I was waiting to purchase the back ordered Mini 16 GB wifi for my GF when I noticed Apple was selling refurbished iPad 2's for $319. Pulled the trigger.
Hope she wont be pissed.
Hope she wont be pissed.
I was waiting to purchase the back ordered Mini 16 GB wifi for my GF when I noticed Apple was selling refurbished iPad 2's for $319. Pulled the trigger.
Hope she wont be pissed.
Steve would not have...
I must be the only skeptic around here; if you ask me it doesn't include a retina display or better camera because it'll give users more incentive to upgrade when they're included in the second generation. Apple leave out the obvious all the time only to include it one generation down the track. It's about maximizing sales.
If the iPad mini had the same resolution as the 3rd and 4th gen iPad, it would be the same pixel density as the iPhone 4, 4S, and 5 (326 ppi).
I absolutely love my Mini. I love how thin and light it is and yet I love the size. I love how the device is not super small and crammed like most 7" tablets. The Mini truly is an iPad. Yes the screen on the 4 is beautiful but it comes at a thicker, heavier, larger, and more expensive cost.
with the current technology, an iPad mini with retina display means it has to be bulkier, thicker and more pricey, so you might just as well get an iPad 3 or 4.
But who knows (or do we already), they will invent a new battery that can take us to that 'perfect' iPad screen experience and compact size in a couple of years, if not 2013!
Now who will pre-order the next iPad mini?
The screen has the same resolution as it's iPad 2 cousin, which is still selling quite well even though there is a Retina ipad being sold along side it. Since the resolution is the same and the screen is smaller the pixels are closer together and it looks even better than it's larger counterparts so they release it with the non-retina display.
Slightly thicker, maybe about 3oz heavier. The technology is in iPhone 5 and iPad 3/4, so yes it could be scaled to the mini for similar battery life.
Retina screen aside it should have had a better camera, more memory and a faster processor like the iPhone 5. Would you buy a a computer with two year old technology pay more and be happy with it because it has an apple emblem on it? that is what a fanboy would do.
yeah totally, those are $200 to $400 more than the current iPad mini too.
One is also a phone, the other is much larger. Watch, if mini retina comes in a few months or a year it will still be $329.
One is also a phone, the other is much larger. Watch, if mini retina comes in a few months or a year it will still be $329.
Dumb move on Apple's part. Once you introduce retina, why go backwards? It looks outdated from the moment you open the box. I could see doing it for say $150 or $199 tops or less, but at $330 it's pretty ridiculous.
Dumb move on Apple's part. Once you introduce retina, why go backwards? It looks outdated from the moment you open the box. I could see doing it for say $150 or $199 tops or less, but at $330 it's pretty ridiculous.
Oh for gods sake... no it couldn't have been a smaller iPad 4! Do people not realise how ridiculous that statement is from an engineering point of view?
This has been talked about so much over the last couple of weeks it's ridiculous but really it's simple:
iPad Mini: 200mm x 134.7mm x 7.6mm, 308g, 16.3-watt-hour battery.
iPad 4: 241.2mm x 185.7mm x 9.4mm, 652g, 42.5-watt-hour battery.
See the bit in bold? That's how much power you need to run a retina-equipped iPad with an A6X SoC. You'd save a tiny bit with a smaller screen but nowhere near enough to make a significant difference. The iPad 4 has a volume of 421,034 cubic mm in which to fit the necessary components and battery pack, the iPad mini has 204,744 cubic mm. Half the volume. Or, to put it another way, you'd need an iPad Mini 15.63mm thick to give the same volume. Of course it isn't that simple but it gives you an idea of the scale of the problem. Plus, of course, it'd weigh twice as much as well.
If you want a retina display in a mini you're going to have to wait for new screen tech and, almost certainly, a new SoC. Oh, and a new battery tech wouldn't hurt either. This may, note MAY, be available next year it may take a little longer. If you want a mini this year then this is the compromise you make to get this form factor. Simple isn't it?
I so wanted to love the Mini. I pictured myself casually pulling the mini out of a coat pocket at some coffee bar and surfing the web or maybe playing some angry birds. In reality the mini is too big and I had all of the same problems toting it around that I did with the normal size iPad ***but that is Not why I returned it. The screen... well I can honestly say that not having the retina was not a huge deal at first... I am old my eyes aren't what they used to be... but it kept bothering me for some reason... oh yeah, no... I got it ... the price. The reason I buy the best is... to... get... the best and I feel that my MBP retina is hands down the best laptop out there, and I feel that if I called apple support they will have an answer for me ( a company so far that isn't trying to do more with less...) so why Apple did you cheap out on the mini? It could have been the best thing ever just like all of your other products and at the premium that I paid over it's competitors it should have been. It should have had a better screen, better camera that did at least what the iPhone 5 camera does, more ram, and if you couldn't fit it in the size you released then you shouldn't have released it, Steve would not have...