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by Mafro » Sat Feb 02, 2019 5:53 pm

Yeah those are just the actual phone apps because they've not bothered to develop an iPad version. With Instagram I just use the website rather than the app on my iPad.

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | iOS 12 Out Now
by Errkal » Sat Feb 02, 2019 5:54 pm

Yeah, it’s annoying but not the end of the world.

It’s daft that apps don’t just scale like they do in Android, silly Apple. Also it insane companies like ipaypal and Facebook can’t be arsed to make an iPad version, instagram especially you would think they would.

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | iOS 12 Out Now
by Mafro » Sat Feb 02, 2019 6:07 pm

You get similar problems when an iPhone with a new screen size comes out. It took Sony around three years(!) to finally bother updating their Playstation app to properly support the iPhone 6 onwards even though it got regular updates. The XS Max has been out since September and it was just a few days ago Facebook finally updated their app for that screen size.

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | iOS 12 Out Now
by Errkal » Sat Feb 02, 2019 6:23 pm

Apple really should improve however you do screen sizes so it just works.

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | iOS 12 Out Now
by Mafro » Mon Mar 18, 2019 3:24 pm

Apple announced an updated iPad Mini (for the first time in three-and-a-half years) and a new iPad Air today

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Still no AirPods 2 or Airpower announcement though. There's an event next Monday that's geared towards their subscription TV service.

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | New iPads Announced
by Frank » Mon Mar 18, 2019 8:20 pm

Just bought an XR so I can finally get shot of my 6S with it's dreadful battery. Just waiting for the buyers remorse to kick in now...

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | New iPads Announced
by RichardUK » Mon Mar 18, 2019 9:56 pm

I’m disappointed that they are still using the old Apple Pencil, I’m disappointed that they have bezels and no Face ID, I was hoping that the new iPad Mini would be a smaller version of my 12.9 iPad Pro (2018)

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | New iPads Announced
by KK » Mon Mar 18, 2019 10:34 pm

Is the screen on this new Air better than the Air 2?

Reading The Verge’s article on the new iPads, pencil compatibility sure seems dumb and confusing.

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | New iPads Announced
by Robbo-92 » Tue Mar 19, 2019 12:52 am

Looks to me like they’ve just slightly upgraded and downgraded the outgoing 10.5 Pro to make a new air. Good to see the mini getting an upgrade as well, I imagine they’re all just using the first gen Apple Pencil just so they don’t have to change the casing too much and then they can also make the new Pro seem more catered to Pro users due to,it having USB-C.

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | New iPads Announced
by Mafro » Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:36 am

KK wrote:Is the screen on this new Air better than the Air 2?

Reading The Verge’s article on the new iPads, pencil compatibility sure seems dumb and confusing.

The iPad Pro has a different design to the other current iPads and charges the Pencil 2 wirelessly by connecting it magnetically to the side. All the other iPads use the old design that doesn't have that so they use the old one with the lightning connector. It'll probably be at good while before they get rid of the home button versions of iPads completely and they all use the same design as the Pro.

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | New iPads Announced
by BID0 » Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:37 am

Frank wrote:Just bought an XR so I can finally get shot of my 6S with it's dreadful battery. Just waiting for the buyers remorse to kick in now...

I just swapped out my battery in my 6S Plus last week. £10 and feels like a brand new phone again! :datass: second time I've done it now since buying the phone.

The old battery was causing my camera app to not work most times which was probably caused by the camera and CPU not getting enough power from the battery. The phone has sped up overall and feels snappier and of course the battery lasts an entire day again and charges quick.

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | New iPads Announced
by Frank » Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:52 am

Not helping my buyers remorse :slol:

To be fair I've been meaning to upgrade for a while. The battery drama doesn't help, and now it constantly likes to shout at me for not having any space left.

Also I can buy it through my company :shifty:

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | New iPads Announced
by BID0 » Tue Mar 19, 2019 1:36 pm

I'm actually surprised I'm still at about 50% of my 64GB storage :fp: I anticipated with 4K video recording they introduced on the 6S that it would smash through storage but it's been really good! It probably helps that I hardly store any albums on the phone at any one time these days

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | New iPads Announced
by Captain Kinopio » Tue Mar 19, 2019 4:36 pm

Do these new iPads actually add anything?

I’ve had an Air2 for the past couple of years and like my last iPad I love it, use it every day and can’t imagine going back to not having one anymore. I only really use it for browsing internet and having tv / radio / music in places I don’t have other devices, but it’s great for all those things.

Recently I’ve thought about getting a laptop, I have a desktop but can’t use it since starting to share a flat because there’s no space. I’d like to be able get back to doing some writing so thought I could sell the desktop and get a cheap laptop, using it only really for storage and word processing plus as a backup for anything work related. However having browsed Cambridge today and thought about it some more it just seems like a lot of money for limited use and I’d have the hassle of selling the pc. I did see a lot of these keyboard covers for tablets now and wondered if just getting Word on my iPad and getting one of them would be a better option. Maybe even upgrade my iPad at the same time.

Any advice on what might be the best option would be appreciated. I’m mainly concerned about how good MS Word actually is for iPad and spending an extortionate £160 on a bloody keyboard which may end up being a gimped typing experience anyway (assuming they’re compatible with older models). I see they don’t even have a mouse functionality like a lot of other models like this. All a bit up in the air at the moment.

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | New iPads Announced
by Mafro » Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:39 pm

Looks like AirPower could be coming soon, possibly announced this week https://9to5mac.com/2019/03/19/latest-i ... -imminent/

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | New iPads Announced
by RichardUK » Tue Mar 19, 2019 10:31 pm

Mafro wrote:Looks like AirPower could be coming soon, possibly announced this week https://9to5mac.com/2019/03/19/latest-i ... -imminent/


I hope so! I’m also hoping for new AirPods (I love mine and being able to say Hey Siri would be great) also a new iPod should be interesting I just don’t know what they can do with it more than the last one unless it’s like the current iPhones with a large screen, no bezels etc

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | New iPads Announced
by Mafro » Tue Mar 19, 2019 10:37 pm

I got a bonus at work so I'll be getting an AirPower and AirPods 2 with wireless charging case if they're announced for release next week.

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | New iPads Announced
by Mafro » Wed Mar 20, 2019 1:42 pm

RichardUK wrote:
Mafro wrote:Looks like AirPower could be coming soon, possibly announced this week https://9to5mac.com/2019/03/19/latest-i ... -imminent/


I hope so! I’m also hoping for new AirPods (I love mine and being able to say Hey Siri would be great) also a new iPod should be interesting I just don’t know what they can do with it more than the last one unless it’s like the current iPhones with a large screen, no bezels etc

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | New iPads Announced
by KK » Wed Mar 20, 2019 2:41 pm

I guess Apple are still holding off on having different colours? Grey and Black would be my preference.

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PostRe: Apple Thread II | New iPads Announced
by Floex » Wed Mar 20, 2019 3:58 pm

That’s a ton of money for something that doesn’t even have noise cancellation. Sounds like that is coming next year.

Think I’ll hang on


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