when will apple make the iPad 5?

[Kroze]

God I hope they make the iPad with a 4" screen and call it the iPad 5

 

[PlasmaBomb]

That would be the iPad micro *derp*

 

[PottedMeat]

screenless ipad shuffle

 

[PlasmaBomb]

How would it differentiate from the 4" touch?

http://www.apple.com/ipod-touch/

 

[shortylickens]

I was surprised to learn about the ipad 4 just the other day.

 

[Pardus]

God I hope they make the iPad with a 4" screen and call it the iPad 5

9.7-inch iPad 5 coming summer 2013

 

[pontifex]

I was surprised to learn about the ipad 4 just the other day.

i didn't even know there was a 3...didn't the ipad 2 just come out very recently?

 

[bigrash]

I'm waiting for the ipad 10.

 

[DesiPower]

 

[Ichinisan]

I was surprised to learn about the ipad 4 just the other day.

Apple is all-in with the Lightning connector, so they accelerated the release cycle and made a new 4th-gen iPad with Lightning and A6X.

Already 5 different devices that use Lightning.

- iPhone 5
- iPod touch 5th generation
- iPod nano
- iPad 4th generation
- iPad mini

I'm glad they're supporting this thing.

 

[Ichinisan]

i didn't even know there was a 3...didn't the ipad 2 just come out very recently?

iPad 3rd generation was a major upgrade with A5X and a Retina display. It made a big splash as "the best display ever in any device...period."

...and a 4th gen comes out 7 months later.

 

[ponyo]

Apple is all-in with the Lightning connector, so they accelerated the release cycle and made a new 4th-gen iPad with Lightning and A6X.

Already 5 different sevices that use Lightning.

- iPhone 5
- iPod touch 5th generation
- iPod nano
- iPad 4th generation
- iPad mini

I'm glad they're supporting this thing.

When you can sell $1 cables for $30 and sell $200 devices for $500-700 to millions, you would be foolish not to accelerate the release cycle.

 

[shortylickens]

iPad 3rd generation was a major upgrade with A5X and a Retina display. It made a big splash as "the best display ever in any device...period."

...and a 4th gen comes out 7 months later.

:awe:

 

[Ichinisan]

When you can sell $1 cables for $30 and sell $200 devices for $500-700 to millions, you would be foolish not to accelerate the release cycle.

The standard USB cable is $20, same as it always was. Licensed third-party cables (such as those from Belkin and Griffin) are appearing now. Yeah, the USB cords have a chip now and costs will be slightly more, but Lightning really is an innovative connector and it should have been done years ago.

I've used $200 Android tablets frequently, including Kindle Fire and Nexus 7. I had my HP TouchPad for over a year; most of the time with Android ICS CM9 installed. Every time I used it was a frustrating experience, to say the least. I can't begin to enumerate the problems with the OS and the user interface (not that iOS doesn't have major UI issues, but they are far more tolerable). I rarely used it at all after a couple of months and almost never in the last 6 months. My iPad mini is my first iOS tablet and it's worlds better. I've used it every single day and I hardly even use my desktop computer anymore. Almost all of my web usage just works perfectly on iOS.

 

[rudeguy]

when will people post in the right forum?

 

[Pray To Jesus]

Apple is all-in with the Lightning connector, so they accelerated the release cycle and made a new 4th-gen iPad with Lightning and A6X.

Already 5 different devices that use Lightning.

- iPhone 5
- iPod touch 5th generation
- iPod nano
- iPad 4th generation
- iPad mini

I'm glad they're supporting this thing.

LOL Get screwed suckers.

 

[Imp]

God I hope they make the iPad with a 4" screen and call it the iPad 5

Wouldn't that just be an iPhone or iPod Touch...

 

[TallBill]

The standard USB cable is $20, same as it always was. Licensed third-party cables (such as those from Belkin and Griffin) are appearing now. Yeah, the USB cords have a chip now and costs will be slightly more, but Lightning really is an innovative connector and it should have been done years ago.

I've used $200 Android tablets frequently, including Kindle Fire and Nexus 7. I had my HP TouchPad for over a year; most of the time with Android ICS CM9 installed. Every time I used it was a frustrating experience, to say the least. I can't begin to enumerate the problems with the OS and the user interface (not that iOS doesn't have major UI issues, but they are far more tolerable). I rarely used it at all after a couple of months and almost never in the last 6 months. My iPad mini is my first iOS tablet and it's worlds better. I've used it every single day and I hardly even use my desktop computer anymore. Almost all of my web usage just works perfectly on iOS.

Someone is enjoying the Kool Aid

 

[Ichinisan]

Someone is enjoying the Kool Aid

After spitting-out the vinegar.

 

[Ichinisan]

Wouldn't that just be an iPhone or iPod Touch...

Duh. OP thinks he's making a witty joke

 

[Wyndru]

I've heard rumors of a device to compete with the Toshiba Excite 13".

It's codename is currently maxiPad.

 

[badb0y]

LOL Get screwed suckers.

I don't get it.

 

[OverVolt]

When its not cool anymore /thread

 

[bearxor]

iPad 3rd generation was a major upgrade with A5X and a Retina display. It made a big splash as "the best display ever in any device...period."

...and a 4th gen comes out 7 months later.

I disagree. The only major upgrade over the iPad 2 was the screen. The processor was essentially the same, except for double the GPU power to drive the 2048x1536 resolution.

If anything, the 3rd gen iPad was a stop-gap upgrade and the 4th gen brings a major upgrade. It was my advice to people with iPad 2's to hold off and not rush out and buy a 3. I suspect we'll see an iPad 5th gen around September/October. That's because we probably won't see iOS 7 until June and that will give devs enough time to implement new iOS 7 features for a iPad 5 launch.

 

[TallBill]

Wonder what they'll fuck up with ios7 and I wonder what cool apps they'll try to promote that already are on the market from 3rd parties.