iPad Shortage

cdvy said:
I didn’t go to one store and decide to ask questions. I’ve called and been to most resellers in Johannesburg and they are only struggling with the pro iPads, so my question was why that one specifically. Most others are fine.

Tsepz’ reply was helpful, yours just proved that you have nothing better to do so you took the time to post BS
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As Epah spelled out for you, the availability is due to Covid lockdowns. This caused massive worldwide microchip shortages due to the slowdown of production.

Apple drastically reduced iPad production as they had to prioritise their iPhone manufacturing demand. iPhones share many of the same components with the iPads. Not enough chips to meet both iPhone and iPad demand...
 
@cdvy hopefully you will be able to get stock of the new iPads unveiled today, as soon as they arrive down here! :)

M2 iPad Pro models:
www.apple.com

Apple introduces next-generation iPad Pro, supercharged by the M2 chip

The new iPad Pro features superfast Wi-Fi 6E, ProRes video capture, a next-level Apple Pencil hover experience, and powerful features in iPadOS 16.
www.apple.com

10.9-inch standard iPad
www.apple.com

Apple unveils completely redesigned iPad in four vibrant colors

Featuring a 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display, powerful A14 Bionic chip, advanced cameras, USB-C, support for the new Magic Keyboard Folio, and more.
www.apple.com
 
Ya no not convinced at this new Pro..

Amazon has plenty refurbed 11” 2nd Gen Pro’s for next to nothing. gonna aim for one of those
 
cdvy said:
Ya no not convinced at this new Pro..

Amazon has plenty refurbed 11” 2nd Gen Pro’s for next to nothing. gonna aim for one of those
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How much including shipping and duties?
 
Tsepz_GP said:
@cdvy hopefully you will be able to get stock of the new iPads unveiled today, as soon as they arrive down here! :)

M2 iPad Pro models:
www.apple.com

Apple introduces next-generation iPad Pro, supercharged by the M2 chip

The new iPad Pro features superfast Wi-Fi 6E, ProRes video capture, a next-level Apple Pencil hover experience, and powerful features in iPadOS 16.
www.apple.com

10.9-inch standard iPad
www.apple.com

Apple unveils completely redesigned iPad in four vibrant colors

Featuring a 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display, powerful A14 Bionic chip, advanced cameras, USB-C, support for the new Magic Keyboard Folio, and more.
www.apple.com
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Interesting, the new entry level ipad 10th gen is probably going to be pushing R10k.

“Wi-Fi models of the new iPad are available with a starting price of $449 (US), and Wi-Fi + Cellular models start at $599 (US). The new iPad, in 64GB and 256GB configurations, comes in blue, pink, yellow, and silver.

iPad (9th generation) will remain in the iPad lineup. Wi-Fi models of iPad (9th generation) are available with a starting price of $329 (US), and Wi-Fi + Cellular models start at $459 (US), in silver and space gray finishes.
 
airborne said:
Interesting, the new entry level ipad 10th gen is probably going to be pushing R10k.

“Wi-Fi models of the new iPad are available with a starting price of $449 (US), and Wi-Fi + Cellular models start at $599 (US). The new iPad, in 64GB and 256GB configurations, comes in blue, pink, yellow, and silver.

iPad (9th generation) will remain in the iPad lineup. Wi-Fi models of iPad (9th generation) are available with a starting price of $329 (US), and Wi-Fi + Cellular models start at $459 (US), in silver and space gray finishes.
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The UK okes are already complaining. Gen 10 64gb is 499 GBP, for a “base” iPad.
 
airborne said:
How much including shipping and duties?
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256GB Wi-Fi & LTE range between 10-13k with prime membership including shipping and duties.

If you aren’t into the camera set up then the 1st Gen 11” is even cheaper and runs perfectly fine, for an iPad..

I don’t see the need for an M1/M2 product that cannot do more that what an A12 does especially with its pricing
 
Definitely keeping my 2nd gen 11” iPad Pro for at least another few years, or until we see some truly bug stuff come through on iPad OS.

Something that I wish Apple would improve on iPad is battery life, honestly I have never had an iPad since the iPad 4 that is truly mind blowing in this area.
I remember I could heavily play games like Asphalt and also stream movies for hours on end on my iPad 4, that thing had a tank of a battery, iOS 6 was also super frugal, it simply wouldn’t die, but then I upgraded to iPad Air 2 and the battery on that was significantly less, still decent but not at iPad 4 levels and now my A12Z 11” iPad Pro is also not so great on the battery, one has to turn down the screen brightness quite a bit for it to keep going. It’s not the multi day battery life the iPad 4 had basically.

Apples whole “10 hour battery” thing is not ideal anymore.

Hopefully the 3nm chips and AMOLED will bring battery gains to future iPads, I’ve seen folks with M1 iPad Pros also seeing not so great battery life.
 
Tsepz_GP said:
Definitely keeping my 2nd gen 11” iPad Pro for at least another few years, or until we see some truly bug stuff come through on iPad OS.

Something that I wish Apple would improve on iPad is battery life, honestly I have never had an iPad since the iPad 4 that is truly mind blowing in this area.
I remember I could heavily play games like Asphalt and also stream movies for hours on end on my iPad 4, that thing had a tank of a battery, iOS 6 was also super frugal, it simply wouldn’t die, but then I upgraded to iPad Air 2 and the battery on that was significantly less, still decent but not at iPad 4 levels and now my A12Z 11” iPad Pro is also not so great on the battery, one has to turn down the screen brightness quite a bit for it to keep going. It’s not the multi day battery life the iPad 4 had basically.

Apples whole “10 hour battery” thing is not ideal anymore.

Hopefully the 3nm chips and AMOLED will bring battery gains to future iPads, I’ve seen folks with M1 iPad Pros also seeing not so great battery life.
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Definitely worth keeping the 2nd Gen as it’s still very powerful. The M1/2 in these new pros don’t serve much of a purpose rather than adding thunderbolt connectivity, 5G or even this new Apple Pencil hover..

Agree on the battery life! I use mine screen on with the GPS for about 3 hours nonstop and it’s fine, but outside of work with streaming/youtube or general browsing, it does not come close to 5/6 hours.. taking into account the iPads battery age too.

I owned the 1st Gen 11” and it was incredible. Pity it took the slightest bit of water and after a few weeks the backlight decided to quit. 9K to replace..

Not sure why they couldn’t at least do some basic waterproofing like the iPhones..
 
FiestaST said:
Android tabs are pretty poorly optimizes, relatively speaking, last time I checked.
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Had an Android tablet. Once. Never again. Pretty top model too. I won't budge from an iPad and mine has been going for about 6 years now with the same speed as when I got it initially.
 
I had a Samsung Galaxy Tab10.1v android tablet back in the early Android tablet days, thing had amazing battery life to but the software experience was absolutely horrific, that was back in the Android 3.0 Honeycomb days, barely any apps were optimised for it and the model itself was poorly supported (think we even had a thread here at MyBB that was more of a support group, lol!), if I remember correctly we eventually got Android 4.0.4 ICS, but by that point the damage was done and optimised apps were still few and far between. Jumped to iPad 4 in late 2012, never looked back.
 
Tsepz_GP said:
I had a Samsung Galaxy Tab10.1v android tablet back in the early Android tablet days, thing had amazing battery life to but the software experience was absolutely horrific, that was back in the Android 3.0 Honeycomb days, barely any apps were optimised for it and the model itself was poorly supported (think we even had a thread here at MyBB that was more of a support group, lol!), if I remember correctly we eventually got Android 4.0.4 ICS, but by that point the damage was done and optimised apps were still few and far between. Jumped to iPad 4 in late 2012, never looked back.
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Exactly the same experience with the same device. replaced it 2 years later with our iPads which have never given us a performance issue since.
 
I think the Android tablets, new and old are purely consumption products.. good for entertainment, streaming and browsing. That’s all..
I have not seen a lot of “pro” apps optimized or even supported on android tablets.
 
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