According to the latest information, Apple is ready to launch new iPad Pro in the first half of 2017. However, it seems this may not be enough to stop the fall in demand for Apple's tablet, which is falling to its lowest level. on the way to a new all-time low, says a new report that has appeared.
Citing supply chain sources, this information states that the demand for chips for the iPad has continued to decline, which means that shipments of iPad devices for 2016 may struggle to reach 40 million units in total. But it does not stop there, the trend is negative and could be even worse.
Declining demand for chips is bad news, especially during the holiday season when the iPad has often been the top seller for Apple, as evidenced by the fact that in previous years it has been a huge success. during the holidays of these dates in which other years, an iPad has been sold per second.
According to the new report, published by Digitimes (which while they have a poor history of rumors when it comes to products, the information does tend to be accurate when they claim that it comes from sources in the supply chain), it is unlikely to see a growth in Apple orders chips until 2018, when they will launch new products.
This is in line with what KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (always well informed about Apple) has been commenting lately. Kuo has suggested that shipments will drop 10 to 20 percent in the year in 2017 and that the new devices are unlikely to be a big growth engine in this area. It also says that Apple will introduce "revolutionary" changes to the iPad in 2018, including the adoption of AMOLED panels. The next generation of iPads (the non-AMOLED ones) is expected to be announced in March 2017.
In any case, the use of OLED screens cannot be described as "revolutionary". Many brands have been using them for years.
Apple may be burning its last cartridges: now it can still introduce "improvements" such as allowing USB drives, SD cards, or reintroducing external connections that it has been suppressing, which will keep it for a few more years.
But it is not about implementing new functions…. although they may baptize them with one of those creative names that lead everyone to think that the idea was theirs. SmartBlack iOLED RetinaX2 screens (the «retina» resolution, which is nothing more than 1280 * 720 pixels, is only used by Apple and the occasional low-end terminal).
Tim Cook said shortly after Jobs' death that Apple fans should not worry about the future of the firm, that before leaving "he had left the fridge well filled" with the ideas that should be developed. Little by little. In small doses, squeezing each "upgrade" well before launching the next.
Obviously there were not so many ideas. Or perhaps those ideas of then do not fit in a market as changing as that of mobile devices.
As far as I know, the iPad has a screen resolution of 2048 x 1536…. I do not know where you get that they use that resolution for iPads, which is what is talked about in the article.
And if you talk about the iPhone, the 4,7 ″ ones use 1.334 times 750 and the Plus 1920 × 1080 ……
so the truth, I still do not see those 1280 × 720….
Apple uses 2048 × 1536 resolution on iPads, which is what is discussed in the article.
If you talk about the iPhone, use 1344 × 750 in the 4,7 ″ and 1920 × 1080 in the plus.
I do not know where you get that resolution, but it is clear that Apple does not use it in its products.