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New Photos of Claimed Dock Connector and Headphone Jack for iPad Mini and Next iPhone in Black and White [Updated]

HishamAkhtar said:
I feel like Apple may cannibalize the iPad's sales by releasing a mini, especially at that price point. Who would spend 600-800 on an iPad if they can get one thats 2 inches smaller for 250-300?
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True... but I guarantee Apple will still make money with an iPad Mini. I honestly don't think Apple will even care which iPad you buy... as long as you buy one of them.

Since the screen is the most expensive part... a smaller screen at non-Retina resolution will be cheap to produce. And with Apple's volume... they will make money on it.

So I guess the question is this: is it better to get $300 from someone... or zero?

The new iPad at $500 is still a rather expensive item.

There are people who want "a tablet" but who don't have $500 to spend on such a non-essential item.

I know Apple doesn't reach out to cheapskates... but come on.

And don't forget... Apple's been down this road before. The "old" iPad is now $400. Clearly they've crunched the numbers and figured it was a good idea.

I'd love to know the sales breakdown among iPad models. You'd think the $400 iPad is the top seller.

The $400 iPad might get you in the store... but one look at the new iPad's beautiful Retina screen and you're hooked. Maybe Apple bet on the fact that most people would just go for the better looking model for just a little more money.

Apple is the king of the upsell. 8GB iPod Touch for $199... but only $100 more for FOUR TIMES the storage. Apple makes it difficult to avoid going for the more expensive model.

So maybe that's how it will go. Apple dangles the cheaper iPad Mini in front of you... but you might realize that the bigger iPad is the way to go.

But if you simply cannot afford $400 or more... at least you can get something from Apple.
 
Reason077 said:
Micro USB is fiddly and annoying and breaks pretty easily. The new Dock Connector looks like it'll be easier to connect, and more robust.
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Agreed. I have seen many people break their Micro USB ports. Mini USB is great, but Micro is just to fragile for a phone that needs to last several years.
 
Michael Scrip said:
True... but I guarantee Apple will still make money with an iPad Mini. I honestly don't think Apple will even care which iPad you buy... as long as you buy one of them.

Since the screen is the most expensive part... a smaller screen at non-Retina resolution will be cheap to produce. And with Apple's volume... they will make money on it.

So I guess the question is this: is it better to get $300 from someone... or zero?

The new iPad at $500 is still a rather expensive item.

There are people who want "a tablet" but who don't have $500 to spend on such a non-essential item.

I know Apple doesn't reach out to cheapskates... but come on.

And don't forget... Apple's been down this road before. The "old" iPad is now $400. Clearly they've crunched the numbers and figured it was a good idea.

I'd love to know the sales breakdown among iPad models. You'd think the $400 iPad is the top seller.

The $400 iPad might get you in the store... but one look at the new iPad's beautiful Retina screen and you're hooked. Maybe Apple bet on the fact that most people would just go for the better looking model for just a little more money.

Apple is the king of the upsell. 8GB iPod Touch for $199... but only $100 more for FOUR TIMES the storage. Apple makes it difficult to avoid going for the more expensive model.

So maybe that's how it will go. Apple dangles the cheaper iPad Mini in front of you... but you might realize that the bigger iPad is the way to go.

But if you simply cannot afford $400 or more... at least you can get something from Apple.
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Very good post, that's true.
 
iPad Touch :p

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They likely moved the headphone jack to the bottom so they could remove audio from the doc. USB mini and micro may be standard but they are cheaply made. I would rather have Apple make a quality port then use the cheaper standard.
 
I just don't understand why if they are going to redesign the connector they don't go with a standard at this point. It is just wasteful and if every other phone/device-maker can switch and be fine so can Apple. I don't want or need more cables and formats. I think this is a big mis-step personally. If anything they should use their Thunderbolt port/connector for everything not an entirely new one.
 
article update said:
Update: MacRumors has received more info from iResQ about the new dock connector port. The site tells us that "there is just one set of eight contacts inside of the port" with "none on the top side".
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That makes perfect sense. One side for the receptacle and both sides for the plug which is just a circuit board format. Cheap.

Rocketman
 
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