Apple walks Ars through the iPad Pro’s A12X system on a chip

Re:Apple walks Ars through the iPad Pro’s A12X system on a chip by m_mueller on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @07:19PM (#18403443)

I don’t think it’s just nerds. I think the idea has quite a bit of mass appeal [1], it’s just that existing versions are in some way unsatisfactory. the phone is already on its way to replace our wallet and I think it’s just a matter of time for it to replace our laptop bag. I’d very much welcome that if it could do all the things I’m doing on my Thinkpad, it’s just that human interface and OS are not there yet (meanwhile the chip, RAM and storage is not a problem anymore). Give me character input solution that’s >60% of a Thinkpad and maybe a fold-out screen that doubles the area of a 6inch device and you got it, for more I’m gonna sit at a desk with docking.

[1] see for example the movie “her”.

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Re:Apple walks Ars through the iPad Pro’s A12X system on a chip by jimbokun on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @07:38PM (#18403510)

"it’s just that existing versions are in some way unsatisfactory"

You say this as if it is an easy problem to solve.

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Re:Apple walks Ars through the iPad Pro’s A12X system on a chip by stcredzero on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @07:47PM (#18403549)

"It’s just that existing versions are in some way unsatisfactory," was exactly the problem that plagued smartphones before the iPhone.

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Re:Apple walks Ars through the iPad Pro’s A12X system on a chip by solarkraft on Thursday November 08, 2018 @05:02AM (#18405349)

Not easy, but something Apple is good at.

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