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All iPads I finally sold my iPad Mini

in my particular case

dwd3885 said:
just curious why you guys are selling the Mini? Is it because you already have the iPad 4? I just sold my Nexus 7 to wait for the new Nexus but when none was announced at IO I decided to try out the iPad Mini. Seems great...
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I really liked the Mini, but the resolution was brutal on my eyes, after 4 and half months I just couldn't deal with it any more. Sold it this morning. If I get something portable besides my iPhone, it'll be a rMBP. I've tried every regular iPad from 2 to 4 too. Any iPad is just not for me for a variety of reasons.
 
Harmonious Zen said:
So for instance, I'm on the couch watching TV now and surfing on Macrumors. What am I using? My iPhone. Why? Because it's always on me. And for this reason and this reason alone, my iPad gets a lot less use. If the iPad did something the iPhone couldn't, then maybe things would be different
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Dude, I gotta call super lazy on your arsse. Seriously, it takes two seconds to pick up your iPad. You sacrifice the usability of a bigger screen just because you don't want to get up off the sofa? Surfing these forums on an iPhone is not a great experience - constant scrolling, barely see much at all on screen. It's stressing your eyes and you don't even know it.

Don't mean to have a go at you, just saying that this way of thinking floors me.
 
I couldnt see myself owning an full ipad with a mini. If i had to choose I will always go for the mini though.

My old ipad 3 was so heavy and cumbersome. It unfortunately it's a deal breaker for me now. Despite owning every iteration of ipad since the original. And even if they are able to improve the weight, I still prefer the size and battery life of the mini.

I take it everywhere and it's a great asset for work. On top of that it is a verizon ipad, so my lte speeds are over 15mpbs. So where ever i go it's almost like i have my broadband connection with me.
 
I sold my iPad 2 and bought a Mini back in November. Regretted that decision sorely. The Mini, like you said, was just too small after having used a full sized iPad for so long.
 
I love how people always say the mini screen is horrible! I can't read anything, I can't see anything! As I type this on my mini, what did you do a few years ago? Could you not use a computer? The screen had to be horrible! I assume you didn't own an iPad 1 or 2, or an iPhone or iPhone 3G. How could you function with that screen?!?!?
 
famous600 said:
I love how people always say the mini screen is horrible! I can't read anything, I can't see anything! As I type this on my mini, what did you do a few years ago? Could you not use a computer? The screen had to be horrible! I assume you didn't own an iPad 1 or 2, or an iPhone or iPhone 3G. How could you function with that screen?!?!?
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We get used to better things. I loved my palm pilot, but I would never use it now instead of my iPad.
 
It seems like the mini was built to bring out strong opinions in all of us. I was in a position to sell my iPad 3, and I am interested in the next refresh of the large iPad, so I decided to pick up a mini to use in the meantime.

Coming from a higher resolution display, the non-retina screen was jarring at first. After a few days, though, I am surprised at how little I notice it. It's still a higher pixel density than the 2, and resolution aside, the screen is beautiful. I will have no problem living on the mini until Apple releases the 5, and even then, I'll probably keep it around.
 
Bet the OP goes to the iPad 5 when it is released after liking the weight and portability of the Mini.

Any takers? :)
 
My wife has a iPad 2 16 GB wifi only and I have an iPad 3 16 GB AT&T model. I am considering buying a 16 GB wifi only black mini to use for myself and giving my wife my iPad 3. I would sell the iPad 2 to pay for the iPad mini so I am not really out any money. She gets the same size ipad that is newer and better screen, I get the smaller, lighter form factor that I am looking for. Then when the new retina model comes out eventually, upgrade to that and give my iPad mini to my daughter (she currently uses a crappy Coby android tablet for some basic games and stuff. I figure if she breaks it I am not out much).
 
famous600 said:
I love how people always say the mini screen is horrible! I can't read anything, I can't see anything! As I type this on my mini, what did you do a few years ago? Could you not use a computer? The screen had to be horrible! I assume you didn't own an iPad 1 or 2, or an iPhone or iPhone 3G. How could you function with that screen?!?!?
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Downgrading is much harder than upgrading. Having a rMBP and an iPhone, its difficult to want to use a tablet that doesn't have a retina display. There's not really anything fundamentally wrong with the iPad Mini...its the other devices that make it inferior (in my opinion).
 
uiop. said:
Downgrading is much harder than upgrading. Having a rMBP and an iPhone, its difficult to want to use a tablet that doesn't have a retina display. There's not really anything fundamentally wrong with the iPad Mini...its the other devices that make it inferior (in my opinion).
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I would say I agree to a point. But when people say their eyes are suffering and yada yada yada. Get serious. The iPad mini is a great device.
 
uiop. said:
Downgrading is much harder than upgrading. Having a rMBP and an iPhone, its difficult to want to use a tablet that doesn't have a retina display. There's not really anything fundamentally wrong with the iPad Mini...its the other devices that make it inferior (in my opinion).
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not in my case. i have an iphone 5, iphone 4S, ipad 3 retina, macbook pro retina and yet i have no complains with my ipad mini. i don't find it inferior to all my other retina devices. in fact i grab it more than my ipad 3 when going somewhere. just can't understand people's complains about it's screen resolution. to me it's just the same, retina or not.
 
I'm waiting for the new iPad 5.
I already have an iPad mini. Apple refers to it as the iPhone 4.
I will be using the full sized iPad for primarily textbooks and note-taking followed by movies.
 
famous600 said:
I would say I agree to a point. But when people say their eyes are suffering and yada yada yada. Get serious. The iPad mini is a great device.
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For me it's not the lack of retina, it's the tiny dot pitch that really strains my eyes. I love the form factor of the mini but everything is too tiny for my eyesight. So I think I'm cursed to have to use larger tablets as a result...
 
esskay said:
For me it's not the lack of retina, it's the tiny dot pitch that really strains my eyes. I love the form factor of the mini but everything is too tiny for my eyesight. So I think I'm cursed to have to use larger tablets as a result...
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but you can pinch to enlarge. that's what i do and it's a OK.
 
vmaniqui said:
not in my case. i have an iphone 5, iphone 4S, ipad 3 retina, macbook pro retina and yet i have no complains with my ipad mini. i don't find it inferior to all my other retina devices. in fact i grab it more than my ipad 3 when going somewhere. just can't understand people's complains about it's screen resolution. to me it's just the same, retina or not.
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Two each their own. I found the resolution to be paltry. The actual screen size was not pleasant either after having been used to a full sized iPad.
 
I think the mini looks far sexier than the current iPad, but I guess I will have wait and see how the iPad 5 fairs to the mini. I had the iPad 3 But i hated the design and the weight hopefully they fix it with the 5 the humongous bazel and thickness were some of its pitfalls.
 
bursthead said:
I couldnt see myself owning an full ipad with a mini. If i had to choose I will always go for the mini though.

My old ipad 3 was so heavy and cumbersome. It unfortunately it's a deal breaker for me now. Despite owning every iteration of ipad since the original. And even if they are able to improve the weight, I still prefer the size and battery life of the mini.

I take it everywhere and it's a great asset for work. On top of that it is a verizon ipad, so my lte speeds are over 15mpbs. So where ever i go it's almost like i have my broadband connection with me.
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This is me exactly. Mini after owning every other ipad. Verizon so it truely is useful anywhere without having to fidget with a hotspot.

Also my phone is AT&T so if one is getting a better signal than the other I'm still good. I also tether to each other if I ever need to do an update larger than 50MB.
 
MacAPOL said:
Also the retina display is a pleasure to read on.
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I sometimes think about selling my Mini and getting the the iPad 4 for this exact reason. Only 2 things stopping me at this point: 1) Love the size of the Mini over the regular iPad, 2) Knowing that the Mini 2 (possibly with a retina display) and iPad 5 will be coming out in just a few months.
 
i have owned all versions of the ipad and i do sorely miss the retina display. especially pdf reading but the form factor for games and transporting on the mini outweigh it. i picked up the nook hd+ because its dirt cheap now for reading at home and such which pains me as im an only apple guy. i think even with a retina mini for most of my uses the nook hd+ is serviceable for reading pdf's and using zinio at home as this and my ipad 4 were otherwise too big to carry around all the time. the mini is insanely convienant. just my 2 cents and i know people complain but yes as a diehard apple guy who has tried every one of their products for certain reading the mini does strain my eyes. i really dont feel from personal experience its a dealbreaker at all but a retina display would help a bunch and we will get it eventually. just my 2 cents
 
AppleRobert said:
Funny thing is put the Mini's specs on an android tablet at this stage of the game and very few would buy it regardless it has nice size and weight.
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You must know by now that spec mean very little in the mobile world. A great ecosystem and smoothness trumps specs.

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dwd3885 said:
just curious why you guys are selling the Mini? Is it because you already have the iPad 4? I just sold my Nexus 7 to wait for the new Nexus but when none was announced at IO I decided to try out the iPad Mini. Seems great...
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Nexus has shot there load in terms of specs, this is probably why u didn't see a new one. The same for Samsung, it will be interesting to see the strategy for the next 6 months.
 
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