Thinner and lighter tablet will apparently resemble iPad mini.
Barely anyone was surprised when Apple announced the iPad Mini at the end of October. However, many were surprised when Apple announced that it was also updating the regular iPad line with the addition of the brand new iPad 4. The iPad 3 had only been released six months previously. As you can imagine, some consumers who had purchased the iPad 3 were none too pleased to realize their tablet was already out of date. Now it seems those that bought the iPad 4 when it was released last month might soon feel the same way.
Rumor has it Apple is currently working on the newest iPad and it could be released in the first quarter of next year. Japanese news blog Macotakara cites Chinese website ZOL in reporting that the iPad 5 will have a thinner, lighter design as well as a small form factor. Apparently, the new design will be similar to that of the iPad mini and could shave 4mm off the height of the iPad as well as 17mm from the width and 2mm from the depth. There's also talk of a second gen iPad mini complete with Retina display.
Macotakara cites its own source that says the fifth generation iPad will go on sale in March 2013. If this proved to be true, the current generation iPad, the iPad 4, will spend just four months with the label of 'latest iPad' before being pushed out of the spotlight by a newer model.
There's no one forcing you to update. It's good that the device is continuosly enhanced, but you don't need to step each 6 months from one model to another. If you do, you are a consumist, and that's your problem... if you don't then skip a couple of models... because now you know that in 6 months you'll have iPad 6, with new colors available.
Nothing says suck more than spending $600 on hardware and applications to have your hardware be obsolete 6-8 weeks later.
There's no one forcing you to update. It's good that the device is continuosly enhanced, but you don't need to step each 6 months from one model to another. If you do, you are a consumist, and that's your problem... if you don't then skip a couple of models... because now you know that in 6 months you'll have iPad 6, with new colors available.
Samsung has released a new Galaxy device every few months.
But of course, since it is Apple...we have to make a huge deal about it.
i like the quick release cycle though. it brings new tech to the market. which means it'll drive down the cost of the components for everyone else since the rich folks will buy them. i can then afford a nexus 10.
competition is good folks.
most of my friends are mac users, and they are already pretty ticked off about the ipad 4 because most of them had just gotten the previous one a month or two before, and there was a HUGE difference in performance between the two. If this new one is more of an incremental update (bigger storage and a few tweaks) then they will just accept it, but if it is another big jump in performance or battery life then that just might be enough to push them away from apple.
If they can make a ridiculous amount of money off fanbois who want the latest and (not greatest but same for the most part), why not? Typical company making lots of money off of uninformed (and sometimes stupid) consumers.
Because they are tired of idiots telling them that their release cycle is too long. Are you one of the 'tards that thinks the old device magically stops working when the new one is released?
Uh yeah and Samsumg does the same thing..lol
No, nothing says suck like spending $$$ on a piece of hardware and then having your daughter complain she can't find her favorite Apps, or when she does find them they suck compared to the iOS version. Or when she goes to the store to get a custom case and there's only 5 to choose from. Or when she wants to play games with her friends and they all have iPads.
For nerds and people who like to tinker Android will do you fine. But I would never subject my kids to the frustration and eventual dissatisfaction that is the Android tablet ecosystem.
Exactly. I bought the iPad 4 for the kids. It's smoking fast and has lots of Apps. They're both into music so I got them a full suite of various synthesizer, music production and DAW Apps. I was able to set up a complete home studio for a very small investment.
None of what I bought will go obsolete the day a new iPad comes out - it will continue to work great and is infintely more usable than Android (which is absolutely USELESS for music/audio production).