01-11-2013, 05:08 PM
Rumor out today that both the iPad 5 and iPad mini 2(!?) are due to be released in March, contrary to Apple's usual once a year refresh cycle.
If this is true and if Apple moves to a twice a year refresh cycle, how would it make you feel?
If it's once a year, people complain that it's too long between new products. If it's twice a year, I'm sure people will continue to complain that their recently purchased hardware is a generation old way too soon.
I personally think it's great. Keep the innovation going and release products as soon as they are ready for the masses. This, of course, implies that Apple can keep up with demand, which wasn't the case for the iPhone 5 which was in short supply for a very long time.
What do you think?
EDIT: Source of rumor - http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/01/1...t-in-march
"Apple's iPad lineup is now on a twice-a-year refresh cycle, according to a new rumor, which pegs both the full-size iPad and iPad mini as due for updates in March.
Brian White of Topeka Capital Markets said his checks with industry sources at this week's CES event in Las Vegas, Nev., indicated both the fifth-generation iPad and second-generation iPad mini will debut this March, just five months after the last update was announced.
White was told that the new "iPad 5" will be lighter and thinner than the fourth-generation model Apple released late last year. The updated model features a new A6X processor and Apple's smaller Lightning chip but maintained the same design as the third-generation iPad released last March.
As for the iPad mini, White said the second-generation device is expected to have the same form factor. A new model would likely just have upgraded components, such as a faster chip."
If this is true and if Apple moves to a twice a year refresh cycle, how would it make you feel?
If it's once a year, people complain that it's too long between new products. If it's twice a year, I'm sure people will continue to complain that their recently purchased hardware is a generation old way too soon.
I personally think it's great. Keep the innovation going and release products as soon as they are ready for the masses. This, of course, implies that Apple can keep up with demand, which wasn't the case for the iPhone 5 which was in short supply for a very long time.
What do you think?
EDIT: Source of rumor - http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/01/1...t-in-march
"Apple's iPad lineup is now on a twice-a-year refresh cycle, according to a new rumor, which pegs both the full-size iPad and iPad mini as due for updates in March.
Brian White of Topeka Capital Markets said his checks with industry sources at this week's CES event in Las Vegas, Nev., indicated both the fifth-generation iPad and second-generation iPad mini will debut this March, just five months after the last update was announced.
White was told that the new "iPad 5" will be lighter and thinner than the fourth-generation model Apple released late last year. The updated model features a new A6X processor and Apple's smaller Lightning chip but maintained the same design as the third-generation iPad released last March.
As for the iPad mini, White said the second-generation device is expected to have the same form factor. A new model would likely just have upgraded components, such as a faster chip."
