Apparently not.
Remember people WANT to believe........
We need to see MANY more parts yet, and certainly ones that haven't come out of a Kindle Fire, before we can state it's a certainty.
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Apparently not.
Remember people WANT to believe........
We need to see MANY more parts yet, and certainly ones that haven't come out of a Kindle Fire, before we can state it's a certainty.
iPad mini:
* 1136x640 resolution
* A6 processor, triple core gpu
* LTE
* carbon fibre backside
$379 32GB, $479 64GB
The only items not certain is the price.
* 1136x640 resolution
* A6 processor, triple core gpu
* LTE
* carbon fibre backside
$379 32GB, $479 64GB
The only items not certain is the price.
I think it would be a good opportunity to relaunch all their products with an updated version that has a Lightning port, to help legitmize it. Right now they are selling different products with different chargers, that used to be all the same charger.
iPhone 4L
iPhone 4SL
iPad 2L
new iPadL
iPad mini
"what does the L stand for"
lightning because its so fast and great derp derp. because they are making a part smaller, it shouldn't be that hard to do a "quick" redesign of it. Don't make the speakers bigger like in the 5, don't add a new audio chip, dont make it more expensive other then swapping out old connector with new one. It'll help the accessories business too...
though I guess one could argue that by making customers buy new ports/accessories, they make solid money. So maybe my entire post is moot. If you disagree, just quote this sentence and the one before it
iPhone 4L
iPhone 4SL
iPad 2L
new iPadL
iPad mini
"what does the L stand for"
lightning because its so fast and great derp derp. because they are making a part smaller, it shouldn't be that hard to do a "quick" redesign of it. Don't make the speakers bigger like in the 5, don't add a new audio chip, dont make it more expensive other then swapping out old connector with new one. It'll help the accessories business too...
though I guess one could argue that by making customers buy new ports/accessories, they make solid money. So maybe my entire post is moot. If you disagree, just quote this sentence and the one before it
I think it will be very good, especially relative to its form factor.
The iPad 4:3 ratio is great for reading documents (in portrait orientation), the display size will still be pretty sizable (almost 8"), and even with a 1024x768 (for maximum app compatibility), that's still a slight improvement vs. iPad 1/2 (~164 PPI).
I love reading on my iPad, and use PDFs all the time (lots of technical documents). Heck, I regularly switch to reader mode in OSX Safari (purging on the noise), and Save-As to PDF directly to my DropBox, then easily open it on the iPad
Thanks for that, I'm hoping/expecting it to be so. That would be one big differentiating feature vs. other 7" tablets, and also another good reason to pay the Apple tax. I've got a Kindle (simple version) and PDFs are virtually unreadable and I just started school where reading PDFs is required (and I hate reading on my desktop!), but the form factor of my Kindle is perfect. I had a gen 1 iPad and read some stuff on it then, but it did get a bit heavy and since I've got a new MBA 11" arriving tomorrow, it seems a bit overkill to carry two similarly sized devices, this 7" iPad Mini would be ideal!
Another MacRumors revelation... The iPad mini will have a front and back that looks somewhat similar to the existing iPad. Tomorrow we'll get a rumor that there will be a home button, and the day after that it will have a standard lightning cord. I can't wait to hear all about it.
I'll live in the real world where an iPad mini makes no sense and is based on very weak non existent rumours. You live in your world where when one dodgy source states a keynote event will happen in the middle of October means a garuntee iPad mini. Oh and let's not dare confuse the rumoured keynote with Apples confirmed earnings event this month
I bet you still believe it'll cost $200 as well?
I do believe two weeks before the last keynote we knew pretty much everything about the iPhone 5. And about new codes for new iPods which people claimed were codes for an iPad mini.
We'll see who is right and who is wrong. Not long now. Can't wait.
The back looks like a regular iPad to me with some sort of black tint plastic over it. Screen looks like a regular sized ipad too except the sides are thinner.
Gonna be difficult to gauge size of these without something in the picture to compare it to.
Gonna be difficult to gauge size of these without something in the picture to compare it to.
I miss the days when the products and technology were a mystery until launch day or a couple days before. Double down security fail? RIP STEVE.
Well, let's take a logic guess.
If they release an iPad Mini it has to be cheaper than the 10" version.
That means $449 or less. Apple don't price after competitors, they focus on their own products. Soo:
iPad 10" 16GB: $499
iPod Touch 4" 32GB: $299
Where will it fit?
If they choose a retina display that means higher production costs and in my opinion they will go for the same resolution as the 10" iPad because they don't want the developers to develop for yet another resolution. It's one of Apple's big strengths compared to the competition that the developers can stick to a minimum of resolutions. Sometimes it needs adjustment(as with the bigger screen on the iPhone 5 and iPod 4"), but that's the natural development.
My guess is maybe a $299 8GB iPad Mini with retina display and the same processing power as the 10" iPad has now.
If they release an iPad Mini it has to be cheaper than the 10" version.
That means $449 or less. Apple don't price after competitors, they focus on their own products. Soo:
iPad 10" 16GB: $499
iPod Touch 4" 32GB: $299
Where will it fit?
If they choose a retina display that means higher production costs and in my opinion they will go for the same resolution as the 10" iPad because they don't want the developers to develop for yet another resolution. It's one of Apple's big strengths compared to the competition that the developers can stick to a minimum of resolutions. Sometimes it needs adjustment(as with the bigger screen on the iPhone 5 and iPod 4"), but that's the natural development.
My guess is maybe a $299 8GB iPad Mini with retina display and the same processing power as the 10" iPad has now.
As long as we are speculating, I will offer up these iPad mini price points:
16 GB WiFi only $299
32 GB WiFi only $399
64 GB WiFi only $499
16 GB LTE WiFi $429
32 GB LTE WiFi $529
64 GB LTE WiFi $629
The iPod touch is $299, but has 32 GB, 9.7 inch iPad 2 is 16 GB at $399, so this would fit.
It will be 1024 X 768, but will have some display features that make it stand out (perhaps a selectable e-ink like display as described in one of the Apple patents). It will have both front and rear facing cameras, look very much like the new iPod touch in form factor and thickness. May have an A6, but more likely an A5.
16 GB WiFi only $299
32 GB WiFi only $399
64 GB WiFi only $499
16 GB LTE WiFi $429
32 GB LTE WiFi $529
64 GB LTE WiFi $629
The iPod touch is $299, but has 32 GB, 9.7 inch iPad 2 is 16 GB at $399, so this would fit.
It will be 1024 X 768, but will have some display features that make it stand out (perhaps a selectable e-ink like display as described in one of the Apple patents). It will have both front and rear facing cameras, look very much like the new iPod touch in form factor and thickness. May have an A6, but more likely an A5.
exactly.
i'm not biting until there's a camera ribbon cable revealed or some other real evidence.