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TheDane

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Now this might get some US people to stop breathing...but you guys(gals) consider youselfes lucky with your pricing. 590USD is standard store pricing in Denmark for a Mini 32GB WIFI only including an standard Apple cover.

But damn...I love this pad. I considered waiting of course. But we are in AUGUST...waiting will be month, so I figured: this device is what i want, why wait!?

Battery life and weight is crucial - Primary use is Facebook, Twitter, Browsing, Mail, News, Tapatalk (Forums), etc...no movies or reading (books) is intended (Kindle Paperwhite for that). The story is that we are 4 people (2 adults, and girls 7 and 10) "fighting" for the 2 existing iPads (a 2 and a 3)...and now i wanted "My Own". Ever since i saw the Mini in the store half a year ago I loved it. Great size, perfect handling...makes the "normal" iPad feel like a dinosaur 🙂...

Well, anyway...I'm happy...life is too short to wait for the next Apple Release...(there is always another Release...)
 
Life is too short to wait. 😉 I bought a second Mini for my wife last week, and she loves it. We both have iPad 4's, but use our Mini tablets almost exclusively now. I think the screen is fine already, so we aren't holding our breath waiting for any "improvement". Enjoy!
 
Life is too short to wait. 😉 I bought a second Mini for my wife last week, and she loves it. We both have iPad 4's, but use our Mini tablets almost exclusively now. I think the screen is fine already, so we aren't holding our breath waiting for any "improvement". Enjoy!

Its not just the screen, you just bought an iPad2 - congratulations :apple:
 
Yep - I know its a "shrunken" iPad 2...still very very nice 🙂. Impressive battery life as well!

I have loaded some of my Kindle books onto it. I will give it a chance with books I think. Looks good although not Kindle Paperwhite Style 🙂
 
I know of no other tablet that can compete with the iPads battery life.

My Mini often gives me 13+ hours over two days,

My Nexus 7 uses 40% of the battery in 8 hrs with ZERO usage as it did last night.
 
Its not just the screen, you just bought an iPad2 - congratulations :apple:

So? Dual core A5 is more than capable of doing what op mentioned in the description. Not to mention ppi is higher on the mini than the 2.
 
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