funny to me that you can reason the Air and Mini at the same price when the Air was 399 and the Mini 299 with the gift card in that sale
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iPad iPad Retina Mini and iPad Air the same price: which do you choose?
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iPad Air iPad Air iPad Air! I love the 9.7 inch display in my 3rd gen ipad. I feel that the 7.9 inch of the mini really only is good for travel. I would never want to sit at home and use a mini.
You should try it. Using one at home would change your mind. I have both. I love the Air but use the rMini.
Yep. I never liked the size of the mini. Just a tad too small and too toylike for me. The Air has the perfect sized screen for a tablet, IMO. Not too big or small. The goldilocks story comes to mind.....
As others have mentioned in other posts. It's not until you compare the colors to the Air will you see a difference. I have an Air and tried both the Mini and rMini and I could see a slight difference in the colors.
There's nothing wrong with the rMini screen until you compare it with a Galaxy Tab S.
So, a slight difference is the same as a major colour gamut problem now is it?
Stop with the hyperbole, their is NOTHING wrong with the Retina iPad Mini screen, I can imagine people on here sticking their noses up to their Retina MacBook 's and their Apple Cinema displays to try and detect differences...
And I will assume you are being funny with the Samsung comment? Relating to the stupid advert posted on the front page the other week?
I haven't tried the retina mini, but I did have the original mini, and the iPad 3. When I got the original mini, I used it exclusively, both at home and out of the house, for about a week. I then picked up the 3, and my god, everything was so much bigger and easier to see and use. I still kept the original mini for on-the-go because it was so much lighter than the 3. But when home, I almost always used the 3. And when the Air came out, I got the Air and never looked back.
I have my mom has an iPad mini . I tried it but it just doesn't seem right unless I'm not home.
I picked iPad Air but that is really because of two things
A) My usage needs. I use my iPad Air for reading textbooks and pdf articles and don't want to do that on a smaller screen. That doesn't make the iPad rMini bad. It just doesn't suite my particular usage case.
B) The UI on the iPad rMini (at least if it is the same as the older iPad Mini) is too small. They just shrunk down whatever was on the full size iPad to the size of the iPad mini and it makes text and touch targets sometimes a bit too small. Small android tablets (not perfect by any means) don't have this particular problem because their UI was designed for their size. This is a fault of the mini vs. the full size iPad but I'm guessing that it is something some people can get used to. I didn't want to get used to it.
I think anyone who is deciding just between iPad Air vs iPad rMini should decide first if they want a small or a large tablet. The iPad Air is light for a large tablet but it is not a one-handed device (for me anyway). It is significantly heavier than the mini tablet category so if you want a small light device I don't think the iPad Air will make you happy but if you don't care as much about that then the iPad Air is the better device (mainly due to point B).
A) My usage needs. I use my iPad Air for reading textbooks and pdf articles and don't want to do that on a smaller screen. That doesn't make the iPad rMini bad. It just doesn't suite my particular usage case.
B) The UI on the iPad rMini (at least if it is the same as the older iPad Mini) is too small. They just shrunk down whatever was on the full size iPad to the size of the iPad mini and it makes text and touch targets sometimes a bit too small. Small android tablets (not perfect by any means) don't have this particular problem because their UI was designed for their size. This is a fault of the mini vs. the full size iPad but I'm guessing that it is something some people can get used to. I didn't want to get used to it.
I think anyone who is deciding just between iPad Air vs iPad rMini should decide first if they want a small or a large tablet. The iPad Air is light for a large tablet but it is not a one-handed device (for me anyway). It is significantly heavier than the mini tablet category so if you want a small light device I don't think the iPad Air will make you happy but if you don't care as much about that then the iPad Air is the better device (mainly due to point B).
it's like asking
you are living in a city or in a tiny town on the mountains many miles away from civilization
what would you take a small city car or a large jeep
is not about money, specs, better or not
is about own preference and kind of use
more portability (tinier the better)
larger screen
awaiting for the rMini 3
you are living in a city or in a tiny town on the mountains many miles away from civilization
what would you take a small city car or a large jeep
is not about money, specs, better or not
is about own preference and kind of use
more portability (tinier the better)
larger screen
awaiting for the rMini 3