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Probably because of memory limitations; I would be surprised to see it ever come to older devices because they were already pretty memory-constrained.
by zippergz 11y ago
Probably because of memory limitations; I would be surprised to see it ever come to older devices because they were already pretty memory-constrained.
- markque 11y agoThe only reason to do this is increase the sales of the latest iPad, there is no technical reason. Again apple treats it's customers like shit
- JadeNB 11y agoThis seems like a bold claim to throw out without substantiation. It is undeniable that older devices are more resource-limited, and do run the latest OS faster. Sure, Apple probably is trying to push sales of new devices (which is their right—they have no obligation to retrofit the latest-and-greatest features to old devices); but to say that's the only reason seems rather strong.
- markque 11y agoI should have said, I meant the fact that the iPad Air won't get it. It's almost the same device, fair enough older iPads won't receive it.
- abhorrence 11y agoThe Air 2 has twice as much ram as the Air, and memory has long been the constraining factor on the iPad.
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- frik 11y agoAfaik, all iOS devices except the Air2 have 1GB RAM (or less - e.g. iPad2 and iPadMini1 have 512MB). So only Air2 can run two full apps side by side, makes sense.