New Photos Show 'iPad Mini' Physical Mockup in Hand

[bad03xtreme]

Originally Posted by gregwyattjr

That's pretty convenient to be able to grip the thing with just one hand. I didn't even think of being able to do that.

But yet people will bitch and moan that a GSIII is to big too hold or use with one hand...

[D.T.]

I think that's a regular sized iPad but a giant fake hand.

[Sedrick]

Originally Posted by BerryOfTheAub

Not really taken much notice before now as happy with normal iPad! But what is the point of this, it's to small. If you can read it on an iPad mini then you can read it on an iPhone!

This new mini is actually something you can carry around with you and will certainly fit in the average purse. My wife, who's a techno-phoebe, has even expressed interest in this. Perfect for loading up all your ebooks too.

[reubs]

Meh. It looks like a big iTouch to me.

[Mars Is Waiting]

If true, this looks very promising. I might pick up an iPhone 5 and an iPad Mini...

[CarlHeanerd]

Seems fake, the perspective is all askew.

[johnmacward]

You have your hands on a brand new never released Apple device and you decide to take a completely rubbish photo of it.

Fake anyone?

[Schmitty11]

Ive been wanting to get an iPad for my college text books, but the large is one is too expensive. If the price is right, I just might.

[bdavis89]

Why 4:3 when aren't they moving the iPhone away from 4:3 to ~16:9?

[Roessnakhan]

Originally Posted by johnmacward

You have your hands on a brand new never released Apple device and you decide to take a completely rubbish photo of it.

Fake anyone?

...do you know what mockup means?

[UCF Sam]

With this size device can I just get a 4G, pay data only and cary this instead of an iPhone?

[jrswizzle]

Originally Posted by loon3y

if it isn't 199, expect them to completely blunder their sales goal. 250 would be OK, but anything more than that, i really doubt people are going to spend money it. might as well just get an iPad with retina display and a more powerful processor and better graphics for a a little more.

My guess is $299.

You don't think people would look at an iPad mini for $299 vs. an iPad retina for $499?

$200 isn't "just a little more" when you're talking about a total of $500....that's almost half.

[BigZ243]

Originally Posted by lroy12

Doubling down on nothing

or these are cleaver fakes (Hoping this is the case)

[trip1ex]

Thank goodness for the pics. I was having a terribly difficult time imagining what a 7.85" screen was going to look like and how big it was going to be.

[jrswizzle]

Originally Posted by bad03xtreme

But yet people will bitch and moan that a GSIII is to big too hold or use with one hand...

If the GSIII was a TABLET and not a PHONE, then of course they wouldn't. This whole blending of the two is stupid. They are two different devices used primarily for two different things.

[bushido]

Originally Posted by CarlHeanerd

Seems fake, the perspective is all askew.

mmmh the article clearly says mock-up

[Eduardo1971]

Strangely, all of my attention is focused upon that chunky, ugly-looking bracelet.

It looks like a tracking device.

[whoknows87]

Originally Posted by Sedrick

There's those extra inches the iPhone didn't get....

Watch iPad 2 and 3 sales plum it, unless this iPad mini is a non retina, basic iPad 1 Generation just a mini

[kup1986]

Wow. That's perfect. I was skeptical, because I love my iPad -- but thats PERFECT for a kid, and definitely gives the iPad a "Kindle feel" without the cruddy Kindle UI.

I love it. Hope it turns out to be real.

[happydude]

Originally Posted by MonkeySee....

This would be good for my little boy (2yrs). Its only matter of time before he breaks my iPad as its a bit big and heavy for him.

i don't know about you, but my little 2 yr old boy would see this as a perfectly sized frisbee ipad. destroyed within 15 minutes if it were "his!"

[Meandmunch]

How thin is it and is there a reason we can't assume the iPad 4 won't be this thin as well?

Anyone have some engineering insight on this?

[JeremyWesley]

the iPad mini only makes sense if its a eBook killer.

REF: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/04/08/...ys-for-iphone/

The only way to do that is to use the technology in the apple patent that allows them to put a eInk screen inside of the normal LCD(insert current technology here) type screen, and have it switch back and forth from eInk and LCD when needed, preserving batter life and making it easy on the eyes long term for book readers, like students..

If the mini has that technology, its a huge deal. backpacks everywhere will be in trouble because students would switch to a iPad mini because it does everything you need. PC & eBook. Less Paper, yada yada yada

But I seriously doubt it will, that will probably show up in iPad mini 2, so the mini 1 will be a "eh" launch like the iPad one for those of us who follow this stuff closely. No other rumors of this technology showing up have been posted so maybe its the one the apple is keeping supper quite.

Just one fan boys opinion..
Jeremy

[Chupa Chupa]

Originally Posted by stukick

$199 please.

Old joke. <Not going to be anywhere near $199 b/c there is no profit at that price point and Apple's business model leans heavily on hardware sales>. At $349 it will sell like lap dances in Vegas.

[happydude]

not for me...though given kindle fire sales, other smaller tablets, i'm sure this will take off. not just the usual apple fanboy gotta have it now whatever it is mentality, but there's clearly a market for smaller tablets. i'm mostly interested in seeing if this causes a dent in full sized ipad sales or if it'll just attract a different clientele. prob hybrid of both with net affect of greater overall sales volume.

if i only had money to invest in appl over and above what goes into buying apple...

[bbeagle]

Originally Posted by johnmacward

You have your hands on a brand new never released Apple device and you decide to take a completely rubbish photo of it.

Fake anyone?

Here are me and my friends holding up our new iPad minis. We all have different color ones. They're very cool.