Hm, Apples can change the iPad Hardware all they want, except for the Air having a bigger screen, it won’t make much of a difference to anybody. But they have a chance to give the category the much needed change, if they are „letting lose“ the software. But is this likely to happen just weeks before WWDC? If they mean it, they have to preview iPadOS 18. @appleevent
@gernot I also think „Let Loose“ refers to the iPad hardware. Maybe new MagSafe or something. Especially since software has potentially big implications for developers and the developer conference is right around the corner.
@meaningful_jan iPad is already a wireless device, I don’t think they can theme the new ones around „losing wires“. My gut feeling is that they mean speed, even though nobody cares about speed on the iPad. My 2019 device is just fine, and I don’t expect to upgrade it because it is „slow“.
@sneezr You might be right. He takes big risks on new categories like Watch, Car and Vision, but plays it very, very safe on existing product lines. But the iPad is the category where I think even he got the message that „playing it safe“ might not do it anymore, and taking risks is the way forward. We’ll see.
@sneezr Hm. The hardware is there, but useless without a software change. That might still come at WWDC. But as it is right now, everything i’d use the new iPads for, I can do on the cheapest one.
@gernot Well, Car and Vision failed. Maybe it‘s time to step down. Regarding the iPad, I do hope that you‘ll be right and we finally see macOS on the device. With no walled garden.
@sneezr Well, the possibility of failure is what „risk“ means. I’m not too sure about Vision failing though: While there’s clearly not a successful product with the current possible tech, I appreciate that they try to get there in public. It’ll take a couple of years, and it might never happen, but to call it a failure is too early.
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