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Is it an iPad 3 or what ?
So it been released on the 16th March but Apple has only called it "the new iPad"
So my question is What's it Called ? iPad 2HD iPad 2S iPad 3 iPad 3HD ???????????????????????? |
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Officially, "the Ipad". Unofficially, "3rd gen ipad", or "2012 ipad".
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Apple themselves on the order form describe it as simply iPad ( 3rd Generation )
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Looks like Apple are trying to get away from the numbering system. If you think of their other products you don't have an iPod Touch 4 or iMac 6.
However if they continue selling more than one years model in future it's going to become difficult for customers to differentiate between subsequent models. I guess shop assistants could just refer to them as 'the latest model' and 'last years model'..... |
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It's just 'The New iPad'
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So it been released on the 16th March but Apple has only called it "the new iPad"
So my question is What's it Called ? iPad 2HD iPad 2S iPad 3 iPad 3HD ???????????????????????? Does it matter what it's called though? |
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Does it matter what it's called though?
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It really won't be even slightly confusing. No more than anyone would be confused by last year's new iMac when this year's update comes out.
Seriously - are people just taking the piss with this, because I can't believe anyone could be genuinely confused. |
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It really won't be even slightly confusing. No more than anyone would be confused by last year's new iMac when this year's update comes out.
Seriously - are people just taking the piss with this, because I can't believe anyone could be genuinely confused.
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I actually can't tell if your winking at me because you think I don't know about iMac model numbers, or if you do know that iMacs don't have model numbers.
(Or, if they do, they're so in the small print, that it would be no different any to any model number an iPad might have.) There's no model number on the iMac right in front of me now that I can see. |
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Just don't buy an original iPad (iPad 1) off eBay by mistake, thinking it is the latest iPad - because they both have the same name now.
Guess we'll just have to double check in in future, to make sure we are buying the latest model. |
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I actually can't tell if your winking at me because you think I don't know about iMac model numbers, or if you do know that iMacs don't have model numbers.
(Or, if they do, they're so in the small print, that it would be no different any to any model number an iPad might have.) There's no model number on the iMac right in front of me now that I can see. The only real way to tell is to go to Apple/About This Mac/More Info and then it says something like "Mid 2011" |
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I actually can't tell if your winking at me because you think I don't know about iMac model numbers, or if you do know that iMacs don't have model numbers.
(Or, if they do, they're so in the small print, that it would be no different any to any model number an iPad might have.) There's no model number on the iMac right in front of me now that I can see. I think I've just demonstrated that people can be confused about iMacs.
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They are still selling iPad 2 so obviously if it was called 3 then the 2 would be more tainted.
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I can see that it makes sense to get away from the numbered branding and expect the iPhone will go the same way with just a model number and a descriptor ( eg 3rd gen ) to differentiate the releases
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Your argument was that nobody would be confused about the new iPad because nobody could be confused about iMacs.
I think I've just demonstrated that people can be confused about iMacs. ![]() |
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Unless you want to argue that for years people have been confused about which Macbooks or iMacs they've been buying.
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