Why does Apple depart from the series numbers with the iPad?
New iPad, now iPad Air... seems silly?
iPad Air
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Re: iPad Air
#12One of the more interesting aspects of this is that they're keeping the iPad 2 at $399 (compared to the Air's $499). I can't imagine the value proposition for a new iPad 2 is at all attractive at that price point (I bought mine used for ~$250 last summer.)
Maybe some kind of appeal to institutional buyers who want that form factor (and maybe the old port / shape) to keep their fleet of device consistent? Maybe just a lot of extra components / panels for that design?
Re: iPad Air
#13Why does Apple depart from the series numbers with the iPad? New iPad, now iPad Air... seems silly?
An interesting guess would be that they're going to repurpose the generic iPad name for something beefier like the Surface. In that case, the iPad Air would sort of be the lighter portable version similar to the Macbook Pro/Macbook Air. Just an idea that popped into my head.
Re: iPad Air
#14I don't know how Apple does it. I want one of these.
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#15Lighter. Faster. More magical.
Sigh.
Disappointing. What happened to doing something revolutionary? Where is the the text input? Apple are driving by creatives. When can I write my book on my Apple tablet?
And what's with the 16gb model. As they said, it has been almost 4 years now. And the 16gb model persists.
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#16How can the iPad 5 have x2 the graphics power over the iPad 4, when the iPad 5 has the same A7 as the iPhone 5S - rather than an A7X, as they've done previously. Have they just stopped using the A7X style name? Have they just x2 the GPU frequency? (seems implausible, but it's Rogue, which is apparently extremely efficient, and maybe could handle x2 frequency?). edited above for clarity BTW: The anandtech iPhone 5S re…
It's possible they wanted to be misleading like that. So the A7 in iPhone 5S could have a certain level of performance, while the "A7" in iPad Air has its GPU clocked twice as higher, but the same name.
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#17How can the iPad 5 have x2 the graphics power over the iPad 4, when the iPad 5 has the same A7 as the iPhone 5S - rather than an A7X, as they've done previously. Have they just stopped using the A7X style name? Have they just x2 the GPU frequency? (seems implausible, but it's Rogue, which is apparently extremely efficient, and maybe could handle x2 frequency?). edited above for clarity BTW: The anandtech iPhone 5S re…
The iPad4 doesn't pack an A7.
Re: iPad Air
#18Lighter. Faster. More magical. Sigh. Disappointing. What happened to doing something revolutionary? Where is the the text input? Apple are driving by creatives. When can I write my book on my Apple tablet? And what's with the 16gb model. As they said, it has been almost 4 years now. And the 16gb model persists.
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#19> Apple says is 8 times faster and has 72 times better graphics performance than the old processor. I am always amused by this.
That was with respect to the original iPad compared to the iPad Air .
I may have misheard. I had the video minimized while working on other things.
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#20> Sadly, one thing it doesn't appear to have—at least, not yet—is a gold casing.
Can't tell if sarcasm or not.