Apple introduces iPad Air with powerful M3 chip and new Magic Keyboard

Re:Apple introduces iPad Air with powerful M3 chip and new M... by evilduck on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @09:38AM (#43255220)

Supply chain consolidation. Supplying newly manufactured iPads with chips no longer in production isn’t really a winning strategy. Honestly it’s a bit surprising they didn’t just jump to M4s since the iPad Pros debuted with that about a year ago.

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Re:Apple introduces iPad Air with powerful M3 chip and new M... by 42772827 on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @10:43AM (#43256128)

I believe the “you” in the “you’d” that the comment refers to is the customer, and the customer certainly doesn’t “need” supply chain consolidation.

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Re:Apple introduces iPad Air with powerful M3 chip and new M... by evilduck on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @07:20PM (#43261173)

I mean, as a potential customer “you’d” probably like to be able to buy the product announced. Fitting new products with A15 or M1 chips that aren’t in production anymore will impact the ability to buy one unless Apple is sitting on a big stockpile of unused chips.

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