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A12X leak paints two possible scenarios for new iPad Pros
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The A10X is already faster then i3’s and some i5’s
I know this, and why its gonna hurt my checkbook if and only if Apple blows the doors off the room. And releases A12X devices.
My body is ready.
Maybe they needed the speed of the A12X to really ensure that the notch interface is super smooth on a 12 inch screen.
Way more than the home button interface, the ‘notch’ interface needs to be super smooth with high frame rates for the immersion to work properly. No jankiness.
Way more than the home button interface, the ‘notch’ interface needs to be super smooth with high frame rates for the immersion to work properly. No jankiness.
The A10X is already faster then i3’s and some i5’s
Also in case anyone noticed the A12X leak makes perfect sense with the previous news that Apple is looking to ditch Intel chip in some of its products.
A12X running MacOSX means only a matter of time before someone ports that code and has MacOSX running on iPad Pro.
Loving the Mac Mini idea but 899 is steep. There should be a 499 entry point as well for those of us who don’t need monster processing but rather the ability to attach external monitors and drives for serious word processing, editing, spreadsheets, photo storage, iTunes library etc.
899 plus a keyboard trackpad and monitor gets you rather close to iMac territory.
My dream? This A12X mini, the size of an Apple TV box that I can chuck into my bag and take along on long business trips. A built in Apple TV would be amazing. As also The ability to use an iPad pro as a monitor and an iPhone as a trackpad/keyboard. Of course it won’t happen but hey, I can dream
It’s actually on par with past i7’s in single core scores. It’s more powerful than 2 year old or so i5’s too.The A10X is already faster then i3’s and some i5’s
I see the A12X being pretty close to even in single core scores 2017-2018 i7’s and then being able to overclock i5’s.
I HOPE this rumor is true, I’d sell my HomePod and iPad Pro 10.5” in a heartbeat to get an iPad with no bezels, A12X, Face ID, BT 5.0, and updated Apple Pencil features.
Kallum.
You’re trying to replace a HomePod with an IPP? Or is that unrelated?
I'm not talking about iPads. A computer running OSX. Read again. A12X MAC mini, not ipad mini.
Apple has never released an iPad chip before an iPhone chip in the same series. If we do get an A12X it will be either at or more likely after the iPhone event when they show off the A12. The only situation I could see this not happening is if Apple has a lot more in store for the Mac this year with regard to moving to A-series chips on the MacBooks or something. If they need to show off Marzipan at WWDC and that ties into an ARM optimized macOS then they might do that. But I would think they would come up with a different name for Mac chips? They already use M for the motion coprocessor, though A-series could just be their top of the line series. Maybe it could be an A12M for Mac? Idk. Branding doesn’t seem clear enough. I think it’s more likely we’ll see Marzipan and Apple designed Mac chips next year though based on current rumors. But I’d love to see an A12X in the new iPad. I’ve not been a fan of recent strategy to basically release an iPhone a couple months later that has a faster chip than a “Pro” iPad.
Yes $899 steep that’s for the laptop. MacMini A12X more like $499+ BYOKM
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Agree with your first sentence.
But it’s time that changes and Pro Level tech filters down from high level Pro devices to simpler tech like phones which bring their own features and limitations.
I bet anything that a creator ,web designers ,illustrator will care much more about an iPad Pro with an A12X than, a teen or tech enthusiast cares about waiting 6 more months to have the A12 be in the IPhone first as is tradition then work its way to the iPad as the A12X.
Apple is smart is giving the wow factor to the iPad first now.
Apple likes to make as big a splash as possible at each and every iPhone event. That includes a new top-tier processor. Apple makes most of their money on iPhone. I’d be fine with them going back to November iPad releases. Anything to get a new X series sooner instead of at the end of the lifecycle.
How much more power do you need in a phone? They could make a different kind of a splash by suddenly highlighting 50% more battery life at slightly more performance levels. These days that's the bottleneck on pocket mobile devices. Battery! And of course they'll have the normal camera improvements and other whiz bang stuff to go with it. I agree with the way @TheRealAlex is thinking. Just a week away, worst case two months away. Going to be interesting to see what direction they take this in.
I don’t, but there working on all kinds of advanced AR, machine learning and computer assisted photography stuff that is enabled by faster chips. Faster chips also reduce the time it takes to complete tasks. But it’s mostly for show. That being said, if it’s 30% faster and 40% more battery efficient then it’s the best of both worlds. I have a marketing minor and marketing is never actually about what people need but what they want and you present something in a way which makes your product really attractive: fast, sleek, etc. I think Apple has been pushing the enevelope to get us to a point where they can pivot from 5-10W iOS TDPs to 25-40W MBP TDPs and absolutely annihilate Intel and all the competition. As for battery life, I very rarely see my iPhone X below 30% at bedtime and am above 40% more often than not. Even after nearly 7 months where with previous iPhone models I’ve seen it start to slip after six months. So the battery life is really catching up already and seems to be a natural progression. While most people might actually find battery life to be a more useful feature, it’s not a sexy thing to talk about as a primary selling point. You can supplement battery life with portable chargers, topping up throughout the day or leaving it on a wireless pad on your desk. The same can’t be said about making your phone faster—even though 95% of people won’t need it. You see it on MR and elsewhere after every launch—the inevitable benchmark test against a slew of Android phones.
Anyway, considering no real leaks I doubt it’s sooner rather than later. Maybe Apple got a lot better at keeping things under wraps but it will be sometime between September and March with my money on late October/early November, second on early March, third in September at the iPhone event.
The 3nm diff 10 to 7 isn’t 50% and the iPad mini 5 isn’t happening.
Great first para. Timing? Who really knows. March 19 loses the holiday shopping season. At that point it’ll be no secret something is coming out soon. Oct / Nov loses the college back to school crowd. Lots of graduation money to be spent and if they’re marketing it as a laptop replacement (for college I don’t think it is unless you also have an OSX machine). Huge market and it’s nkt like Apple to leave money on the table.
June does look doubtful now. Besides this new chip info, and the old rumors from March there’s radio silence.
Im still thinking a WWDC announcement with fancy chip explanation with a ship date in September. Maybe ship with iOS 11 but describe the features of iOS 12. It’s less risky than last year and they did do that in 2017. 11 was a complete overhaul sounds like 12 is fixing nuts and bolts and won’t have a dramatic impact on actual iPad usability.
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IF it happens it’ll be March 2019. Keepnthe bezeled basic iPad at 329. If you take off the bezels on the 9.7 you end up with a physical body only slightly larger than the mini with an edge to edge screen. Flip side. Take the current mini and make the screen edge to edge. Effective screen size a bit less than the 9.7 iPad.
Call it what you want make the screen as big as you want I just like the form factor of the mini and the physical dimensions are what’s important. Add pencil support and it’s a digital moleskine and a great companion device to the behemoth that is the 12.9.
If they do this, great. If not I’m taking a serious look at the rumored surface andromeda foldable mobile device. Looks intriguing and innovative. Not a bad on the go work machine. Perfect for kindle, browsing, email, Twitter, music, note taking and light office apps. For the most part I live in a handful of apps these days. The underlying OS doesn’t really matter unless iTs a real dog.
Various cloud services help keep my cross platform computing in synch.
Boom, I knew there was one I just lost track. Thank you so there is history.
Can you draw it and post? All I’m seeing are lots of references to code (obviously), one of the blocks kind of looks like an AirPods case (could we see AirPods 2nd generation?) and the block with three dots on it reminds me of the smart connector, so that might support the new iPad Pros theory.
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With an apple logo shaped notch at the top!
Thanks for that. I was having trouble seeing it myself.
I forgot about that! Which is weird because I got both on launch day. I think it was also the first iOS device to launch without a new X.0 version of iOS. It’s a bit of an anomaly. And its A4 was gimped compared to the iPhone 4 with 256MB RAM vs. 512MB.