I'm still not sure if I should sell my iPad 3 for this smaller version...
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So where can we find your write up from your hands on with an actual device? I mean, you have used one to be so sure, right?
Right? That's what I'm doing. iPad 3 is awesome.You should buy the mini and own both. Why not?!
The only thing you gain is a rear camera.
Anyone who doesn't care for one that's fine. You don't HAVE to buy everything Apple makes. What I don't understand is the need to come to this site and post that you don't want one. Anyways....
I for one cannot wait for mine to be delivered Friday.
Wow some biased reviews. I guess some don't want to be band from Apple events or want Apple to mention them in the key note. Point blank its a nicer design but specs wise and no retina is a rip off.
My points:
- Form factor looks great, very appealing and easy to hold.
- No retina is not a show stopper but will likely appear in the next iteration in 2013 so no point in buying now. I will wait and see what happens next spring or fall.
- The price is the real show stopper here. Insane pricing. The 16GB price should be for 32GB. Only then would I consider purchasing this device despite my strong desires for it. That said many will open their wallets and blow their $$ on this device and that's what Apple wants.
It seems so amusing that everyone is worried about the screen when it is higher DPI than the iPad was until "the new iPad" earlier THIS YEAR ... and the iPad 2 is still being sold, why is better than that now suddenly unacceptable?
The mini has made me interested in an iPad for the first time, and these pictures only increase that interest. A shame there is no 7.x" WinRT tablet .. and apart from anything else the surface ain't reaching NZ until next year if at all; gonna make the decision all the more a no-brainer, I do just want to see the mini in person first.
Also exciting: the mini charges off the 5 watt charger like the iPhone.
I love the up vote on this.![]()
apple pay for those advertising... oops "reviews"
As for this Mini not having a Retina display, I suppose you want that before it can be technically hatched, and also at the same time, at a $100 product discount. Um, no. Apple is already the volume producer early mover! Stop whining!