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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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jmnicolas wrote: post #26
post_break wrote: post #2

I will say, having USB C on my iPad is very nice. Now if only they would do it for the iPhone. After the CSAM stuff hit I switched back to Android and it's so nice to only need one cable for everything.

I'm not sure I follow your logic: Google is certainly less trustworthy than Apple if we're speaking about scanning your files. And before you think I'm partial, I have no dog in this fight: I degoogled myself since last year and I don't own any Apple devices. But if I had to choose between Google and Apple for my privacy I would go with Apple (without much illusions).

Sometimes the alternative isn't much better, so instead of trying to punish myself and get a pixel, degoogle everything, etc. I voted with my wallet. Do I just keep my iPhone and let them get away with the CSAM on device scanning? I chose not to, even if the privacy is worse on android. Some may think that's ass backwards, but it was a solution for my beliefs.

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

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Post by jnsie »

Causality1 wrote: post #7

iPad mini features an all-screen design half inch bezel on all sides Removing the home button is not the same as making an all-screen design.

I genuinely thought they were going to show the screen expanding to take up the full area. But nope. Just marketing-speak. Ugh

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

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Post by jdsully »

laurent92 wrote: post #8

I have just noticed that they say “iPhone” not “the iPhone”, “the iPad”, “my iPad”. It’s as if they were talking about a person, such as “I’m using Hal”.

I noticed higher end brands start to do this about 10 years ago. It’s really weird in my opinion.

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

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Post by _jal »

blowski wrote: post #23
turtlebits wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Of course not.

We all know that there have been no functional improvements to software enabled by processor speed increases since the 8081. Everything since then has been programmers slowly using up their "wait()" calls placed in code in the 70s to fake it.

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

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Post by themihai »

Causality1 wrote: post #7

iPad mini features an all-screen design half inch bezel on all sides Removing the home button is not the same as making an all-screen design.

>> Removing the home button is not the same as making an all-screen design.

Well, when the half inch bezel will be removed it will feature an "infinite all screen with really no bezel". Lately Apple has been pushing quite a lot of BS in marketing. I'm not sure if it's always been like that or I just started to "wake up". I remember when they announced the Apple TV 4K they made it sound like it's the first 4K device in the world while they were actually pretty late in the game. Now all I wait(hw-wise) is an iPhone with usb-c and, no glass back and better camera.

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

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Post by sturza »

handrous wrote: post #19
onkoe wrote: post #4

Everything looks nice, but I really don't mind these devices if I can't install my own desktop software on them. Seems nice for things like casual content consumption though

iPads are good companions for making music, for making art, for non-casual content consumption like reading textbooks or reference manuals, drilling flash cards, watching lectures, et c. The mini's maybe not as good for the latter as an 11.9" Pro (great size for reading textbook PDFs, even large enough to do two pages at a time if you have good eyesight), but still. With an external wireless keyboard, they can be bet…

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Post by defaultname »

Grakel wrote: post #40
defaultname wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

If Apple didn't do it above and beyond not just what is normal but what is reasonable without an eye roll, then it wouldn't appear in every announcement, would it?

Everyone overhypes their product releases. But the reality is that most of us just don't pay attention to them. Microsoft talking about Windows? Eh. Samsung announcing something? Neat.

Apple announces something, however, and the detractors just have to flood in and give their hot takes. I suppose that speaks to the influence of Apple now.

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