Apple released a new line of iPads last October 22, 2013: the iPad Air and the iPad Mini 2. The 5th generation full-sized iPad has been branded as the iPad Air. It has a new design making it thinner and lighter. The iPad Mini finally have a retina display. Both have the new A7 64-bit chip processor which is also in the iPhone 5S, however the iPad Mini doesn't have the M7 motion co-processor. Both tablets are now pretty powerful yet Apple missed some features to wow us with.
1. No Fingerprint scanner and TouchID
We have all been amazed when Apple introduced the fingerprint scanner and the TouchID in last month's iPhone 5S keynote event. Since then we have also been expecting it to be included in the new iPad and iPad mini. Too bad it wasn't. The fingerprint scanner adds more security and the TouchID give more accessibility especially in downloading from the App Store. This is a very much needed feature for those who use iPads in the corporate world. Looks like Apple want's this feature exclusive to the iPhone 5S.
2. No GOLD!
You gotta admit that you drooled and your eyes popped when the iPhone 5S was announced. Just like the fingerprint scanner, we have all expected that gold will be added to the line of colors of the iPad. But another disappointed that it wasn't. The iPhone 5S is quite a rare to find the gold iPhone 5S. Did Apple run out of gold tint for the iPhone 5S?
3. Still no 8MP camera
We all love taking pictures. Even if it is quite awkward to take pictures from the iPad, Apple should have upgraded iPad's camera to 8MP. If they want to get up a notch at the table race, they should dump the mediocre 5MP camera. They even fail to upgrade the iPhone 5S to a double digit MP to get in par with Samsung Galaxy S4.
4. More storage!
With all the games and apps consuming so much memory space comes the demand for more storage. If Apple wants the iPad to be one of the gaming consoles, they need to add more storage! Games like Infinity Blade automatically consumes more than 1GB. Let's say you have 10 of that kind of games, then add all of your photos, videos and music and you're almost max out of storage. Apple released a 128GB version of iPad 4 earlier this year. But you think the 128GB is enough for all your games and media? Even Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak wasn't impressed with the new iPad Air because he wanted more storage. He even said the following:
"Yes it's thinner, but I wanted storage. I don't have broadband at home, so I carry all my personal media in the iPad. So I was hoping Apple has a 256GB iPad."
Since the bigger iPad changed it's name to iPad Air, there have been rumors that Apple is planning for a iPad Pro in the near future. Would they be upgrading the storage by then?
5. Much bigger iPad?
All of us have their own preferences when it comes to gadget sizes. That's why tech companies are providing us their products in different sizes: their flagship product (phone/tablet), a mini version of the flagship and a bigger size of the flagship wherein in phones we have the phablet. Just what I said in the previous item, there are rumors of having an iPad Pro since the full size iPad became the iPad Air. But will Apple increase the size of the iPad to 11 inches to compete with the Microsoft Surface? Increasing the size is most likely for corporate uses and will it replace the laptop? If Apple will push through the iPad Pro they better come with great accessories such as cases and keyboards.
So do you agree with the missed features from this year's batch of iPads? Are there still other features missing? Let me know!
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