Cool, yet another reason why Apple is dying. They've been dying for so many years and for so many reasons, I'm loosing count. They sure are taking their sweet time.
Well at least you learned a few lessons today. One of them, don't make buying decisions based only on what "people have told you". Or "Do not buy multi-hundreds things without a least looking at it". Or is it "If you're going to read what people have to say, read again" because you obviously missed some of them.
I stopped by my local Apple store today to check out the iPad Mini in person. I'm very impressed with the design and build quality of the mini. I'm however totally disappointed with the screen!
Hold on fanboys, before you get your skirts in a bunch.
How much more would it have really cost Apple to put a retina display on the mini??? Were they trying to be cheap and maximize profits? Is it a sourcing and supply issue? Or was Apple doing what they typically do, start a product at the bottom so they have room for future upgrades to continue making money off of us???
Apple should have released the mini with a retina display. The crap display that's on it now really takes away from the product.
I bet you in a years time we'll see the new iPad Mini HD, with retina display. Of course, after they've sold millions with the crappy display. What would Jobs have done?? Very disappointing Apple!
If it weren't for your awesome ecosystem, I'd go somewhere else.
Please type in retina.
Maybe he wears Magic Eye ContactsYou have some miraculous eyes when you can look at a display and tell that it looks like it has a certain number of pixels per inch.
But please alert the presses that Apple is dying. Because you know companies that take hardware they currently sell, make it better, and cut the price are definitely going to go bankrupt any day.
It's a poor display. Sub-standard contrast and colour gamut. Such a shame for an otherwise great device.
You believe that Apple does not have the technology and resource to bring out a better resolution screen?
There is no manufacturer out there that currently has the capacity to manufacture a 326ppi screen in the iPad mini's size. But let's pretend that LG or Samsung could.How much more would it have really cost Apple to put a retina display on the mini??? Were they trying to be cheap and maximize profits? Is it a sourcing and supply issue?
What possible motivation would they have to take a loss on the iPad mini and simultaneously compromise the product in other ways? To avoid people whining on online forums?btw, for everyone who thinks it would have increased price if we got the retina display on the mini...how about this...APPLE COULD HAVE JUST MADE LESS MONEY on us instead of keeping their already high profit margins. Trust me, no one would be losing their jobs if they made $50 less on each ipad. They make BILLIONS of dollars.
No, it makes perfect sense. Think for a bit. If Apple released the 1st gen mini with a retina display at the current price, it would really hurt their iPad 4 sales. There would be no reason to pay $170 more for a device that is only a bit bigger and is also a lot heavier.
Sure the next model will probably have a retina display but by then there will also be a lighter maybe even cheaper iPad 5 to give people a reason to buy that one as well.
Thank you for posting that. This screen is really damn close to having a retina-like quality. Stop holding it an inch from your face and stop splitting hairs over NOTHING.
Oh, stop it already. The display is brand new. Nothing from 2007 about it. You know they're still making 100ppi displays right now, right? The best, state-of-the-art, highest-quality panels in 2012 have worse pixel density than the iPad mini's display.
Processors from 2011 seem to work fine for you on the Nexus 7, so I don't see what the issue is there.
Sorry but its not even close to retina. The nexus 7 is close to retina. Compared to the iPad mini text is so much clearer on it. It doesn't matter how far you hold it. It doesn't have enough pixels to render text clearly. Most websites fit within 1280 pixels wide. Many do not fit in 1024. This allows the nexus to render the website much clearer. Not to mention the nexus 7 has nearly 60 more pixels per inch. This means it has 185% of the definition per inch of the iPad mini.
The Tegra 3 and the A5 are both Cortex A9 CPUs. If you go by package ship date, the current A5 is technically newer, since it didn't ship in volume until Q2 2012. But you see how that would be a specious argument.According to Wikipedia, Nexus 7 uses Tegra 3 T30L processor which has been available since Q1 2012.
No, they're not. It's a brand new touch matrix technology, the assembly process is shared with the iPhone 5, and we'll have to wait and see what the other technical attributes shake out to. But this is a brand-new display. The only spec that's not new is the pixel density, but that doesn't have anything to do with the underlying technology.Nexus 7 was announced in June 2012. Mini's panels may be new but their specs are rather old.
A9. Same as Tegra 3.a dual core CPU based on ARM A8 architecture.
Wifi models have the same GPU...and it outperforms the Tegra 3.Lack of GPU (in WiFi models) is more like early 2000s.
So what's your point? Nexus 7 is awesome? Great, go buy one. None of us Apple fans on MacRumors care how good or bad a google tablet is. We care about iPad.
So what's your point? Nexus 7 is awesome? Great, go buy one. None of us Apple fans on MacRumors care how good or bad a google tablet is. We care about iPad.
Was hoping the screen wouldn't be an issue but, for me, its just not sufficient. Of just in terms of resolution but color gamut and contrast.
For all that got it stop reading negative reviews lol! Enjoy it. For us that are disappointed, we will be the first to get the retina version next year. I had the iPad 2 and I was ready to buy the mini today but the display is noticeably bad. I seriously don't remember the iPad 2 being that bad. Maybe because the device is smaller and you tend to hold it closer. I wish it was at lease brighter like the iPhone 5.