New iPad Air, powered by M4

Post by sh4jid » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC

elAhmo wrote: post #478

I don't understand people complaining about Apple using ~nearly latest processor on a device refresh. What are they supposed to do, not put a year old CPU inside, use something from a decade ago? If you are on an iPad from 5 or so years ago there, or happy with your device, sure - there is no reason to upgrade. But the very same reason that you do not have to upgrade is that Apple put a fairly powerful chip in your d…

Post by selectodude » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 10:57 PM UTC

ebbi wrote: post #441

stackskipton wrote: post #269

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Rumor has it this year will be release of iPhone fold. They wanted to fix the creases. Which seems pretty standard Apple. Let others do something, see how it plays out then launch their version of it.

I'm hyped for a iPhone Fold as a concept. But the leaks I've seen of the size, makes me less excited about it. The phone when folded looks a bit wider and squatter than my Pro Max. And when open, it's smaller than my 11" iPad. I see the promise of this concept with the tri-fold phones, where when expanded is closer in size to an 11" tablet.

Post by truncate » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 11:01 PM UTC

zitterbewegung wrote: post #415

tomaskafka wrote: post #234

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Tim Cook's fear of people not buying a full set of Apple devices for each person is the driving force behind not just the lack of multiuser support, but also the overall nerfing of iPadOS. For the past 5+ years it's been, "This will be the year of real work on the iPad," but they keep circling around it, trying not to make iPads accidentally powerful enough for someone to skip buying a MacBook.

Playing devil’s advocate the only real device I truly would want to have multi user switching is the Vision Pro due to cost and features . If multiple users were to be added to the iPad would there be enough people to justify the long term use of the device ? I feel like this is a HN filter bubble desire just like small phones .

Post by NetMageSCW » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 11:09 PM UTC

jadenPete wrote: post #420

Apple’s hardware teams are seriously running laps around their software teams. Which is odd, because historically, it’s been the opposite. Until iPad OS actually becomes capable for complex work and multitasking, I can’t see what the benefit of strapping such a powerful chip to an iPad is.

Post by lysace » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC

SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #224

moolcool wrote: post #214

The iPad would go from a never-buy to a buy-right-away for me, if they added user profiles. It'd be a nice thing to have on your coffee table, where anyone in the household can pick it up and be logged into all of their stuff. Windows XP had this feature. Chromebooks have this feature. It's inexcusable that such an expensive gadget can only have one user.

Apple has historically never been good at multiple users at the same machine. Even MacOS is still pretty bad at it. IMO incentives are not aligned here, they want everyone purchasing their own iPad, so i suspect that their strategy is to not invest too much into profile management as it risks cannibalizing their hardware sales.