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iPad to Be Updated with UK 4G LTE Support, iPad Mini to Be Wi-Fi Only?
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But Apple, you're missing an opportunity to be the biggest mobile handset on the market!!! Please Tim, give us some blessed relief from all the Android trolls who won't let up about their brick-sized phones. We want to be able to say, 'That's not a phone… THIS is a phone!', as we pull our iPad mini out from our cargo pants!
I can't believe I wasted 20 minutes looking stuff up to refute this. That is a simple phone in survey. Highly un-reliable #1, and #2, it's US only. To bring it into perspective, globally it's much much higher using better methods than phone survey. Globally growing 6% to bring it to 68% while android appears to have leveled for this last quarter for whatever reason, I'm sure it'll change upcoming quarters. Also, please keep in mind, both way, the market is ever expanding so loss in market share is very deceiving. So lets take android stayed at 29.3%, does that mean it's not growing... heck no, it almost doubled it's "shipments" from same quarter last year. What is most amazing to me is the sign that of tablet web traffic, the iPad accounts for an astounding 94.64%. So either no one is using those other tablets or they just simply aren't consuming online media with them. Point being, iPad reigns in eyes of advertisers, developers, and media content producers.
They will support uk lte with iPad 4th generation, don't worry, your iPad is fine
i for one dont mind the shared data plans, for $10 to add a tablet device, this makes it convenient, instead of getting a $50 plan. I say I dont mind not having my phone with me because 1, its just something else to carry around, but 2, most importantly, I just dont make a lot of phone calls, I txt more often than not, and truth be told, 90% of contacts use an iphone and I could imessage with them.....I would have never thought it but even in my business world life, most of my colleagues and those I do business with I can also interact this way with.....so really, im not in a minority when it comes to that.....carrying a mifi around would be no different than carrying a tethered iphone with....its "inconvenient" to turn personal hotspot on on the phone and connect, when I could just click the home button and go...
I actually didn't indicate if it was a bad business model or not. My point was that the rumor correlates to Apple's business model and it's feasible it could happen.
I would like to see the iPad Mini have more connection capabilities than just Wi-Fi. I personally think it's ridiculous if it doesn't. Whether or not that affects them making "many billions of dollars" is possibly a different topic.
Opinions vary, but I think they are as smooth, especially with iOS6 as that really pushes the lil A4.
Good question. It'd be a good option.
However, we should only need one 4G device (+ hotspot)...
and it should be the one that's always in your pocket.
And it should be unlimited.
Thanks to Verizon ethics, I'll be stuck with my 4G Android--choking on its lack of RAM--till the day it dies (or until phones stop costing $700).
When you say this you need to provide the benchmarks to prove it. I wouldn't be surprised to find it were true, but just claiming it without citation doesn't actually add anything to the conversation.
And use benchmarks, not specs. With different platforms, using comparisons such as processor speed or the amount of RAM is meaningless. The OS makes a difference, and the app framework makes a difference. In terms of responsiveness my old Froyo phone was miles behind my even older first-gen iPod Touch, even though the phone had a faster processor and more RAM for apps.
Price
How can people say that the iPad Mini will be priced at $199 or $249, when the new iPod Touch starts at $299? Would apple price a 32GB iPad Mini at the same price as an iPod Touch? My guess is $350 starting.
How can people say that the iPad Mini will be priced at $199 or $249, when the new iPod Touch starts at $299? Would apple price a 32GB iPad Mini at the same price as an iPod Touch? My guess is $350 starting.
If it lacks a "retina" display, FaceTime camera, or 3G then the $249 price appears to be very reasonable. Somehow, I feel that Apple will market the iPad mini more specifically as a reader device rather than a typical iPad.
eveyone knows i ment 7.85 inches. i couldn't be bothered typing it all out. i was layzing away in bed. The catagory is 7" tablet devices. It's all the same. don't need to get all technical on me like that.
If it lacks a retina display, then that means it's an inferior product to the competitors at launch.
I think it's wifi only this year so they can adjust the price for the ipod touch for next year, they need sometime to think how to price both of these so people can buy all of them.
Next year will probably bring a 4G iPad Mini with retina and a cheaper iPod touch.
Next year will probably bring a 4G iPad Mini with retina and a cheaper iPod touch.
I doubt Apple really cares. Even though they make a Macbook Pro model with a "retina" display, I am sure that they still sell plenty of "inferior" cheaper models that don't have it.
Anyway, everybody is just speculating. Nobody knows what this thing will have. However, it must lack something else other than the screen size in order for it be competitively priced.
A few reasons may be
1) Doing so hurts the iPhones battery life.
2) The customers phone plan may not support tethering, or it costs extra
3) They may not actually have a smart phone (I'm sure there is some out there)
4) Perhaps their data allowance on their phone plan isn't suitable, and the telco arrangements are such that two plans works better for them. They may also want to use different providers completely.
5) It could be a work device and you want any use to be paid for by the company
I'm aware there are alternatives to much of the above such as wireless 3G modems etc, but it may not be ideal. Personally for pure convenience, I'd like to see a LTE model in the line up. I can't see there not being one to be honest.
It's because of Brits and bad teeth. This goes against the clean and healthy image that Apple promote
This.
I bought a Nexus 7, and while it was definitely the best of the 6 Android devices I've owned (and sold) the no cellular data thing made it useless. Especially next to my LTE iPad.
Because it's for reading and casual gaming. Not web browsing or phone calls.
According to reports, that's how the product was pitched to Steve to get the green light.
That is, until you figure out that an iPad goes through 200-300MB of data per day on normal usage.
Here's hoping there will be maybe not even unlimited 4G data services in the EU, but at least reasonable priced ones.
That's a lie. Apple have no question asked 14 day opened box return policy. I had a scratch on mine and it was returned with no question asked.