Apple has high standards, and that's okay with me ..
If the burn-in is invisible to users, why is it a problem?
But with the tablet Apple knows it's still only the major player in town, which explains the price gouging and the "supply constraints." If the kindle fire starts selling like hotcakes just watch those "supply constraints" clear up overnight.
Poor tints? What poor tints? I've got one of those new iPad Airs and I also own iPad 1, iPad 2, iPad 3 and two iPad 4s. The Air looks just as great as all those old ones. What bogus rumor smack are you writing about? You got facts to back that poor tints smear? No poor tints on mine. Please clarify.
Oh and by the way, I'll be among the first to own a retina mini the day it ships. This rumor stinks to high heaven. I can believe there's an IGZO low yield problem. But I don't believe it won't ship by the end of this month. Just not in the quantities Apple was planning for. So allocation will be the rule till next Spring at least.
Poor tints? What poor tints? I've got one of those new iPad Airs and I also own iPad 1, iPad 2, iPad 3 and two iPad 4s. The Air looks just as great as all those old ones. What bogus rumor smack are you writing about? You got facts to back that poor tints smear? No poor tints on mine. Please clarify.
Oh and by the way, I'll be among the first to own a retina mini the day it ships. This rumor stinks to high heaven. I can believe there's an IGZO low yield problem. But I don't believe it won't ship by the end of this month. Just not in the quantities Apple was planning for. So allocation will be the rule till next Spring at least.
Yeah I'm sure Apple was so scared of the new Nexus they decided to. Rush the Mini and release it before it was really ready.
Apple is not going to wait to after the holidays to sell the stockpiles of Mini they've already accumulated somewhere.
They should have used whoever asus uses for the nexus 7 2013 displays. I think its japan display which is also used on the iphone I believe. The display on nexus 7 2013 is beautiful and doesn't have any burn in issues.
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Do yourself a favor and get the nexus 7 over the kindle fire.
But what if so few of the new Minis were built that it would make more sense to delay its arrival until middle January 2014?
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[Customer]: meh.
I didn't say scared of nexus, but more like throwing their hat in the high res small device ring early. When was the last time apple had such vague release date?
please read the entire post.
But what if so few of the new Minis were built that it would make more sense to delay its arrival until middle January 2014?
You must not have had a yellow screened iPhone 4.
If demand is as high as Cook fears it won't matter when they release. The issue will still be there.
Apple doesn't stock pile for months, for a variety of reasons. Reasons that make them unlikely to change that plan,
I noticed how much Apple is trying to get more manufacturing done here on US soil which is a great thing- we need more jobs. But this iPad Mini retina is a hot mess. First of all, having Sharp supply them with the screens wasn't even the best decision in the first place. Sharp is such a crappy brand. Apple needs to manufacture their own parts here in the states where they can control the quality of the product. Come on Apple! Get with it!!!
While you might say, "meh," millions of people will still line up in droves for it.
I have to disagree. Apple usually starts manufacturing of a new product just over one month from product release date, more or less.
Samsung to the rescue... Apple's best worst friend. Or worst best friend? However you cut the cake, Samsung have some technical know-how; anything you can do, we can copy it better!
Gez, here we go again fanboy.