Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3

Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by robinhoodexe on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @01:37PM (#8460182)

I honestly don't think Apple ever does something accidentally related to marketing. Everything is planned and executed to perfection. You can say a lot about Apple, but they're very good at marketing and "accidentally" stealing attention (remember that guy "leaving" his unreleased iPhone in a bar?).

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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by 0x0 on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @01:44PM (#8460260)

Like the firmware update (iOS 8.0.1) that completely disabled cellular and the touchid reader on iPhone 6?

Looks like QA is slipping heavily these days.

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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by robinhoodexe on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @01:51PM (#8460325)

Granted, that was not good, but I did mean marketing-related accidents only.

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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by pilsetnieks on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @02:55PM (#8460864)

Jobs told on stage that FaceTime was going to be an open standard, and anyone could connect to it. Granted, WWDC is a developer conference but a WWDC keynote is still very much a marketing event.

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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by differentView on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @01:39PM (#8460203)

You are giving them way too much credit.

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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by bluthru on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @01:59PM (#8460404)

This is the same company that recently released an iOS update that broke touchID (and WiFi?) for their brand new phones. Humans aren't perfect.

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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by tehwebguy on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @02:12PM (#8460528)

> (remember that guy "leaving" his unreleased iPhone in a bar?)

Yes, remember how hard they went after Gizmodo because of it?

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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by UnfalseDesign on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @02:07PM (#8460482)

As much as a portion of my mind wants to think this leak was a well timed attempt to draw tablet news in their direction mere hours after Google released information about theirs, I honestly believe it was just a mistake. Apple gains nothing by releasing this information a mere 24 hours before their big announcement. This is just a mistimed button click.

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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by jake223 on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @01:39PM (#8460208)

The first screenshot "accidentally" shows the specs of their new devices.

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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by spiritplumber on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @01:46PM (#8460274)

Apple messing up on tech? Yep. Apple messing up on marketing? Much less likely. This leak is about as accidental as me.

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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by MBCook on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @02:15PM (#8460551)

> Apple messing up on marketing? Much less likely.

U2 album.

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Re:Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 by Fastidious on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @02:00PM (#8460428)

> This leak is about as accidental as me.

That doesn't say much, does it? I don't know you, were you accidental? :-)

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