When Phil Schiller kept saying: "Blah blah blah... iPad Mini is so much better than the iPad 2 I thought he was mistaking iPad 2 with the new iPad. I guess not huh? No retina display & $329? 
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Apple Introduces New 7.9-Inch iPad Mini Starting at $329
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I think it's safe to say a lot of the people here are guys. Go grab you wife or kids hands and think about who can benefit from this -- education market. My girlfriend already wants to trade her iPad in for the mini.
I think it's safe to say a lot of the people here are guys. Go grab you wife or kids hands and think about who can benefit from this -- education market. My girlfriend already wants to trade her iPad in for the mini.
unbelievable greediness
So disappointed in this scam Apple are trying to pull, and will no doubt successfully manage.
People who know me will know I do not say this lightly, as I have been using Apple products since 1997 and have spent quite a bit of cash.
The iPad Mini is priced in Ireland and rest of the Eurozone at 339Euros which is $440 or £276!!!
The update to the 'regular' iPad is nice and all, but the timing is below the belt.
Too big for their boots now, was really hoping they would be sensible on the pricing of this product, but hey, what's the opinion of loyal customer got to do with anything? .... nothing obviously....
So disappointed in this scam Apple are trying to pull, and will no doubt successfully manage.
People who know me will know I do not say this lightly, as I have been using Apple products since 1997 and have spent quite a bit of cash.
The iPad Mini is priced in Ireland and rest of the Eurozone at 339Euros which is $440 or £276!!!
The update to the 'regular' iPad is nice and all, but the timing is below the belt.
Too big for their boots now, was really hoping they would be sensible on the pricing of this product, but hey, what's the opinion of loyal customer got to do with anything? .... nothing obviously....
How much of the UK price is VAT? US prices don't include taxes, since they vary from state/county.
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So skip a couple pizzas next month...
Why no phone?
What am I missing? What could be difficult about adding a phone? You can hold it in one hand but . . . You can talk to Siri, but . . . Why do I need to tote around a tablet AND phone? Does anyone else have a phone on their tablet? Wouldn't adding a phone make a category killer? The head tech has left the house?
Years ago I was trying to figure out how to add a readable display to my phone. Now I want all in one. This old grouch is never satisfied.
What am I missing? What could be difficult about adding a phone? You can hold it in one hand but . . . You can talk to Siri, but . . . Why do I need to tote around a tablet AND phone? Does anyone else have a phone on their tablet? Wouldn't adding a phone make a category killer? The head tech has left the house?
Years ago I was trying to figure out how to add a readable display to my phone. Now I want all in one. This old grouch is never satisfied.
A good argument for those who "know the price of everything, but the value of nothing".
Still playing with yourself with that name of your's?
Maybe you must have a limp wrist that you can't lift the first gen iPad? Your eyesight must be so bad that you needed Retina Display to see web pages better?
Lay off the Kool Aid.
I don't need Retina Displays to SEE better. It's all 'eye candy' BS.
Nexus 7 is 4.6 inch width
iPad mini is 5.3 inch width. 0.7 inch more wider than the nexus 7.
I do not think it is easy on one hand operation - iPad mini (definitely better than iPad); Nexus 7 fits right in my hand - 36 year old here.
likewise I said earlier we have to see in Store.
But we Seppos can get equivalent consumer protection for a moderate cash outlay, if we want.
All in all, it probably balances out overall.
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Riiiiiiight.
And if you actually have one, same for yours?
I love the look of the Mini way more than I thought I would. It's a few bucks more than an iPod Touch, so I don't see why there are complaints about pricing. For the screen size, it's also approaching retina PPI.
I'll pick up a white one on launch day.
I'll pick up a white one on launch day.
I don't know. I felt it, too. However, I just hate how Tim always says "We think that the customer's really going to appreciate this." Steve would says "We think you're going to love it." I know it's a small thing, but I think that was all a part of Steve's showmanship that Tim, Phil et. al haven't been able to master.
Most telling is that it is desperation on Apple's part. They kept quiet about the iPad4 knowing Microsoft's Surface has arrived and needed something to counter it.
Also in the presentation, they showed charts of other competitors but did not mention Samsung. Interesting, yes?
People wanted ponies, and they wanted a physical keyboard on the original iPhone, too.
You mean as opposed to the product that is sold at less than it costs, hoping to make it up on post purchase sales? You have been fooled into thinking the price for a Kindle is a fair price because they are willing to take a loss.
Apple is indeed beginning to "worship at the alter of profit margin," which may be a bad sign, long-term. For instance, how's Apple Publishing doing?
I'm aware of that. It's quite bizarre how Apple is presenting their products today when the iPad4 and iPhone, along with MacBook Pro have Retina displays. I can see why they want to evolve slowly, but the new iMac form factor was not very surprising to see knowing their obsession with going thinner as if the company wants to lessen the weigh impact on people's wrists. It's so. . . .effeminate, I hate to say it.
I have a 1G iPad and don't mind the weight of it. It's thin enough to fit in my messenger bag. The most ironic thing is Apple is 'anorexic' with their product form factors but have so much product bloat.
What sort of a person goes to a Fansite when they hate the products and the people so much? Don't you have anything better to do? Is your life totally and completely void of joy and purpose?
I mean ... really. There are absolutely no Apple fans who go to Android sights to tell everybody just how much Android sucks. We just want to come here to enjoy how awesome Apple stuff is and to talk with cool people.
But no - you can't be content with your smelly loser Fandroid friends. You have a bizarre compulsion to come here and complain about our character in a personal and insulting manner.
Do you go to people's living rooms and take a dump in the middle of the floor?Do you go to the latest great movie and scream about how everybody there is a moron if they think that Adam Sandler is the funniest thing ever? Probably you do, given how much you love anything that Apple DOESN'T make.
Either that, or you are just a paid shill from Google. The very thought makes me sick to my stomach.