Rumor: first iPad 5 units to be manufactured in time for September launch

[Poke]

Wont be too long.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Rumo...factured-in-time-for-September-launch_id43214

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

A new iPad would have to be A LOT better then my current iPad 3 for me to upgrade it.

 

[whitewolf8214]

Same here and I have the IPAD 4

 

[Neutron]

I don't understand why Apple needs to release new iPads every year. There wasn't much difference between the 3 and the 4 to begin with other than a new connector and a CPU update.

 

[klang]

I'm on a 2. If the new one is thinner and lighter as expected, I'm in. :up

 

[Anole]

I haven't spent enough time with any of 'em to have an opinion on weight & thickness.
But the screen resolution on the iPad 2 (nor the mini) isn't what I want for reading text.

I recently handled an iPad 3. Really fell in love with the high res screen!
Somewhat like moving from iPhone 3 to 4! :up You know it when you see it.

Looked up the difference between the two high res iPads (3 & 4).
Double the horsepower for about the same price?
That was enough for me!

So, what could iPad 5 have to make it attractive?
- faster processor
- lighter
- thinner
- (all above are suggested in the article)
- longer run time (not likely)
- better camera (don't iPhones carry better camera now?)

If Apple didn't bring out a new tablet every year, they would be criticized as being obsolete.
That's what their critics say about iPhones.
The tablet market is just too volitle.

 

[Neutron]

They released the iPad 4 too soon after the 3 in my opinion.


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[dangue]

They released the iPad 4 too soon after the 3 in my opinion.

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I believe they released it to move away from the old connector type (economies of scale reason) rather than they felt a refresh was needed.

Also, it moves the release of new iPads (if annually done) closer to the holiday shopping season.

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[mperdue]

You don't have to buy a new iPad just because Apple releases one.

 

[3HaloODST]

I might move from my iPad 2 to the 4 or 5, depending on what the 5 has to offer. I'll also be looking into the iPhone 5S, as I never felt that the 5 was a big enough upgrade from the 4S. There is also talks of a 5-inch iPhone 6, which also might be waterproof. So not sure yet what I'm going to do.

I believe the reason they released the iPad 4 so soon (other than the doc connector update) was that the iPad 3 GPU was underpowered for Retina. That ended up making the iPad 2 a better performer than the iPad 3.

As for the iPad 2 resolution, of course, compared to Retina it's half the PPI, but at almost 132 PPI it's nothing to sneeze at. Some computer monitors are as low as 86 PPI, still perfectly legible.

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