Apple is positively obsessed with retina for many reasons, the first of which is the ego pump they get from boasting they created it. Any "changes / compromises" are about to be resolved as Apple works with a vengeance to get retina into the mini.Interesting how this has gone from guess to fact, even though Anandtech says it's not possible without other changes/compromises to the device.
Witness the new 440ppi Android smartphones in the works for Q1 thru Q3 of 2013. Apples about to taste their own medicine & it's gonna make them think twice.
I use it in place of my Kindle, which surprised me as i'm a Kindle junkie.
I admit it. I bought into all the un-hype about a lack of retina. Even felt the same when I saw it at an Apple store. But I finally brought one home today and I have to say, this is exactly what I've been looking for in a tablet. The lack of a retina is not an issue at all, even as an owner of every single retina iOS device that Apple's put out. Text is noticeably less crisp than a retina, but still absolutely fine for reading. I do have to zoom in in web pages, but I had to do that in my retina iPad anyway. No big deal.
All in all, an excellent device and at a much more palatable price than its big brother.
Im a tech nerd and I returned my iPad 4 in favor of a mini.I think what people just need to accept is that the iPad Mini is not a perfect product for everyone, but is a perfect product for many.
I ordered two of them, one for me and one for my wife. I simply couldn't get on with the screen and for me it was night and day compared to my iPhone 4S and iPad 3, and so I returned it. My wife on the other hand had no issues with the screen and couldn't really tell much of a difference, despite also owning an iPhone 4S and using the iPad 3 at least as much as I do.
There are plenty of people like my wife in the world (they certainly outnumber the tech nerds), and they will all love the Mini for the form factor, screen size, build quality, and the fact that it runs iPad apps and fits in with the rest of their iOS devices seamlessly. The screen will be a complete non-issue for them.
Apple doesn't need to please everyone with the Mini to sell millions and make makes hundreds of millions in profits, and that is all that matters at the end of the day, not what tech nerds on the internet think about it. They can argue about PPI until they are blue in the face and it won't make a blind bit of difference to the people that love their iPad Minis.
Im a tech nerd and I returned my iPad 4 in favor of a mini.
I have both and think they are both great. Every time I think I will sell my 4 and just use the mini, I look at the retina screen and decide to keep both haha.
Witness the new 440ppi Android smartphones in the works for Q1 thru Q3 of 2013. Apples about to taste their own medicine & it's gonna make them think twice.
Retina is overrated but I still prefer the N7 so bought that for my girlfriends, much easier to hold with one hand than the Mini.
After some use, I'm actually starting to feel the same too. I like the bigger screen but then it makes the mini less comfortable to hold. I actually enjoy reading on my kindle a bit more for this very reason.
No retina still doesn't bother me much, on the other hand.
It will be interesting to see how Apple prices the upcoming retina equipped mini. This may be the first Apple product with very low resale value.
Was the price difference a consideration in your decision?
Mine is just fine.
It will be interesting to see how Apple prices the upcoming retina equipped mini. This may be the first Apple product with very low resale value.
Apple is positively obsessed with retina for many reasons, the first of which is the ego pump they get from boasting they created it. Any "changes / compromises" are about to be resolved as Apple works with a vengeance to get retina into the mini.
Secondly it's all part of Apples master plan to move their customers up market into more expensive devices.
Third, now that they've pushed their weight around as the self appointed bully in the tech sector, they've pissed enough people & companies off, that that've got a target on their back.
Witness the new 440ppi Android smartphones in the works for Q1 thru Q3 of 2013. Apples about to taste their own medicine & it's gonna make them think twice.
Retina is overrated but I still prefer the N7 so bought that for my girlfriends, much easier to hold with one hand than the Mini.
I've had my mini a week now and it has become my most used device. I rarely even turn on my 3rd Gen iPad anymore. I never thought the screen was that bad at all. In fact it looked better than my 1st gen iPad and better than the iPad 2 that I was comparing it with in the Apple Store. I am able to read web pages just fine and with minimal zooming if at all. I also love the fact that all I had to do was log in with my Apple ID and everything that was on my iPad 3 just moved over to the mini.
The form factor is perfect for me...........