Apple's iPad Mini: Thinner, Lighter and Narrower

[lamiafarjana]

Go buy a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 instead. It has the benefits that you are looking for

Really? Note 2 is way over $300.... No knowledge of price !!!

 

[lollicup04]

Really? Note 2 is way over $300.... No knowledge of price !!!

You already know the price of the Note 2? The product hasnt even been released yet. As for the Samsung Galaxy Note it is $250 right now at At&t with a 2 year contract and the unlocked version is $550 with free shipping on amazon. I expect the Att SGN to drop $50 and the Unlocked SGN to drop $100 more after the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is released.

Making the Att SGN $200 and the Unlocked SGN $450. Now I know $450 is really pricey but the Unlocked Variant of the SGN has better specs then the US Variant of the SGN. I recommend you purchasing the Unlocked Version of the SGN and just stick any sim card into it to use it with wifi if you dont want to sign up for a data plan.

 

[PDFierro]

I pre-ordered the Nexus 7 on announcement day but later cancelled that. Glad I held off. I would get the current iPad if there was absolutely no way Apple was going to release a smaller one, but it's good to have choices.

I'm also glad to see that a rumored iPad Mini wouldn't compromise on much of anything. It would just be smaller. I'm in for the top-end model, whatever that is. 64GB LTE if they do that.

 

[lamiafarjana]

You already know the price of the Note 2? The product hasnt even been released yet. As for the Samsung Galaxy Note it is $250 right now at At&t with a 2 year contract and the unlocked version is $550 with free shipping on amazon. I expect the Att SGN to drop $50 and the Unlocked SGN to drop $100 more after the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is released.

Making the Att SGN $200 and the Unlocked SGN $450. Now I know $450 is really pricey but the Unlocked Variant of the SGN has better specs then the US Variant of the SGN. I recommend you purchasing the Unlocked Version of the SGN and just stick any sim card into it to use it with wifi if you dont want to sign up for a data plan.

Dude, i said that price judging the note 5.3inch. and, I'm not American that I'll buy AT&T bound thing. i need unlocked one. and i will not spend $450 for note. i don't like it. it's kinda odd size

 

[thekeyring]

Having had a look at an iPad today in a PC store, I realise how small they actually are. You don't realise it looking at photos online.

It makes more sense that this new iOS device is a revamped iPod touch, but then an iPod touch and an iPad with the same screen size are supposedly the same thing.

 

[divinox]

WTH. I was answering to your quote of my post, with a completely out of place comment with the discussion. What is this, now?
And after almost 2k posts on this forum, you're not even able to remove lines in my post that was not answering you, and now out of context.

The quantity of data you can display on a 7" screen is, as you say, about 4x times what you have with a 4" (minus interface elements).
If you only scale from 4" to 7", you lose that advantage (obviously not including photos or videos scaling too). And the distance doesn't make much difference here.
If apps can be written such that the layout of a same app can adapt on both a 4" and a 7", this just sucks. Most actual Android tablet apps are a good proof of that. Another factor of this fail is probably the 16:9 or 16:10 aspect ratio and 7" size.
This 7" 16:9 size belong to another category than the pocket device category, you can't only target to run enlarged phone apps on such screen. You have to create dedicated apps that take advantage of the larger space available, whatever a smaller device with a screen the same aspect ratio would exist.

Now, yes, you can simply scale an iPhone app on a larger screen, 16:9 7" if you want. That's already true on an iPad, you can run iPhone apps on it.
That was not the subject of our discussion, and of the post you quoted. Read again. Follow [recursively] links. Etc.

1) Distance certainly matters.
2) While hardly optimal (esp. in landscape), a great bulk of iphone apps would scale well enough (which is hardly the case with a 4:3 10" device)
3) Did i ever say that the 7" 16:9 would _only_ run iphone apps? No. I would however rather scale up iphone apps, than scale down apps made for a 10" device. That, my friend, could easily turn into a cluster **** (especially so if the ratio changes, for obvious reasons).

That said, i am biased toward 16:9 ratios for a smaller device. 4:3 is great for many things, indeed it is certainly superior when it comes to interfaces writ large, but as a form factor i am not too fond of it. Simply put, i find it generating that are simply too big (at 7").

 

[chleuasme]

1) Distance certainly matters.

I meant, if your phone app scale like by 2x, the bigger distance you use your 7" 16:9 device do not really compensate; phone apps on such screens aren't viable/valuable solutions/experiences.

2) While hardly optimal (esp. in landscape), a great bulk of iphone apps would scale well enough (which is hardly the case with a 4:3 10" device)

I meant, it can always be scaled to fit in, but yes of course, not use all pixels in this case. And of course that'd be optimal if same aspect ratio, obviously.

3) Did i ever say that the 7" 16:9 would _only_ run iphone apps? No. I would however rather scale up iphone apps, than scale down apps made for a 10" device. That, my friend, could easily turn into a cluster **** (especially so if the ratio changes, for obvious reasons).

That said, i am biased toward 16:9 ratios for a smaller device. 4:3 is great for many things, indeed it is certainly superior when it comes to interfaces writ large, but as a form factor i am not too fond of it. Simply put, i find it generating that are simply too big (at 7").

I send you to some reflexion I had on that back in April or May, and some [long/argumented] discussion on another forum here.
That seems out of topic.

Now I see you still didn't get the point of the first post you quoted... it was not about scaling 9.7" to 7.85" but rather condense it on 7.6". Read again (help). We agree on that.

 

[golf1410]

I find myself I want one but I already have an iPad. It is not going to be useful to have two iPads.

 

[Giminoshi]

I STILL DON'T BELIEVE APPLE WOULD EVER RELEASE THIS!!
Here's why....Apple once said they were not scared of cannibalizing their pc sales with the iPad but I believe they are scared of cannibalizing their iPad sales!! iPhone is in a whole different league to do it but an iPad mini would kill off the bigger iPad!! Why buy a 600$ iPad when you can get the mini with a slightly smaller screen for a much lower price??
iPad is killing everything right now why mess with success??

I agree. And I don't see how they could sell a tablet that would be cheaper than an iPod touch anyways.

 

[iSamurai]

Agreed, but also what did apple do to the big 17 MacBook Pro that wasn't selling too well anymore?? Aha got you there lol

I'm not just talking about apple's laptops (which there are two with a number of variants of the same sizes), but laptops including HP, Dell, Samsung etc. in general that make up ~85% of the laptop market (and in converse apple making up ~65% of the tablet market).