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Originally Posted by Robo
I think we agree.
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Mostly. Other than the part where we don't.
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Originally Posted by Robo
I mean, any improvements to the base iPad take away a reason to upgrade to the Air. But that isn’t a reason that Apple should just sit on the base iPad because it’s good enough; it’s just a reason to also keep improving the Air.
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Apple is one of those companies where the middle product is currently misplaced, across the entire product line. It's the "we've got $X to spend" and Apple has a product that costs $X. Where the iPad Pro is very different than the other iPads in a lot of very unique and obvious ways, the iPad Air and the iPad are, well, too close. And the iPad Mini is, um, a small (and very good) iPad Air (and should actually
be the iPad Air!)?
And with iPads, I'm just not sure there is a way to differentiate the product line with clear and concise devices other than "iPad" and "iPad Pro". Middle devices are just there to fill a price slot, and their feature set just isn't needed (or wanted) by most people.
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Originally Posted by Robo
They should really be selling a mini version of the base iPad.
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Exactly! Actually, after adjusting my comment above, it occurred to me that the iPad Mini should be the iPad Air, not the Mini. It is the smallest, lightest, and "Air-iest" of the iPads.
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Originally Posted by chucker
The current low-end iPad is not a bad tablet, nor a bad iPad.
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Exactly!