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iPad mini Apple's secret with iPad mini retina

shadowyman

shadowyman

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Hello all...

Bear with me, I want to share something that just occurred to me. I don't know if y'all agree with me but I feel like there is another side to the story of Apple releasing iPad mini earlier. We all know Apple was delaying iPad rMini because of display production problems. The original date was announced later November but surprising they suddenly released it yesterday.

So I was thinking, seeing all people with new mini's complaining about the display being too dull, washed out, could it be possible Apple has decided to release the early batch that was originally not gonna be released? There were news about Sharp apparently having problems with producing "high quality displays that match Apple's standards". What if Apple, on a second thought, decided to release those minis, instead of waiting until late November? At the end, they could've still sold those not-so-terrible but sub-standard minis and still can make money, and if the customers complained, they could always have returned them for probably the better batch.

Do you think they played this gamble? This might also explain why cellular versions are still about to be shipped "later November".
 
No. There isn't going to be two versions with dramatically different screens marketed as the same product. Lawsuits would ensue.

Edit: to be clear I'm talking about dramatic spec variations (colour gamut, contrast ratio, viewing angles etc) not screen tint/evenness variations.
 
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Don't forget that the first mini also had a very low gamut, washed-out looking display. Maybe this is just a characteristic of the mini, by design or by technical limitation.
 
Kaizen said:
Don't forget that the first mini also had a very low gamut, washed-out looking display. Maybe this is just a characteristic of the mini, by design or by technical limitation.
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I wish we could see 1st gen mini next to new mini to compare the screens.
 
Most ridiculous theory ever. Trying to sell a defective product will hurt them way more in the long run than just delaying the release, or, with your theory, taking a loss on a defective iPad batch.
 
What a ridiculous post.


shadowyman said:
Hello all...

Bear with me, I want to share something that just occurred to me. I don't know if y'all agree with me but I feel like there is another side to the story of Apple releasing iPad mini earlier. We all know Apple was delaying iPad rMini because of display production problems. The original date was announced later November but surprising they suddenly released it yesterday.

So I was thinking, seeing all people with new mini's complaining about the display being too dull, washed out, could it be possible Apple has decided to release the early batch that was originally not gonna be released? There were news about Sharp apparently having problems with producing "high quality displays that match Apple's standards". What if Apple, on a second thought, decided to release those minis, instead of waiting until late November? At the end, they could've still sold those not-so-terrible but sub-standard minis and still can make money, and if the customers complained, they could always have returned them for probably the better batch.

Do you think they played this gamble? This might also explain why cellular versions are still about to be shipped "later November".
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Great!

It gets a little tired, all those OCD rants. it's refreshing to see some good old paranoia

Keep it up :)
 
rkingucla said:
Most ridiculous theory ever. Trying to sell a defective product will hurt them way more in the long run than just delaying the release, or, with your theory, taking a loss on a defective iPad batch.
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Think Global, my friend.

Third world countries are getting their mini retina at 5-7 business days. How weird is that. Aftersale service in US is way different than those other countries. Some just learn to live with defect product because it can't be return or swap to new device. This happened since Ipad mini and iphone 5.
 
shadowyman said:
I wish we could see 1st gen mini next to new mini to compare the screens.
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I have both right now, The difference in screens is noticeable. In my opinion there is not a damn thing wrong with the retina mini's screen. you can notice a bit of a weight difference but it not that big of a deal but guarantee there will be 10 threads on the weight any day now. One good thing is that it seems to charge faster
 
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shadowyman said:
I wish we could see 1st gen mini next to new mini to compare the screens.
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I have them both and they are both exactly the same - a bit washed out beside my Air. And the original Mini was washed about beside my iPad 4.

It's a pity.
 
macfacts said:
Do a google search for Apple Display Lottery. N'uff said.
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LOL. Look at my post history (when search is back up), I talk about the display lottery a lot here. I've even started threads using that exact term.

I think you misunderstood my post. The OP is talking about two panels with dramatically different specs (contrast ratio, colour gamut etc) not variations in tint and evenness which is what the panel lottery refers too.
 
JoeShades said:
I have both right now, The difference in screens is noticeable. In my opinion there is not a damn thing wrong with the retina mini's screen. you can notice a bit of a weight difference but it not that big of a deal but guarantee there will be 10 threads on the weight any day now. One good thing is that it seems to charge faster
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When gamut-gate dies down then weight-gate or thickness-gate will start. :D
 
They never said it would be launched in "late November." They said it would be launched "later in November." Those are totally different things.
 
shadowyman said:
I wish we could see 1st gen mini next to new mini to compare the screens.
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I have both now. Color Gamut wasnt as big of a problem from what I can tell.

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Dlanod said:
I have them both and they are both exactly the same - a bit washed out beside my Air. And the original Mini was washed about beside my iPad 4.

It's a pity.
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Maybe its the screen size thats throwing everyone off.
 
shadowyman said:
Hello all...

Bear with me, I want to share something that just occurred to me. I don't know if y'all agree with me but I feel like there is another side to the story of Apple releasing iPad mini earlier. We all know Apple was delaying iPad rMini because of display production problems. The original date was announced later November but surprising they suddenly released it yesterday.

So I was thinking, seeing all people with new mini's complaining about the display being too dull, washed out, could it be possible Apple has decided to release the early batch that was originally not gonna be released? There were news about Sharp apparently having problems with producing "high quality displays that match Apple's standards". What if Apple, on a second thought, decided to release those minis, instead of waiting until late November? At the end, they could've still sold those not-so-terrible but sub-standard minis and still can make money, and if the customers complained, they could always have returned them for probably the better batch.

Do you think they played this gamble? This might also explain why cellular versions are still about to be shipped "later November".
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This is "later in November" compared to Nov 1.
 
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