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LG Shipments Indicate Retina iPad Mini Could Arrive As Early As October
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It would nice of you to illustrate us how to develop an iPad mini with retina and the same format an year ago, given the fact that any respectable expert, like Anand, said it was not feasible. Maybe you could revolutionize the industry and you doesn't know!
Digitimes is the proverbial broken clock accurately telling the time twice a day with this story.
Yep, nothing brings the trolls out in force more than a story about a successful Apple product and a much anticipated update to it.
Yep, nothing brings the trolls out in force more than a story about a successful Apple product and a much anticipated update to it.
LG... do not want
Don't worry. Apple invested tons of money in Samsung's LCD production many years ago, and now they are investing into LG and others. These displays will be just fine.
You don't give up "screen real estate" in a 7.9 inch tablet vs. a 9.7 inch tablet if the pixel density stays the same. The rumors are that the new iPad mini does have the same pixel density as the ipad 4, 2048 x 1536. The text characters will be smaller on the ipad mini but it will still be very readable due the high pixel density(326 ppi) and the scalable vector fonts of iOS.
Fair enough, but they could move it to the iOS blog for lack of credibility (like they seem to do for anything else as credible as Digitimes).
Most likely Apple takes the efficiency of the new screen into account by reducing the size (i.e battery) of the iPad 5. The rumors are it will be as thin and have the narrower design of the mini. So the reduction will offset the battery gains and they stay spot on 10 hours.
So in a way you are exactly right if they were to keep the current physical design and weight of the iPad 4. Might get 15+ hours of battery life, but that's not how Apple rolls.
I for one think the battery performance is great, so I welcome the reduced size weight of the iPad 5 assuming the battery life is kept at a real 10 hours.
When I looked to buy an ipad back in March, it was really clear from my store experience, that the retina ipad was head and shoulders above other tablets, and the price/form-factor of the mini was also the best package.
That said, the non-retina display was very obvious when comparing the two, and placed the mini below many android tablets.
Put a high quality screen in the mini, and there isn't any reason to consider any other tablet.
That's just crazy. How could you possible enjoy current tech when the future will offer so much more? I mean that is the thought of many here. You should have "saved" your money and waited until the Retina mini was out and then decide to wait again until the Retina w/ A8 chip is out only to wait until the Retina w/ Magnetic Gestures and Emotional Sensors w/ A12 chip came out.
Of course now, even though you enjoyed your mini thoroughly you'll have to sell your mini and spend maybe another $150 to get an improved version. Amortized over a year that's over $12.50 a month for the upgrade!
and many people think the current ios is disgusting.. many people think apple products are disgusting. so if youre using anything from apple right now you are disgusting.
guess you forgot that the retina display macbooks were out around this time, which was already struggling with retina panel supply issues. people like you think retina panels grow on trees and apple is up to the big cover up to make people buy things twice.. which is funny because when retina screens first came out people like you said retina screens were a scam in the first place and there was no difference.. cant have your cake and eat it too.. tinfoil hats are hot this time of year.
And the most prolific too! There is some sort of rumor by them every other day even contradicting themselves. They've only been half right like twice and still they get quoted all the time! I'm sick of them and I don't even read the article once I see their name.
Wait...what? My 74 y.o. mom is a hipster? Who knew! She thinks Arcade Fire was a fire in the town square in 1952.
Oh Stop it already. You know it's not true, why post it? Does it really make you feel that much better?
somebody feels entitled.
maybe electrical engineering is harder than you think. apple would have sold us the kit and caboodle in V1 if they could, but that isn't how tech works -- incremental engineering and production is the name of the game. further, the key features of the mini is size and weight. thus anything expanding the size and weight (as double density displays and video driver and battery would do) is secondary. if it jeopardizes the primary considerations then it gets the axe. design choices.
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not really. I bought one because the features it offered (size and weight) offered value to me, serving a different use case than my main iPad. a retina version would also offer value (and perhaps have its own drawbacks). should I get one in the future ill have zero reservations because of the value I'm reaping from the current. that doesn't change. further, my friends and family love hand me downs, so the value of an obsolete model continues to exist.
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it's not impatient if the product offers value. simple.
They do. This was included in iOS 6. The OS rejects accidental screen touches. It even works on iPhone. Try placing and resting a finger on the side of the screen and then doing something with the other finger. iOS is pretty good about ignoring the resting finger.