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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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Post by dadoprso »

nicbou wrote: post #201
whiteboardr wrote: post #187

I waited for an update for the mini for years. What i can’t get my head around is the limitations in storage. 256GB maximum is a joke - and no, i don’t want a Pro since the form factor is what makes the mini work for me. Packaging aside, i doubt this is an engineering driven decision and well… walk away highly disappointed not ordering one. Otherwise it’d be perfect.

What do you use it for? I'm still happy with 256gb on my laptop and 32gb on my phone. I don't actually know how much storage my phone has.

> 32gb on my phone. I don't actually know how much storage my phone has.

It sounds like your phone has 32GB, no?

I made sure the Pixel 5a had at least 128GB. I think 256GB for ipad mini is a good amount for a consumption device.

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by mszcz »

Kaotique wrote: post #172
ab_testing wrote: post #119

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>Yeah you are not going to release an update that has worse performance. Except keyboards in 2016 to 2019

But they probably announced it as a breakthrough innovation that would change typing forever.

And it did! You've never before typed with such softness, savoring each keystroke as if it were it's (not your's) last.

Sorry I couldn't help myself... But I'm gettin the Mini ok?

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by q-rews »

chalst wrote: post #150
root-z wrote: post #137

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You are right that it's just sales language, but people, tech folks in particular, don't have to like it and it's nothing wrong to voice their complaints. In fact it would be quite freshing today if some company start talking down to earth languages, like "hey we are giving you basically the same phone as last year with slightly better camera etc. It's useful though."

Fairphone did exactly this with the Fairphone 3+: they emphasised that they were just upgrading two components of the Fairphone 3 that had attracted criticism (the camera and speaker) and otherwise didn't want to change anything about their super-easy-to-repair phone with promises that replacement parts would be available for many years. Fairphone's marketing is rather unusual in the marketplace in this respect.

What’s a fair phone though. You don’t make money with bland marketing. Nobody knows what that is.

Edit: lol @ people downvoting because I judged their phone. As if I cared about imaginary points on throwaway accounts.

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by whiteboardr »

dadoprso wrote: post #221
nicbou wrote: post #201

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What do you use it for? I'm still happy with 256gb on my laptop and 32gb on my phone. I don't actually know how much storage my phone has.

> 32gb on my phone. I don't actually know how much storage my phone has. It sounds like your phone has 32GB, no? I made sure the Pixel 5a had at least 128GB. I think 256GB for ipad mini is a good amount for a consumption device.

All my iPhones and iPads habe at least 512GB.

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by kjreact »

post_break wrote: post #204
kjreact wrote: post #184

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Let’s wait until Apple actual starts device scanning before condemning them for it? Apple were up front with their plans and after hearing the public outcry they canceled their rollout. Other companies would have just rolled out the change without disclosure and called it a day.

Lets be crystal clear, Apple cancelled nothing. They only postponed. And every time they were challenged they double and tripled downed that we the customers were just confused. They are moving forward with this.

Ok, let’s use your terminology and say they are postponing the rollout. You speak as though they’ve already rolled it out. It could also be an indefinite postponement. Yet you insist on painting the narrative as if it already occurred. Guilty until proven innocent.

I’ll be right there next to you protesting my right to privacy if they do rollout the feature against our wishes, but until then I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt.

Also you mention every time Apple is challenged they contend that customers were confused what instances are you referring to?

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by fulafel »

tmccrary55 wrote: post #29
pwthornton wrote: post #9

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Quite an awkward endorsement for Android!

Especially weird (though understandable) because it's basically "Doesn't scan your device and send the information to a corporation and the government" when Android basically does that everywhere, all the time. But Android does it for profit, Apple does it "for the children."

Citation needed for Android doing this?

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by Tagbert »

handrous wrote: post #158
post_break wrote: post #131

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Not only do they have two connectors, they have two different Apple pencils too. Need to make sure you buy the right one.

Well, the first one was a mis-designed piece of crap, so I don't mind that as much, though keeping it in use on some newer models after v2 was released does suck. (source for assertion about them being crap: I own one—the bad part's entirely the terrible charging/connector design, but that part's nearly parody-levels of bad)

The pencil was intimately tied to the generation of iPad. The iPad had to have specific support for connecting to the corresponding generation of pencil. They could only enable the new pencil as they redesigned the iPads. They are now going through their iPad line and updating the designs which allows them to switch to the new pencil.

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by johncalvinyoung »

turtlebits wrote: post #69
blowski wrote: post #23

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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?

It's down to personal preference, but my wife went from an iPhone 8 to 12 (A11 to A14) and it was a night and day difference in speed.

About to go from a 7 to a 13 Pro, and expecting a nice bump in speed...

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by clairity »

kklisura wrote: post #209
root-z wrote: post #137

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You are right that it's just sales language, but people, tech folks in particular, don't have to like it and it's nothing wrong to voice their complaints. In fact it would be quite freshing today if some company start talking down to earth languages, like "hey we are giving you basically the same phone as last year with slightly better camera etc. It's useful though."

Yeah, I don't think those statements would seen positive by the shareholders. I imagine shareholders would interpret them as lack of innovation and would probably trigger a sell on stocks.

yes, an underappreciated aspect, splashy advertising has mutliple audiences, not the least of which are (potential) shareholders. tim's (and many others') comp literally depends on it.
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