May 2nd is Q2 Earning Report, as for iPads later this year do you mean WWDC? I feel like Spring/Summer is a great time to refresh the iPad lineup especially why would Apple wait till that September/October time it makes their offereings crowded and doesn't let each product get the attention they deserve. I'm telling you guys you have it all wrong as Apple is sending out those invites tommorow, their mail service was down today that's all.I'm fine with waiting.
It's all you others - the fence-sitters, the future-proof crowd, and the rest - who are on pins-and-needles anxiously waiting and speculating.
Is it this week that the media invites go out? Or the next? Or a month or two more? One person posted about the Apple Q2 report coming up...maybe before that?
Rationalize away.
Apple had to release this more affordable and lower-spec'd iPad first. Had they released both the Pros and the standard iPad at the same time, less people may have bought the cheaper one.
The Pro refreshes will come later in the year.
DIfferent people see this differently, why the way you see it is definitely valid and I'd agree I also see it more as them advertising the iPad Pro line itself and not so much the individual devices, therefore easily allowing for them to build a little consumer interest in them before a potential launch of the refreshed models.
It is crazy to upgrade the big ipad Pro with those features when you consider the price of a big Pro. resale value on it is not high enough to warrant an upgrade imo.
You will probably upgrade as Apple will continue to increase performance this fall with 10nm chips, in which case they will probably hit a wall, although I did hear that 7nm was also already in the pipeline for 2018-2019 production.
I dont use my Pro as a performance machine. As long as websites load smoothly, no lag, i can keep tabs open and no reloading im good.
In that case you will be good for awhile with 4Gb of ram and A9X although ios 11 may heavily utilize that new found power, causing your device to become slower sooner than you may expect, you never know with Apple. Although now a days heck ever since the iPad 2 your iPad can usually last about 5 years.
I have to disagree, not only to hold out hope for invites today, but mainly because iOS 11 will be heavily iPad focused, and I think Apple wants to capitalize on that with new iPad Pro's. I think it would be a mistake for Apple to not release new Pros this year as they already had essentially a off year with the 12.9 inch Pro going on 2 years old this fall.
I really hope you are right. I just got rid of my Mini 3 because the user experience was going down and i had high hopes that a new better ipad will be released in spring. Web pages keep reloading, laggy, etc.
Unfortunately you could be waiting till fall for that at the worst or acouple weeks at the best, we will see.
May 2nd is Q2 Earning Report, as for iPads later this year do you mean WWDC? I feel like Spring/Summer is a great time to refresh the iPad lineup especially why would Apple wait till that September/October time it makes their offereings crowded and doesn't let each product get the attention they deserve. I'm telling you guys you have it all wrong as Apple is sending out those invites tommorow, their mail service was down today that's all.
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DIfferent people see this differently, why the way you see it is definitely valid and I'd agree I also see it more as them advertising the iPad Pro line itself and not so much the individual devices, therefore easily allowing for them to build a little consumer interest in them before a potential launch of the refreshed models.
