Apple Removes Original iPad Mini From Apple Online Store

[benji888]

this, and there were people here actually defending the Mini and iPod 5th Gen,


i mean really? iPad 2 internals on a new product?


literally ******** on its fair weather consumers. they don't know how bad that product really was. Hell, I didn't at first, till it started crashing everywhere.

It may have an A5 chip, but, no, all the rest of the internals are of late 2012-era. iPad 2 cannot do AirDrop, ever. iPad Mini does it and all handoff/continuity, I already wrote other differences above in previous comment. For me, it was a significant upgrade from an iPad 1st gen., when I got it in Nov. 2013.

In any case, iOS 8.3 is fine on my Mini 1, not crashing for me, maybe you need to do a restore? ...I still use it for things I find my iPhone (6) is too small for...there's nothing wrong with it for an entry-level iPad, especially for education, kids, simple business users, who can still get them (now cheaply) on Groupon, on sale various websites, or Apple refurb.

 

[loon3y]

It may have an A5 chip, but, no, all the rest of the internals are of late 2012-era. iPad 2 cannot do AirDrop, ever. iPad Mini does it and all handoff/continuity, I already wrote other differences above in previous comment. For me, it was a significant upgrade from an iPad 1st gen., when I got it in Nov. 2013.

In any case, iOS 8.3 is fine on my Mini 1, not crashing for me, maybe you need to do a restore? ...I still use it for things I find my iPhone (6) is too small for...there's nothing wrong with it for an entry-level iPad, especially for education, kids, simple business users, who can still get them (now cheaply) on Groupon, on sale various websites, or Apple refurb.

You mean they couldn't pay $50 dollars more for a Mini 2? Its more so Apple taking advantage of the "average" (non techie) consumer. Which they have every right to do so (but its just not so ethical)



It literally doesn't make sense to buy an original Mini when the Mini 2 is only $50 bucks more if you're trying to make a good investment.


forgive me, not exactly the same, but 512MB Ram (which crashes at exactly 200MB) and an A5 chip doesn't cut it.

Almost all apps including native are going to be laggy, not to mention any modern games or anything that uses some what memory intensive features.


No, its not a install. I deal with A LOT devices on the daily for work, and i deal with all models. These A5 devices are just horrible. It literally should've been dropped at iOS7.


the thing is it just makes it a lot easier for developers and their customers, but it does make you optimize your coding.

 

[haruhiko]

A5 devices just won't die. There are still the iPod touch and Apple Watch.