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  • iPad Mini 3: Rumors Abound For October 16th. But Is It Obsolete?

    With the October 16th Apple media event right around the corner, everyone is trying guess what Apple will announce before they announce it. One of the hot topic items is the iPad Mini 3.

    Although the iPad Mini 3 is expected to be unveiled at the event, Tech Radar published a rumor that it won’t be available until next year.

    Unfortunately, Apple has kept such a tight lid on the event, it’s difficult to say what will be unveiled without resorting to speculation. The Motley Fool published an editorial which anticipated little to no “genuine game-changing new features up its sleeve this go-round”. They anticipate that the new features will be limited to the gold color variant option, Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint sensor, and the A8 chip, with no changes to overall form.

    The gold iPad rumor has been floating around a lot. It has been suggested the color change might be an attempt to boost sales. There has been a lot of speculation on how it will look:

    Gold color aside, analysts are already wondering if the new iPhone 6 makes the iPad Mini obsolete. Mashable’s Christina Warren suggested the Mini may go the way of the iPod touch, rendered obsolete by a new iPhone release. “From a usage perspective, there isn’t a huge difference between the experience of using and iPhone 6 Plus and an iPad mini. Sure, the mini has a bigger screen and more landscape features, but the iPhone 6 Plus has the type of real estate and app support to feel like the ultimate pocketable tablet,” she wrote, “Moreover, because the iPhone 6 Plus can also make phone calls, it really does fit the bill for the type of user who wants a pocketable tablet but doesn’t want to carry two devices.”

    Those unable to attend the event in person will have to wait and see when Apple streams the event live on October 16th.

  • You Might Have to Wait for Those Bigger iPads

    As you probably know, Apple is planning on holding another press event on the heels of the big iPhone 6 event the company held a few weeks ago. The event is scheduled for October 16, and Apple just sent out press invites on Wednesday.

    Reports indicate that Apple is gearing up to unveil its new iPad line, which includes a much larger device with a 12.9-inch display. The current iPad Air has a 9.7-inch screen and the iPad Mini sports a 7.9-inch one.

    But according to the Wall Street Journal, the larger iPad will likely face a delay.

    Quoting the ubiquitous “sources familiar with the matter”, the WSJ says that Apple has pushed back its plans to manufacture the highly-anticipated new iPad. While production was supposed to begin in December, Apple is apparently being forced to move it back to early 2015.

    The culprit? The new iPhone 6 – more specifically the iPhone 6 Plus and its crazy demand.

    You may recall that both the iPhone 6 and the larger iPhone 6 Plus set sales records, but it was the iPhone 6 Plus that was “sold out” within hours of launch.

    Apparently, all available resources must be funneled into iPhone 6 production.

    “The top priority for the supply chain is to meet the overwhelming demand for the larger screen iPhones. The output of the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus remains unsatisfactory. It would be challenging for display makers to split resources and spend a few months to ramp up production for a new larger screen iPad now,” said the WSJ’s sources.

    It’s still anyone’s guess as to what Apple will actually announce at next Thursday’s event, but it looks like we’ll be getting some new iMacs and the public release of OS X Yosemite.

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  • Gold iPads Are Coming This Month, According to Report

    If you’re sick of the old ‘space gray’ and silver iPads, you may have a shiny new option to consider.

    Bloomberg quotes the omnipresent “people familiar with the matter” who says that Apple is preparing to launch pretty new gold iPads when they unveil new versions of their current iPad lineup this month. This also corroborates rumors heard last month that Apple would be holding an iPad-centric press event in late October. Apart from new hardware, Apple is also expected to release OS X Yosemite to the public at large.

    The last time Apple introduced new iPads was last October – so this doesn’t seem like too much of a stretch.

    Bloomberg suggests that Apple might be doing this to help slumping iPad sales, which have fallen significantly since 2010. This also does not seem like too much of a stretch. Apple tried to boost sales by implementing a widely varied color palette with the iPhone 5c – but that didn’t really take off.

    According to these same sources, a gold iPad might be the most exciting thing you’ll see at the rumored Apple event. Apparently, the giant 12.9-inch iPad that’s been floated around (the iPad Pro, anyone?) will not be part of the late October event.

    For that, you’ll have to wait till 2015.

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