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Next iPad Mini to Have Retina Display?
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Didn't see this coming. ;-) Always wait to the get the next best thing a few months done the road. Unless it's the Mac Pro, I've been waiting for years. :-(
Yes, because the low price point, battery power required and other challenges in putting a retina display with same battery life were all achievable on day one of this product.
People wanted a long battery life and a mini iPad at an affordable pricepoint - the yields of hi res displays could not possible have allowed this, and I doubt the smaller battery could have sustained it (let alone the heat issues).
Maybe Apple should have waited until it could be made from flexible digital paper and rolled up and put into your pocket while retaining a two year battery life as later models might do? No doubt in ten years when this is achieved you'll complain that it should have been available on day one and Apple were just holding back to make themselves look behind the competition/rip you off?
I'm not sure what "tosh" is but I'll assume it means you agree with everything I said. Oh my God....it must be so terrible. You would know, considering you own an iPhone 5 and then you own non retina macbooks and iMacs.
Anyways, I've owned every iPad and the 3 was by far the worst to deal with.
How many novels do you read that are 9.7 inches diagonally? iPad mini is MUCH better for that. Neither can touch e-ink though.
poor developers...
anyone know how many resolutions Apple currently has in its mobile lineup?
ipad2
ipadretina
ipad mini
ipad mini retina????
iphone4
iphone5
ipod touch
Crazy
anyone know how many resolutions Apple currently has in its mobile lineup?
ipad2
ipadretina
ipad mini
ipad mini retina????
iphone4
iphone5
ipod touch
Crazy
This.. Exactly.
Along with battery life, the reason why the iPad mini is great is due to its extremely light weight.
My biggest complaint with the regular iPad is that its heavy.
Even the slight bump in weight and thicknes moving to iPad3 had me using my older iPad2 more often over time.. of course, that was only until I got the iPad mini.
The weight of laptops matters less since you normally use it propped up on a lap or table. For laptops, weight only really matter when you're lugging them around.
However, tablets are different. People tend to hold them up or prop them while bearing the weight of the table in their hands most of the time.
Apple's choice of going non-retina and keeping the weight and thinness the way it is now is the most logical choice for a 1st gen iPad mini.
I'd really really hate the next iPad mini going retina at the cost of added weight and thickness as they did with the iPad3.
I'd rather have the technology improve to the point where Apple can cost efficiently add a retina screen maintaining the same weight and battery life.
That's what Apple wants. To think you don't need it until they make it.
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Apple will make a thinner iPad Mini with Retina. That'll be revolutionary. And most likely the screen will also act like a solar panel to keep a decent charge when used outside to further extend the battery life. It'll also feature the new A7X29PZ processor that has 7 CPU cores and 29 GPU cores. The Z because, well, anything ending in Z sounds cool.
That is exactly what you implied. You feel that a company is screwing a customer by releasing a new version of the product that you bought. That is 13 year old logic right there.
Since you have forgotten what you typed, let me remind you:
Screwed again with another iPad launch? Why are people getting screwed because technology is moving forward? My point was that just because a newer version of the product is out, it does not immediately make the one you have completely useless. You can still use it. Unless you are 13 years old.
Internet commenting at its finest.
(step 1) sit around and do nothing
(step 2) bash leading technology companies based on zero knowledge of real product development processes or what it takes to create 100s of millions of cutting-edge products (in terms of both electronic and manufacturing tech) in the consumer space.
New iPad Mini.
I'd rather have a lighter device. The current mini is wonderful. bigger but lighter than my nexus.
I'd rather have a lighter device. The current mini is wonderful. bigger but lighter than my nexus.
I agree. I'm sure the guy you quoted would argue that maybe Apple should have waited until they could put in retina screens before announcing the mini. But then again, by the time they could do that, a new technology would be out and still complain "Why doesn't it have xyz technology?" In this case, it would never ship because there's always a new technology that's not quite ready in the right size/shape.
True.
With retina resolutions, they're twice the resolution of the device they replace so they can pixel double where needed. Though that defeats the purpose of Retina. However, with vector graphics & text, you wouldn't need to do much, if any programming, right? I'm not a programmer so hence why I'm asking.
With the iPad 2 & iPad Mini, they have the same resolution (1024 x 768), right? Only difference is that the iPad Mini would display things smaller or show less stuff at the same size.
I love how quickly everyone is on to the next version. 2 months....and speculation about what the next release will be....
Clearly the next release is going to be revolutionary and magical, with a new welding technique that makes it seem invisible or at least see through.
Just don't believe anything you hear or see until we get the first blurred picture of the home button!
see my comment above yours. I think there is a way to do itwithout going full ipad 3/4
Well, duh...
This is Apple after all; incremental upgrades are what they do. You gotta leave something out for next year's product to upgrade to.
This is Apple after all; incremental upgrades are what they do. You gotta leave something out for next year's product to upgrade to.
Wrong Move
"Adding a Retina display to a device as thin as the iPad mini could be a tricky prospect, possibly requiring a large battery and a more robust processor,"
This is precisely the problem with the Retina display. It is a waste of battery and processing power. I would much rather have more memory, faster processor, more battery life and lower cost that would come from those upgrades if the existing display was kept instead of wasting these resources on eye candy.
The reality is that for a great many people, perhaps even most people, the existing display is already 'Retina' as in we can't see any difference between the old displays and the new higher resolution displays.
Retina displays are just bling. We don't need them in the slightest.
"Adding a Retina display to a device as thin as the iPad mini could be a tricky prospect, possibly requiring a large battery and a more robust processor,"
This is precisely the problem with the Retina display. It is a waste of battery and processing power. I would much rather have more memory, faster processor, more battery life and lower cost that would come from those upgrades if the existing display was kept instead of wasting these resources on eye candy.
The reality is that for a great many people, perhaps even most people, the existing display is already 'Retina' as in we can't see any difference between the old displays and the new higher resolution displays.
Retina displays are just bling. We don't need them in the slightest.
Should have had a retina display to begin with. I was really shocked when it didn't. I've been discouraging people from buying one until it's updated.
I agree, and even though I am 6 inches from dumping iOS from my mobile computing ecosystem I haven't found (and most likely never will) an alternative to the iPad Mini. The Galaxy Note 10.1 is a nice replacement for the iPad 2 I currently have, but I'd really love a Note 7 that's as thin and light as an iPad mini, or an iPad mini that has as much functionality as a Note 10.1.
I know, never gonna happen on both counts.
I honestly don't see it happening because of the price. The iPad mini is LIGHT and very easy to use over the iPad 2,3, or 4. Adding weight and a beefier battery to power a beefier processor and more ram to support a Retina would kill both price point and weight.
The mini has the same resolution as the ipad 2 - so that is one resolution. When the mini gains retinal it will certainly be the same resolution as the ipad 4, again with the same resolution.