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Retina iPad Mini Unlikely to See Widespread Availability in 2013
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and Google, Amazon ... all offer 7" tablets with FullHD resolution
Speaking of Amazon, the U.S. press has given its verdict on the Kindle Fire HDX 7: thanks to the ecosystem developed by Amazon, the Kindle tablet can rival with the Nexus7 and surpass it in terms of power ( Snapdragon800 at 2.2Ghz, 2Gb RAM, Adreno 330, FullHD screen insensitive to reflections ...):
http://www.techhive.com/article/205...ew-third-times-the-charm.html#tk.twt_techhive
http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-kindle-fire-hdx-7-review-01299910/
http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/02/amazon-kindle-fire-hdx-review/
http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-kindle-fire-hdx-7-review-01299910/
Interesting that Amazon is charging $40 increments for the same memory capacity bumps that Apple charges $100 for. More proof how Apple jacks its customers for additional storage...
You are ignorant. Apple does not make retina displays. They buy them from manufacturers such as Sharp and Samsung. You probably also don't know that these displays need to be sourced from these companies and that there is a limited production capacity for these displays. They might be in short supply just as Apple claimed a major portion of the global supply of 9.7 inch displays when it introduced the iPad.
In addition, it is not the size but the pixel density that is relevant here.
and a suggestion: adding "LOL" doesn't do you any favours in terms of credibility.
Are you sure you're playing/holding the new nexus 7 and not the old?
The official weight of the mini is 308g for wifi, 312g for celluar
The official weight for the fhd nexus 7 is 290g for wifi, 299 for cellular.
the older nexus 7 weighed 340g.
I have yet to see anyone dispute that the listed weights are wrong.
My new Nexus 7 gets rather poor battery life so hopefully Apple will take the time to do it right.
What does "good enough" really mean? The 5c is better than the 5 (unless you are comparing the amount of metal used on the rear, than the 5 wins!)
I skipped the iPhone 5 because it wasn't good enough for an upgrade, but I jumped at the chance to go with the 5s.
My iPad mini is doing really great and I have no complaints, I cannot see upgrading even if it does get 2048x1536 resolution (putting the ppi at iPhone 4s/5s level!)
No, the competition is not "revolutionizing the tablet space", but that is a different topic.
Instead, the goal post was whether or not, and how, the competition is "leapfrogging" the iMini. And if the only manner in which competing tablets exceed the iPad was a high res display, then maybe you'd be right. But the differences go deeper, and competing products have indeed leapfrogged the Mini.
Is that really, really hard to accept? Why?
When the iPad 3 came out with a retina display, didn't people here on MacRumors wonder how it'll affect the UI? If they double the resolution, it's enough to just pixel double everything. But if it's some non-integer times the resolution (say 1.5x), it's not that easy to pixel double or whatever,
You're mistaken, I think. Let's say the iPad Mini doubles its PPI to 326. To stay a 7.9" screen, it will need to be 2048 X 1536. If you keep the # of pixels the same while doubling the PPI, the screen would have to be 1/2 as big. PPI = Pixels Per Inch.
Maybe a bit silly. I feel we're getting to the point of diminishing returns in terms of resolution. Even on the iPad's 9.7" or the Mini's 7.9" screen, how much more detail can the average person really make out? I think after a certain point, it's not a matter of seeing better detail, but just a bragging contest. Like "My tablet's screen has a higher resolution than you! Haw-haw!"
Yet he released a Non Retina iPad 2 in March 2011 after releasing the Retina iPhone 4 on June 7, 2010?
So he'd never do that, despite the fact that he did it.
Gotcha.
Everything that Apple ever does is to drive up its profits. Everything.
So it should be no surprise whatsoever that this is done for the same reason that everything else is done.
original mini has the iPad 2 specs. Apple's quick replacement of the iPad 3 shows that they thought the innards(A5x) of the iPad 3 were insufficient. That leaves the A6X. Maybe a lower clock speed than compared to the iPad4, to maximize the chop yields.
What were you expecting? The mini to have the same specs as those in the soon to be updated main iPad? Sorry, this is
and Google, Amazon ... all offer 7" tablets with FullHD resolution
Speaking of Amazon, the U.S. press has given its verdict on the Kindle Fire HDX 7: thanks to the ecosystem developed by Amazon, the Kindle tablet can rival with the Nexus7 and surpass it in terms of power ( Snapdragon800 at 2.2Ghz, 2Gb RAM, Adreno 330, FullHD screen insensitive to reflections ...):
http://www.techhive.com/article/205...ew-third-times-the-charm.html#tk.twt_techhive
http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-kindle-fire-hdx-7-review-01299910/
http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/02/amazon-kindle-fire-hdx-review/
http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-kindle-fire-hdx-7-review-01299910/
Is Cyanogenmod available for it yet? The best hardware can be crippled by a mediocre OS. Apple makes great hardware, but most people prefer to buy Android stuff.
If the Amazon tablet can be made to have the best available OS, then it could be a great choice for some people. But the lack of an HDMI output means that I would never even consider it.
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You realize the N7 2013 is lighter than the iPad Mini, right?
http://www.gizmag.com/ipad-mini-vs-nexus-7-2013/28450/
There is a big difference between "Released" and "Widespread Availability". To me, "Widespread Availability" means that I can walk into any store at any time and get the model I want. Just because that isn't the case doesn't mean that Apple hasn't released the device and that there isn't sufficient stock to fill most demand during a holiday shopping season.
In Apple's world, "constrained supplies" means "we can only make 10 million for launch day rather than the 12 million we wanted to make. We'll have to catch-up thereafter".
I expect that the Mini 2 launch will be very similar to what we saw with the 5s. They will sell out of initial stock in the first day, Gold will be hard to come by, and they will start backfilling orders within 1-4 weeks with new stock.
In Apple's world, "constrained supplies" means "we can only make 10 million for launch day rather than the 12 million we wanted to make. We'll have to catch-up thereafter".
I expect that the Mini 2 launch will be very similar to what we saw with the 5s. They will sell out of initial stock in the first day, Gold will be hard to come by, and they will start backfilling orders within 1-4 weeks with new stock.
I am not sure where I made a mistake. I also did not start with "doubling the PPI" I just used the same pattern that was used before: Full size iPad resolution moved to an iPad mini screen (1024x768 for the iPad 2->mini and hypothetically 2048x1536 for the iPad 3/4->miniRetina) I then calculated the PPI based on the number of pixels and the screen size being 7.9" not just "doubling PPI" (I quoted Apple's figures from the existing iPads come from their site, but are actually a little higher than they should be, they round up, even for the mini which is really 162.03 PPI)
Use this: http://thirdculture.com/joel/shumi/computer/hardware/ppicalc.html Do not base any calculations on the PPI, just use number of pixels and screen size.
I take it you have no understanding of how screens are made, process run up time, or economies of scale. I mean, how complicated could a billion dollar process be right?
Steve would say that anything smaller than original iPad does not provide a good user experience on a tablet.
This comes directly from the link you posted.
"If you look at weight relative to surface area, though, the iPad mini actually comes in at about eight percent lighter. So it's possible the iPad mini will, in a sense, feel lighter in hand."
I had no prior knowledge of actual weights when I held the two devices and played around with the Nexus 7. Other friends who were comparing the two made similar observations.
We all felt that the iPad mini is lighter.
So, thinness (a factor of 'weight relative to surface area') also matters.
The problem is that if you buy an Amazon tablet, you're stuck with an Amazon tablet.