Apple made some stunning announcements yesterday , not the least of which was the quaternary - generation iPad . So , naturally , have the whining begin !
CNet ’s Roger Cheng says“To Apple : Thanks for making my ‘ new iPad ’ obsolete . ”
Apple , I thought we had a deal .
I buy one of your products , and I ’m guaranteed rough a yr feeling like I ’ve baffle the latest and greatest that Apple has to offer .
That ’s not a deal . That ’s an supposition . Thatyoumade . You see the difference ? See , in a deal , both parties agree to it .
( It ’s not the Macalope , good ? It ’s him . )
Six months is a good rule of thumb for the minimal amount of sentence to expect between update of Apple ware . And , according to CNet ’s Sharon Vaknin , it looks like Apple ’s going to permit people who bought a third - genesis iPad within the last month exchange it for a fouth - generation mannequin .
Vaknin seems a small more level - head about this than Cheng .
Vaknin :
consider the fourth - generation iPad declare oneself relatively incremental upgrades , not all iPad proprietor will be peeved .
Cheng :
It ’s not like the improvement are that incremental .
Things might get a little uncomfortable around the CNet water cooler today .
But in the grand outline of things , the changes are quite incremental , even if their bare macrocosm rubs Cheng the wrong way .
The quaternary - generation iPad comes with a raw A6X processor , which doubles the central processor and graphics power of the A5X fleck used in the last iPad .
That ’s the major difference .
It also gets 10 hours of barrage life …
That ’s actually the same as the third - generation iPad .
… FaceTime HD , and expand LTE accompaniment . you may keep the Lightning sorrel connective .
So , let ’s recap . The only veridical under - the - hood modification are a faster processor , a better front - face photographic camera , and a feature Cheng does n’t even need . hold back , did he suffer a bet at CNet ? Is that why he ’s write this piece ?
Look , I ’m not against the evolution of any mathematical product . But I ’d appreciate it [ if ] you let consumers catch their breather before moving on to the “ next big thing . ” ( Or is that Samsung ’s tagline now ? )
It ’s plausibly imprudent to bring up Samsung — which discharge five flagship headphone during the time of day and a half of Apple ’s keynote — in a piece complaining about speedy update bicycle .
Further down the line , does this enter the door to more upgrades each class ? The Android community already has to divvy up with a ceaseless undulation of fresh peregrine gismo , and that is n’t the variety of thing Apple should be aspiring to emulate .
Huh . The means the Macalope find out it from a dozen jerktastic pundit , Apple ’s falling behind because it does n’t stuff updates out the door on a weekly fundament .
Apple ’s not perfect . Sometimes it does things that are n’t customer - friendly . But party update products . Expecting Apple to make it rain pony and 1st Baron Verulam on your docket — something the great unwashed never seem to expect of its competitors — isn’t sensible .
