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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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Post by bryan0 »

shreddit wrote: post #30
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.

Well technically it is. The front is now screen only, regardless of the actual screen size. There is just nothing else on the front

> There is just nothing else on the front

... except for a giant f'ing bezel

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

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Post by rchaud »

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

This reads like a comment from January 2010. When have you ever been able to install your own desktop apps on a device running an ARM-based SoC?

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

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Post by NobodyNada »

rootusrootus wrote: post #10
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”.

This is normal. E.g. cars are the same way. It's not "The Mustang" it is "Mustang".

Huh? I’ve never heard anyone refer to a car model without an article. If you purchased a Mustang you’d say “I got a Mustang”, not “I got Mustang.” Even when talking about the model in general rather than a specific car, it’s “The Mustang gets 30 MPG”, not “Mustang gets 30 MPG.”

(I’m from the PNW, in case it’s a regional thing.)

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

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Post by cma »

justapassenger wrote: post #22
anm89 wrote: post #6

I love how everything has to be a "revolutionary breakthrough" with apple. Wow the 73rd version of the 19th variation of the ipad gets better performance. What a break though.

It's amazing how Apple was able to get general public to be excited about things like "20% brighter display". Benefits of being rockstar I guess. But all rockstars get out of fashion...

Also "iPad mini features an all-screen design" while immediate picture underneath still shows significant bezels. Turns out they are just talking about the home button.

>With iPadOS 15, powerful new ML features include Live Text, which uses on-device intelligence

The chip enabling this has recently turned out to be used as an on-device intelligence agency, that reports estimates of crimes back to the mothership and could go very wrong in some countries.

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