Apple was late with the generative AI. It is not a secret and even recognizes his own CEO. There is a maximum applicable to the Californian company which says that the important thing is not to arrive before, but to improve. Leaving aside the comparisons of Apple's intelligence with other competitors, this week, something unpublished has happened: Apple launched an iPad not compatible with AI.
Although the unpublished has a certain trap because it has not been a year that we know Apple Intelligence, it is no less true than from its presentation and so far all its devices have been formed with processors that have made them compatible. The new iPad 11 broke with and, despite other points of interest, He reflects that AI is not all for Apple. Not at the moment and more when he has an even bigger goal: make the box.
No Apple intelligence for the new iPad
Of the three iPads that Apple presented this week, two of them are fully compatible the iPad Air M3 with the AI of the company. The other, the aforementioned iPad 11, no. And it carries a A16 Bionic Powerful This, without being the last company of the company, is launching a very good performance. Unsurprisingly, it was the chip that the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max, as well as the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus.
The jump of the A14 Bionic, which transported the iPad 10 of 2022, is appreciable. However, it's also The conviction for which there is not, and there will not be Apple Intelligence in the new basic iPad either. It was explained by Apple a few months ago, declaring that an adapted chip was necessary such as the A17 Pro or the A18 and A18 Pro, because a good part of the execution of the AI is done at home. Apart from 8 GB of memory, which, unless surprised, does not have this basic iPad.
Since WWDC 2024 appeared Apple Intelligence, Apple launched nine products: iPhone 16 and 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max, iPad Mini 7, iMac M4, Mac Mini M4, MacBook Pro M4 and iPhone 16th. All with fleas from the series “M” or with an equal chip or after the aforementioned A17 pro.
A rare, but significant movement
The new iPad (11th generation) with the folio of the magic keyboard and the Apple USB-C pencil
Some rumors They indicated an A17 Pro For the iPad 11, something strange considering that he would place him with (almost) socio of (almost), but understandable knowing the relevance that Apple gave to his AI. However, nothing at all.
The reading that can be done is clear: to earn money without selling the last. The fact that the IPAD 2025 is delivered with a cut equipment allows the more attractive sale price (from 399 dollars) and that thousands of potential users are planned which, to save, can “sacrifice” and not have access to the Apple Intelligence. We will see if in the future, and with improvements planned for iPados 19, it becomes a slab.
Certainly A company like Apple leaves nothing to chance. The idea of launching an iPad with A17 Pro and compatibility with Apple Intelligence would be on the table, but due to the increase in the price it would imply, more than one in the offices would increase a eyebrow. A basic iPad with A17 Pro is no longer as basic and its price could not be either. Therefore, at the risk of making the product more expensive, they seem to have preferred to take this other way and that the iPad 11 is the last redoubt of Apple to which AI does not reach. Good? That there are alternatives to the fully valid Apple Intelligence.
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