IPad mini = Very well priced!!

[insoc]

I can't believe how many people are still comparing the Nexus 7 with the iPad Mini in things like processor speed, memory, storage and the likes and how the Nexus 7 or Kindle or whatever your favorite 7" tablet is cheaper but NOT talking about the DIFFERENCE in the SIZE of the screen whereas the iPad Mini has a 7.9" screen and the Nexus a 7" screen (a 35% difference) That to me is the factor that makes me want to buy the iPad Mini right away. I'm an avid magazine reader, both the interactive ones and the regular .pdf ones. I found my iPad 3 to be just to heavy to keep reading a magazine as I would with a paper magazine and one month ago I started to look for alternatives. The Android 10.1 tablets were a good alternative (specially the ultra thin Toshiba Excite 10 LE) but nevertheless I always wanted a smaller tablet that I can hold just with one hand. Then I looked at the 7" tablets like the Kindle or the Galaxy Tab 2 7" but found the screen a bit small and the way they showed the magazines or the .pdfs a little weird always keeping blank spaces in the screen unusable.
So the iPad Mini came as a wonderful solution FOR THE MOMENT. The moment they make the iPad 13" X.000 just as thin and light as a single paper sheet I will buy it but as of today the iPad Mini is the only device that gives me the portability, weight and thinness as the 7" tablets with MORE display space.

 

[Techwriter]

I would actually pay the $170 difference for the iPad 4. At a certain point if you're in the market for a tablet you go all out or you go cheap. I think it was a major mistake to release a revised iPad 4 at $499 and a $329 iPad mini that is 2 generations behind in power at the same time.

This was a good posting. I was definitely going to buy the iPad Mini before they upgraded the full-sized iPad. I don't see how you can justify $329 for a non-retina, two year old spec device for the price difference. If the $170 is too much, you can buy the iPad 3 refurbished for $370, only a $51 difference. The seven month old iPad 3 still beats the iPad Mini announced today. You really are paying a premium for the mini size. At some point, you have to examine whether it's worth it.

 

[donster28]

I don't see the big deal people. everyone said the iPad 2 was a great deal at $399. So for $70 less you get it in a smaller form factor, lighter and redesigned much like the iPhone 5 plus a 5mp 1080p rear camera and Facetime HD camera....I think thats a pretty good deal. Now if you compare it to the Kindle Fire or Nexus 7. On price its going to look bad. but the specs aren't all THAT much different. A5 is a tiny bit slower then the N7 in CPU but faster in GPU. I think the screen will look fine even tho the PPI is lower.

Its $130 premium that gets you into the apple ecosystem but gets you better cameras and a better build quality and I think it will sell like wildfire.

Competition is a little different now compared to when the iPad 2 was released. And with a tough economy, $100 is a big difference and the majority of people will tend to get a better featured cheaper model.

The only thing going for the iPad Mini is, well, it's Apple and un-informed, un-decided and impulse buyers will likely get one. Regardless, it will sell well.

 

[blackhand1001]

Think about it for a minute. The Nexus 7 is a cheap plastic toy with no Apps for it. Let me say that again. NO FREAKING APPS. Unless you like blown up phone apps that run like crap. It's a glorified email and web browser. If that is all you want then buy a Nexus7 or any other Android tablet. The ipad mini is thinner and lighter. Runs better than any Android tablet even with the iPad2 specs and has a couple hundred thousand apps that are built for it. I would say that is worth extra $100 you are going to pay for it.

Saying it twice doesn't make it true. The nexus 7 btw has an aluminum bezel. Phil Schiller is a liar by calling it plastic.