iPad mini iPad Mini 2

[hallidc]

What do you guys think of the new iPad Mini? Will you be getting one?

Details:

- 7.9" Retina Display
- Starts at $399
- Powered by A7 chip and is 64 bit
- 4x faster CPU tasks
- 10 hour battery life
- has 2x faster with updated wifi bands
- Comes in silver/white, space grey/ black
- Available later in November
- Newly available leather cases in a variety of colors for $69+

Current iPad Mini

- Lowered price to a $299
*thread is updated as announcements come!

 

[td2243]

Sorry $399 for that one. Ridiculous.

 

[Che Castro]

Sorry $399 for that one. Ridiculous.

$425 for me after tax

I might as well get the ipad air

Did they mention the weight ?

 

[aziatiklover]

not for $399 i loled. Too bad no ipads for me this year even tho I sold my ipad mini! No touch ID no buy.

 

[ThePiratkapten]

I will definitely buy it as soon as possible!

 

[Macalway]

Didn't they say later in November?

Which means the last week me thinks

Which is about a month (I'm good at math )

 

[Sdahe]

For $100 more I get the iPad Air... better for what I'm gonna be using it for...

 

[ZBoater]

128GB LTE for $829. Yum.

 

[Macalway]

$425 for me after tax

I might as well get the ipad air

Did they mention the weight ?

Going to be a hefty little thing most likely

 

[skiltrip]

Too much. I know it's Apple's style to not compete on price, but I'll be sticking with my 1st gen mini. At $499 for a 32GB model (minimum usable IMO), you might as well be looking at the iPad air. When the refurbs come around maybe I'll give it a second look.

 

[icw70]

What do you guys think of the new iPad Mini? Will you be getting one?

Details:

- 7.9" Retina Display
- Starts at $399
- Powered by A7 chip and is 64 bit
- 4x faster CPU tasks
- 10 hour battery life
- has 2x faster with updated wifi bands
- Comes in silver/white, space grey/ black
- Available later in November
- Newly available leather cases in a variety of colors for $69+

Current iPad Mini

- Lowered price to a $299
*thread is updated as announcements come!

I'll be getting the iPad Mini w/Retina. Been waiting a year for it to come out. I can handle the extra 70.00 or so. It's the perfect size and with retina, oh yeah!! Space Gray baby!

 

[mcdj]

Going to be a hefty little thing most likely

yeah, an extra ounce for 4G, even less than an ounce more for wifi only. massive.

 

[JohnnyIOS]

Sorry $399 for that one. Ridiculous.

Too expensive...it's a lol16GB

 

[Gix1k]

32gb will be 470ish after tax.... Ouch.! Perspective I paid 269 for 32gb Nexus 7. Not comparing devices.... Just price.

 

[ActionableMango]

Wish I knew how much memory this will have. That's my #1 problem right now. Switching back and forth between Safari and Notability, the iPad Mini has to reload the applications every single time.

 

[AppleRobert]

Vindicated!

No way was mini with retina going to be $329, that just keeps cannibalization going. And if they could sell the 1st mini for $329 like hot cakes, higher price for retina was inevitable.

Now more folks have more thinking to do between the new mini and the new Air.

 

[ABC5S]

Didn't they say later in November?

Which means the last week me thinks

Which is about a month (I'm good at math )

Nov 1st. Just 9 days away.

 

[Firocity]

Nov 1st. Just 9 days away.

I think the November 1st date only applies to the Ipad Air not the Retina Mini.

 

[royinla14]

Nov 1st. Just 9 days away.

Unfortunately there is no specific date confirmed for the mini 2....just Later in November....

 

[ElectronGuru]

What do you guys think of the new iPad Mini? Will you be getting one?

He'll yes. More than I wanted and they somehow didn't screw up the size/weight. Based on my current mini, it will easily be my most used/useful tech.

 

[mrmarts]

I have been without an iPad since April so a little more wait will not hurt. In this time and given todays announcement I have decided to the dump the full sized iPad for the Mini 2 based on the fact that it has:

a) Retina

b) 128GB of storage

c) The same internals

d) The mini looks far sexier than its dinosaur sibling.

 

[shenan1982]

The iPad mini is 1/10th of an inch thicker. That's almost a 25% increase. No thanks.

Maybe next year they'll come out with the Apple iPad Mini Air 2 LTE blah blah.... innovation is DEAD at Apple.

 

[mtj111]

The iPad mini is 1/10th of an inch thicker. That's almost a 25% increase. No thanks.

Maybe next year they'll come out with the Apple iPad Mini Air 2 LTE blah blah.... innovation is DEAD at Apple.

Oh dear oh dear.

It is 7.5mm vs 7.2mm of the first gen. 4.2% thicker

 

[shenan1982]

Oh dear oh dear.

It is 7.5mm vs 7.2mm of the first gen. 4.2% thicker

To quote Phil Schiller, "The new iPad Mini is 1/10th of an inch thicker than the existing Mini" ... now 1/10th of an inch is 2.5mm, so not sure where you're getting your info. 2.5mm increase is actually a 33% increase in thickness.

Not sure if I trust Phil's words or the Apple Specs site. I highly doubt it'd only be 3/10ths of a mm thicker, that would be so negligible that the battery increase wouldn't compensate for the retina.

 

[mtj111]

To quote Phil Schiller, "The new iPad Mini is 1/10th of an inch thicker than the existing Mini" ... now 1/10th of an inch is 2.5mm, so not sure where you're getting your info. 2.5mm increase is actually a 33% increase in thickness.

Not sure if I trust Phil's words or the Apple Specs site. I highly doubt it'd only be 3/10ths of a mm thicker, that would be so negligible that the battery increase wouldn't compensate for the retina.

Phil Schiller did not say a single word about the thickness of the retina mini. The 1/10th inch quote is from the thickness of the iPad Air.