercials are the same. You’d have to be a recluse to think that overhyping…
Haven't been to Scotland then.
Yeah, the place that proudly claims to be producer of most mediocre whiskies in the world.
To be fair no true Scotsmen would do such thing.
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#164From the macrumors keynote feed comments: These keynotes are ****ing uncanny. Plays like a Black Mirror episode. Don't know why. Nailed it.
It feels weird to me. Maybe it's just the current American culture that feels off for a European like myself. It is over directed and over produced. Zero spontaneity. I would rather watch Elon throw a metal ball into a car window during a presentation. At least that is real.
Change the way movies are directed, because of this new phone? Give me a break. I'm sure it will produce nicer TikTok and YouTube videos but no serious director is going to shoot a million dollar production with a 1000 dollar phone.
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Sure, but they don't do that with their phones, and like hell I'm carrying this thing around without a case (which is also why they don't bother to make their iPhones so they're easy to use caseless, or make them so the backs are flat without a case—everyone uses a case unless they're trying to signal "I'm rich enough that if I drop this and the screen shatters I'll just shrug and buy another immediately, and if it h…
You can hold the phone with one hand, with fingers on one side and thumb on the other. You're going to need to be able to grip an edge of the iPad—even the mini—so it needs a little more space for that.
Yes, but they don't do that on other models of iPad, not just the phone, and again, most people put these things straight in cases, so they've usually (and correctly, despite complaints on Web forums) designed their devices so they won't be too bulky once a case is added, past the early generations when they kinda needed the bezel for space reasons (though, again, even the now-ancient first-gen mini barely had side bezels)
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While the wording is hyperbole, going from a A12 to an A15 is quite the performance bump.
And what will I be able to do with that performance bump? I use a tablet mostly for taking notes, email and looking at websites. I can’t see how the former can get any quicker. The latter is slow mostly because of the websites themselves. Will games or office apps get faster or have new possibilities?
Gaming performance and capabilities should be very much improved. Whether you will use or notice the improvements is an entirely different question, of course.
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Every single company that sells things does this. You are talking about an Apple event and promo page where they are quite literally giving a sales pitch for their new products. That they (over)hype their own products is not only not notable or interesting, it's entirely expected. It is a bit bizarre that your comment, or variations of it, appears for every single Apple release. For those people so jaded and annoyed…
Obnoxious overhyping is not normal in most cultures around the world.
honestly, as someone who has lived in over 20 countries and on 5 continents, I would say the US has more restrained tastes in marketing than most cultures. Western Europe is generally more low key than ours though. Almost everywhere else I have been has a more aggressive sales/advertising culture.
Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design
#168I love how everything has to be a "revolutionary breakthrough" with apple. Wow the 73rd version of the 19th variation of the ipad gets better performance. What a break though.
Every single company that sells things does this. You are talking about an Apple event and promo page where they are quite literally giving a sales pitch for their new products. That they (over)hype their own products is not only not notable or interesting, it's entirely expected. It is a bit bizarre that your comment, or variations of it, appears for every single Apple release. For those people so jaded and annoyed…
> Every single company that sells things does this.
Nope.
> It is a bit bizarre that your comment, or variations of it, appears for every single Apple release. For those people so jaded and annoyed at the existence of Apple, why not just skip those threads?
For those people so jaded and annoyed at people critiquing apple - why not just skip those threads?
> There's something unique about Apple that draws in the detractors, however (seriously -- just look at the comments! What a junkyard of noise).
Maybe the only unique thing here is your need to defend apple with no arguments other than your own annoyance at apple being criticised?
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#169Is there a good reason that Touch ID can only be on the iPad Mini and must be replaced by Face ID on the iPad Pro? Face ID works terribly for students that use their iPad Pro face-up on a desk or table where the camera isn't directly pointed at the user's face. It would be much easier to just place my finger onto the power button whenever it's time to transition from listening to a lecture to writing notes.
This is really an iPad Air Mini - features seem pretty consistent
Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design
#170I love how everything has to be a "revolutionary breakthrough" with apple. Wow the 73rd version of the 19th variation of the ipad gets better performance. What a break though.
Apple is such a massive company, it's easy to forget that each of these variations sells millions of units to customers who want that one product.
For example, many pilots have an iPad Mini for maps and charts. In a cramped cockpit, the regular iPad is too big. With much faster graphics and support for Pencil 2 it's a big upgrade, so I fully expect this to be the #1 choice for that crowd.