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'Almost Bezel-Free' Redesign for iPad Mini Coming, but Still No Retina Until Early 2014?
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If Apple made the big and mini iPad with the same specs bar screen size and charged the same price for both it would rid the whole cannibalization issue and just give people the straight choice of either bigger screen or portability.
Personally I would still buy the iPad mini because i want portability over screen size.
Personally I would still buy the iPad mini because i want portability over screen size.
And too big. Retina iPad mini will happen. Apple just putting out fake rumours around to make the big Apple-fanbois jump to disappointment before the ecstasy during the announcement.
It's a phone how can the look of the phone be boring. There are only so many shapes.
I am itching to buy a mini even more if they make it bazeless, but the absence of retina is too much to overlook, when reading text and watching HD movies, documentaries etc it plays a huge part. I might buy a five this year, than get a mini when retina becomes available next year.
Apple did not forget that too much variety in the lineup once nearly killed the company. You start with 8", 10" and 12" and soon you'll look into 6" and 14" as complement and - BOOM - you're about to lose focus.
I'd rather have them doing the few offered sizes right instead of catering to all potential (size) niches.
Now with software it's a little different imho - they should offer some sort sof skinning for both OSX and iOS and let the user switch. Does not even come close to logistical challenges and cost associated with hardware variety...
Thinner and lighter is always better. Go look at the first iPod, the first iPhone, the first iMac... I feel the same way looking at the iPhone 4 versus the 5 and can't wait to see how much further they can take it. Everything looks like a fat pig after you have spent time with the latest iteration of that device.
OF COURSE THEY ARE DOING THIS!
1. Apple leak features, one reason why they are 4 years behind.
2. This is to suck the money out of people, they buy the first one, then because the second one has minimal bezel they buy that, then the third has retina so they buy that, 4th has a quad core and then, they turned what SHOULD have only been 600$ (australia price), into $2400.
3. Yeah, Apple always use this minimal bezel, but I don't think they know what it is, have a look at phones with on screen nav bar, THAT is minimal bezel.
1. Apple leak features, one reason why they are 4 years behind.
2. This is to suck the money out of people, they buy the first one, then because the second one has minimal bezel they buy that, then the third has retina so they buy that, 4th has a quad core and then, they turned what SHOULD have only been 600$ (australia price), into $2400.
3. Yeah, Apple always use this minimal bezel, but I don't think they know what it is, have a look at phones with on screen nav bar, THAT is minimal bezel.
Heh, I would pay serious money for a coffee table touchscreen like what MS was showing. But the OS would need to be redesigned for multiple simultaneous users.
The iPad mini confused me enough despite the fact that it doesn't have a Retina display. It was to my knowledge that the iPad mini was to target the e-reader-esque market; those who wish to consume digital material. Yet the current display on the iPad mini does nothing to compliment this fact. My eyes would explode if I had to read a newspaper or magazine on that display.
From a technical perspective, why can't there be a retina mini?
The iPhone 4S had retina (October 2011)
The iPad 3 had retina (March 2012)
Seems like the mini 2 should have it!
Is there a TECHNICAL reason for the delay? (as opposed to a sourcing or financial reason?) Probably not.
But I'm guessing they want to avoid the iPad 3 debacle, where a (what people come to believe as an underpowered) retina model comes out, and then a "proper" retina model comes out shortly thereafter.
I think the reasoning is strategic.
So, the 2014 retina rumors seem valid to this casual observer.
The iPhone 4S had retina (October 2011)
The iPad 3 had retina (March 2012)
Seems like the mini 2 should have it!
Is there a TECHNICAL reason for the delay? (as opposed to a sourcing or financial reason?) Probably not.
But I'm guessing they want to avoid the iPad 3 debacle, where a (what people come to believe as an underpowered) retina model comes out, and then a "proper" retina model comes out shortly thereafter.
I think the reasoning is strategic.
So, the 2014 retina rumors seem valid to this casual observer.