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I can't believe Apple made an dense and ugly slide like this: https://boygeniusreport.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/apple-ip...

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It's dense (but they've had dense slides before) and it's a departure from their previous aesthetic (which they've also done before) but it's not objectively ugly.

Looks like a Grafana dashboard :)

Personally I’ve never used an iPad (nothing against, just more of an android guy) but I’m more surprised that split view, pop over, custom fonts, external storage displayed in the storage viewer and all are apparent just new on it. Phone I can understand but on tablet it seems late.

Based on using a 10.5" iPad Pro since 2017, I believe what this slide is saying is that all of these things are new to the volume priced iPad, which after all just got an upgrade to the 3 year old A10.

On my Pro, I've had most of the stuff on this slide from the beginning. Not sure about custom fonts as I've never looked into it, and I think native external storage support is new in the upcoming OS (though it was achievable with third-party apps since iOS 11).

But yeah, bottom line of this slide is that these formerly pro-only features are now in the $329 product.

The 7th Gen is still lacking the quad speaker setup, ProMotion 120Hz refresh rate, True Tone and does not feature a fully laminated screen. At least, it has retained the 3.5mm audio jack. Although, the 10.5" (2017) iPad Pro will remain the superior choice for those willing to hunt it down; the new entry level model has a very attractive price tag.

I don't think people buy apple products for the amazing cutting edge features. Android has beaten apple to just about every feature ever.

People buy apple for the same reason they buy a Mercedes. It does all the same stuff, but it feels nicer.

Yeah.. last years all presentations are all about specs. Might have to sell my shares in a year or 2

jve is short for j onathani ve? Anyway, I thought the same when I saw that slide (and a couple others).

> jve is short for j onathani ve?

Nop

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