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A17 Pro huh, that's a first for putting a pro chip in a non pro iPad, isn't it? I guess it's, as they advertise, to handle Apple Intelligence although I don't understand why they are doubling down on this _now_ while nothing from the newly announced AI stuff is available as of today...
edit: oops I mixed up A Pro and A X
Looks really nice, wish could afford it, but Apple products are so expensive... Commodity products for premium price
[*] For reference, the iPad Air with the Magic Keyboard is about as heavy as a 13" MacBook Air.
The mini is the absolute sweet spot for me - enough portability that I don’t mind the many restrictions of iPad OS. But the A-line chips and low-quality screen are problems, and not being able to properly dock it at a monitor is a real hinderance. None of those are addressed here, unfortunately.
I also don’t get the complaint about the A-series chip. What does an M1 unlock in iPadOS that the A17 doesn’t?
It's sad that "ultraportable iPad" marketing works, but "ultraportable iPhone" does not make sense for most people. iPhone 13 mini was the last flagship smartphone with such dimensions.
It's sad that "ultraportable iPad" marketing works, but "ultraportable iPhone" does not make sense for most people. iPhone 13 mini was the last flagship smartphone with such dimensions.
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Would be nice if Apple also introduced a new base iPad with at least support for a decent Apple Pencil. I want to buy my wife an iPad, but she wants to draw and the Apple Pencil USB-C doesn't support presure levels, so it is either a base iPad with an old Apple Pencil 1st Gen (that still is lightining) or paying extra for the iPad Air and Apple Pencil 2nd Gen/Pro. The fact that Apple Pencil USB-C doesn't support pres…