jeez...seems today everybody can make money on making wild guesses without actually analyzing anything:
Just my 2 cents
- The screen of the mini was a complete new design and Apple probably put an huge order down - they won't spent the money on R&D and manufacturing so soon after
- A mini sized retina screen would have an even higher DPI count then the retina display on the 10" iPad - wouldn't this make it "superior"? How could Apple even justify selling it cheaper then?
- Right now high DPI screens draw too much power - they won't be put into a MacBook Air. When you really think about it the only difference between the 13" MBP and the 13" Air are the ports and the battery and now the Display. The ULV dual core chips of the Air are pretty much comparabe to the 35W dual core chips of the MBP
- There won't be an increase in the release cadence. Apple just wanted to finall switch times to get the iPad fresh into the holiday season. Most people buy the iPhone on contract so they really don't care about the time of the year. Besides Apple probably want to introduce a new A series chip with the iPhone and then an iPad optimized chip earlier. It has failed misserably when it first introduced a new chip with the iPad first (1st Gen, 3rd Gen) and then an actually better chip a few months later
Just my 2 cents