You can already buy a $349 tablet. Is $200 really the bottom price where growth skyrockets? I’m doubtful.
If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
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Re: If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
#32I think the industry has already agreed to give this product category to Apple. Everyone needs a phone, but only specific types of users need a tablet. Apple's tablet is Good Enough for everyone, and they last forever. The o.g. iPad Air we bought in Nov 2020 is still chugging along and we use it... basically only to watch movies on airplane rides etc. And I am primarily a linux/android user, but this is the one Apple…
I had an iPad that Appled forced into obsolecence. I had to throw a perfectly ok piece of hardware on the trash because it was madr unusable by the manufacturer. It's the main reason I despise Apple, including its hardware. I replaced it with a Samsung A7. It's even better than the iPad as I could sideload a manga reader that syncs with Komga, amazing stuff to read manga. And I can install LineageOS if need be. Objec…
How did apple make it unusable? What model?
Re: If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
#33This made much more sense when I read it as asking for an iPad Nano
Re: If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
#34I think the industry has already agreed to give this product category to Apple. Everyone needs a phone, but only specific types of users need a tablet. Apple's tablet is Good Enough for everyone, and they last forever. The o.g. iPad Air we bought in Nov 2020 is still chugging along and we use it... basically only to watch movies on airplane rides etc. And I am primarily a linux/android user, but this is the one Apple…
I had an iPad that Appled forced into obsolecence. I had to throw a perfectly ok piece of hardware on the trash because it was madr unusable by the manufacturer. It's the main reason I despise Apple, including its hardware. I replaced it with a Samsung A7. It's even better than the iPad as I could sideload a manga reader that syncs with Komga, amazing stuff to read manga. And I can install LineageOS if need be. Objec…
Why wouldn't you just recycle it instead of throwing it in the trash? Seems wasteful.
Re: If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apple hardware isn't exceptional, it's maybe slightly above average, sometimes, and still costs more than it should - even the neo with its paltry 8GB of RAM. Apple has had plenty of hardware problems and design foibles. So many. Their software is equally average in most respects, and has a far smaller market share worldwide across all form factors they support. iOS is the reason I'll never own another iPad. I mean,…
> Apple hardware isn't exceptional, it's maybe slightly above average Is this a serious statement? If Apple's hardware is maybe slightly above average - what's above it? It's an easy company to hate on - but you don't have any other platform integrated as well as Apple's right now IMO. Unless you maybe count Huawei. Edit: I think I may be referring more to the holistic picture. But still curious what hardware you thi…
I am forced to use a MacBook for work and I think it is shit. I partucularly abhor its reflective screen and the toy keyboard. I hate that it has only 4 usbc ports that force me to have a dongle.
I can't fathom why people like that crap apart from looking slick.
Mac OS is shit, and I would unironically prefer to be forced to use Windows at work.
Style over substance. Pure crap to me.
Re: If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apple hardware isn't exceptional, it's maybe slightly above average, sometimes, and still costs more than it should - even the neo with its paltry 8GB of RAM. Apple has had plenty of hardware problems and design foibles. So many. Their software is equally average in most respects, and has a far smaller market share worldwide across all form factors they support. iOS is the reason I'll never own another iPad. I mean,…
> Apple hardware isn't exceptional, it's maybe slightly above average Is this a serious statement? If Apple's hardware is maybe slightly above average - what's above it? It's an easy company to hate on - but you don't have any other platform integrated as well as Apple's right now IMO. Unless you maybe count Huawei. Edit: I think I may be referring more to the holistic picture. But still curious what hardware you thi…
Yeah, no way that is a serious statement. My Macbook Air from 2011 still works perfectly, and the original iPhone that I found stashed inside one of my dad's cabinets charged, turned on without issues and was fully usable as well. That's a device that's almost two decades old. If that's not hardware quality, I don't know what is.
Re: If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
#37Apple does make the product described in this article, aside from the fantasy price. It's called the iPad.
Yeah I soon as I saw the price, this article fell apart completely. The Neo has a great screen and an older iPhone processor. You can take the keyboard off a Neo add a touch screen but you still have to make a device that fits the battery and has all the same technology. You're back to at least a $600 tablet.
The starting price of the iPad is $349
Re: If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
#38You can already buy a $349 tablet. Is $200 really the bottom price where growth skyrockets? I’m doubtful.
You can also buy very cheap laptop prior, but the hardware wasn't that good... Until MacBook Neo came along.
Re: If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
I had an iPad that Appled forced into obsolecence. I had to throw a perfectly ok piece of hardware on the trash because it was madr unusable by the manufacturer. It's the main reason I despise Apple, including its hardware. I replaced it with a Samsung A7. It's even better than the iPad as I could sideload a manga reader that syncs with Komga, amazing stuff to read manga. And I can install LineageOS if need be. Objec…
How did apple make it unusable? What model?
Yes, I was wondering about this. Old iPads running iPad OS 15 received updates last month. So even an iPad Air 2 from 2014 could receive updates in 2026.
The big issue with old iPads though is that apps drop support for older iPad OS versions. Usually their older versions do keep working, though.
Re: If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
#40This made much more sense when I read it as asking for an iPad Nano
It's an iPhone Pro Max without the cellular radio!