why? Im expressing my opinion just like everyone else on here. You dont like it? dont read it, simple as that: Your ignorant
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'iPad Mini' Pricing to Begin at Approximately $329
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why? Im expressing my opinion just like everyone else on here. You dont like it? dont read it, simple as that: Your ignorant
Neither of you have ever spent a week with the Nexus 7 , otherwise you wouldn't be saying such stupid things.
There are many reasons, Google it.
My Favorite thing about the Nexus 7 , uTorrent , BitTorrent and being able to sideload Apps
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Oh no, .....facts don't go over well here.
Expect a note from the mods ....or a time out for your comments against the almighty Apple
It's called common knowledge. Ask anyone who knows anything about the industry, such as an analyst, or a consultant, ask someone who knows about business strategy and business models, they will all tell you the same thing, which is what I just told you. You are free to disbelieve the experts, but it's not a practice I would recommend.
Rather than my posting several links to articles showing other more credible people then me stating that the iTMS and App Stores are both loss leaders (unique in that they do earn a bit of profit, but that's irrelevant and doesn't change the fact they are loss leaders) and having you deny the veracity or accuracy or whatever other reason you choose to cling to your position, do a quick search yourself on the googlemachine with "loss leader" and "app store" or "itms" and you'll see lots of articles explaining this. Amazon's, Google's and Barnes and Noble's loss leaders are the Kindle, N7 and Nook (in order) which they sell to drive people to buy their content, the exact opposite of Apple's business model and usage of their loss leader.
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What bothers me is, I'm sure by now all the rumours are true, iPad 2 in a mini case. But I'd say apple is already started developing the iPad mini 2 which will have retina and a6 processors. So by the spring, this inferior mini will b even more inferior when the proper mini is released
It'll probably be £329, Apple tends to ignore exchange rates.
For all the current iPad lineup, take the US$ number and multiply by about 0.8 to get the UK price, which is why I'm going for £279 if this pricing rumour is correct. When you factor in exchange rate plus 20% UK tax, we'll be getting fleeced by about £30 on that price compared to the Americans.
I for one will not be buying one unless it comes with sandpaper. Its too small for apps to work. Why is apple copying what others are doing? We should have struck with the 10 inch tabs and 3.5inch phones. With Tim at the helm it looks all the attention is to stop the growth of google and android and kill the competition. You will never achieve anything with that attitude, apple used to have more conviction with jobs at the top. 7 inch is ok for readers but for web experience you need at least 10 inches of screen.
Its too small for apps to work. Why is apple copying what others are doing? We should have struck with the 10 inch tabs and 3.5inch phones. With Tim at the helm it looks all the attention is to stop the growth of google and android and kill the competition. You will never achieve anything with that attitude, apple used to have more conviction with jobs at the top. 7 inch is ok for readers but for web experience you need at least 10 inches of screen.
I for one will not be buying one unless it comes with sandpaper.
I disagree completely with most of what you say. It's not too small, otherwise the iPhone and iPod Touch would both be minuscule. Think about it. If apps run on the iPhone and iPod Touch and do so well, they can run the same apps on a slightly larger screen and run perhaps even better with more real estate.
This tablet isn't just for web or reading, there are other things it would be able to do, such as games (which would be great at this size compared to the iPhone or iPod Touch). For me, the size of it is the most important factor when looking at a tablet, the 7" range is ideal (I have a Kindle which I love, but is crap for PDFs). I had a gen 1 iPad, but felt most of the time it was simply too large to hold comfortably, and now I have an 11" MBA, so a full sized tablet would be redundant. What I need also, though, is high resolution in the screen, so my fingers are crossed that's what we see in at least one version tonight, and if so, I've got my money ready and I'll be ordering asap.
Inferior? I use my iPad2 every day, I'm using it now. What is inferior on an iPad2? It is way better then the 3, as it is the same speed, better battery, lighter und way cheaper. So everything important for a tablet is well coverted. If I get that tech in a smaller case without change, it would be far from inferior. It would have way higher dpi (I am happy, very happy, with the screen I have), be even lighter and a lot cheaper then the already very reasonable iPad2.
Maybe you lived in a different universe than I. The Walkman was always a tad higher in price than other brands, as all Sony products were at the time, esp. for the features offered, but prices dropped considerably as consumer choice broadened.
Also price obviously wasn't the reason the Walkman vanished. Credit the CD for that (I bought my first Walkman CD player in 1986, only 5 years after my first portable tape player). But price did impact the Walkman given that companies like AIWA, Panasonic, Toshiba were making similar quality products at slightly lower price with more features, like FM radio. Where a Walkman w/o radio was $150, you could get a Panasonic w/ radio for about $20 less.
But to get back to the iPad comparison, Apple isn't going to be new to the 7" category, and Android for tablets is a viable alternative whereas it didn't even exist when the 10" iPad was first announced. Also the first iPad was a veritable bargain at the time, not overpriced. That makes a huge difference in where Apple needs to price a 7" if it wants to capture that market rather than say "me too." Very different situation than when Sony introduced the Walkman.
I'm not criticizing the Nexus 7. In my post, I even said it's "a good device for the money". I'm calling the act of unequivocally declaring the Nexus 7 superior to an as yet unannounced device fanboyism. You haven't spent a week on the iPad Mini/Air, nor have you even seen its specs or read a review of it. Your point?
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Analysis now believe even at $199 the iPad mini would sell for a small profit (it was it is at iPad 2 resolution).
Google does not need to sell a loss leader, either, especially for a flagship tablet.
And you can now buy NEW full featured Android tablets for less then $77.
The cost of making tables is plummeting, moving to commodity realm.
Can't do exact comparisons, but a number of what is considered NEW top of line 10" tables are under $499, and the older XOOM is below $399.
Asus Transformer Pad 300 3.8 $351.00 2012-04 Android 4.0 10.1 1280 x 800 Nvidia Tegra 3 1.20 32 8.5 1.40 0.64
Asus Transformer Prime 3.7 $396.00 2011-12 Android 3.2 10.1 1280 x 800 Nvidia Tegra 3 1.30 32,64 10.0 1.29 0.59
Lenovo IdeaTab S2110 4.8 $494.99 2012-07 Android 4.0 10.1 1280 x 800 Snapdragon S4 1.50 16,32 0.0 1.28 0.58
Samsung Galaxy Tab2 10.1 4.0 $349.00 2012-05 Android 4.0 10.1 1280 x 800 TI OMAP 4430 1.00 16,32 9.0 1.28 0.58
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4.0 $497.99 2011-06 Android 3.1 10.1 1280 x 800 Nvidia Tegra 2 1.00 16,32 10.0 1.26 0.57
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 4.5 $497.99 2012-08 Android 4.0 10.1 1280 x 800 Exynos 4 1.40 16,32 8.0 1.31 0.59
Motorola XOOM 4.1 $355.00 2011-03 Android 3.0 10.1 1280 x 800 Nvidia Tegra 2 1.00 32 8.0 1.60 0.73
Tablets are starting to decrease in price, the beginning of commoditization.
(From http://www.tabletpccomparison.net/)
Thanks for that info. I totally agree with you, if that article was wrong about price and number of sizes, there's no reason to believe it will start at 8 based on that. Obviously we don't know either way, but I'd be shocked if it's not 16, 32, 64 at those prices. Starting at 32 would be even better but I'm not holding my breath.
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Nope, 1280x800. Still more than the rumored resolution for ipad mini, but closer.
Still $130 more than the equivalent Nexus for the 16GB and $180 more than the 32GB equivalent
No. The working resolution of a Retina iPad for programs are still identical at 1024 x 768
Surprisingly, Apple started the commoditized tablet market at $499. Everyone expected it to be $799-999 those years ago. We are just now starting to see decent hardware for $199.
Out of all the Big Lots! and Fry's specials tablets, the $199 Nexus 7 is still the least amount I would spend to get a decent tablet.
The eqivalent? What exactly do you mean? Because it got also 16 Gb? Thats it? A tablet consists of Memory?
You can not really compare the Nexus to the mini? Really, if you do, you will find, that the Nexus is too expensive. I know, I got one of these plastic boxes here, out of battery, as usual after 15:00h.
Agreed. They showed a 7 inches tablet next to the mini and run some apps.. They are no comparision... Android app suck pretty bad compare to the IOS version (and Apple probably cherry picking the apps but that would be what customer see). Even the web experience are quite different... If someone want to compare spec. Make sure weight is in it also. Ipad mini is going to weight 10.88 oz where Ipad 3 weight 23+oz and Nexus 7 weight 12 oz.. Apple win the packaging game with a bigger tablet (7.87 inches vs 7) but still come out thinner and lighter.. Would be an excellent device to hold it in our hand to use it... I think I will get an LTE version to drown down the sorrow about my IPad 3 get obsolete today by Ipad 4 8-((