All iPads The gold iPad mini with touch sensor pics

[Vanilla35]

What is a box ipad mini?

Shh

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We need to consider the possibilty that the new iPads may have home buttons that look like the 5s', yet may lack TouchID...

Na they'd probably be the same as the 5C's if they don't have TouchID. Which is, the normal home button

 

[Ledgem]

What strikes me is that there is differentiation between them right now, the full iPad has Retina, bigger screen and if I remember correctly a slightly faster processor. If the mini gets all of the goodies such that the only real difference is the size and 1Gb of RAM wouldn't mini sales significantly erode sales of the regular iPad?

I forgot if it was Steve Jobs or Tim Cook who said, but they stated that they would rather have one Apple product cannibalize sales from another Apple product than to have a competitor come in and take sales.

Losing sales to a competitor is basically what's happening at this point. Just for one example, I'm in the medical field. Some pockets on scrubs and white coats can fit a full-sized iPad, but it's a fairly tight fit. Everyone walking around with a tablet either has an iPad Mini or an Android tablet of a similar size. Full-sized iPads, or any tablet of that size, are an extreme rarity. In this environment, at least, the iPad Mini is not competing against the full-sized iPad at all. If Apple cripples the iPad Mini compared to the full-sized iPad, they will not be netting more sales for the full-sized iPad. (I use an iPad Mini, and I've had people take interest in it and then wistfully remark that they own an iPad but can't easily bring it in. There's great interest in the Mini for work.)

Why would someone buy an iPad Mini over a full-sized iPad? There are two possible reasons: size and cost. If someone is choosing it for size, then Apple can do what ever they want in terms of specifications and it won't matter because the full-sized iPad was never a consideration to begin with. If someone is choosing it for the price, well... the Mini is still more expensive than Android tablets. Even if the margins aren't as good, a sale of an iPad Mini is better for Apple than a sale for an Android device.

I certainly hope they don't short-change the Mini. I'll upgrade if it has a retina display anyway (it'll make reading my chicken-scratch notes a lot easier), but if it's a lot faster and has more RAM that'd be great. I'll be thrilled if it has TouchID, too. TouchID may seem gimmicky for home users, but it would be amazing in the work environment.

 

[beavo451]

We need to consider the possibilty that the new iPads may have home buttons that look like the 5s', yet may lack TouchID...

Unlikely. Every major feature of the iPhone has been implemented in the iPads.

 

[CrAkD]

i wasn't going to update my ipad.....but if the mini gets everything from the 5S. I just might have to. but I think it is going to be very unlikely. if they do noway it stays at 329

 

[kesmith]

definitely getting the iPad Mini 2. As long as it comes in the same color schemes as the iPhone 5S, processor is faster, thumb sensor, retina, than yes, I will be getting it on launch day.....think i might order on line for it instead of stand in line.

 

[OutSpoken]

I'm intrigued to see what they do to differentiate the mini and regular iPad. I've owned the iPad 1, 2, 3 and now I use a Mini. I love the mini as it's size works very well for me and it does all that I need, while retina is nice I've not (personally) felt it is critical.

What strikes me is that there is differentiation between them right now, the full iPad has Retina, bigger screen and if I remember correctly a slightly faster processor. If the mini gets all of the goodies such that the only real difference is the size and 1Gb of RAM wouldn't mini sales significantly erode sales of the regular iPad?

It'll be interesting to see what happens with sales if the full and mini are almost identical in terms of spec, will they still maintain the $170 price difference and will the Mini overtake the regular iPad?

Well you can count me out for rushing to buy a retina mini. I'll be looking to upgrade my iPad3 to the rumoured iPad5.

 

[osofast240sx]

I'm intrigued to see what they do to differentiate the mini and regular iPad. I've owned the iPad 1, 2, 3 and now I use a Mini. I love the mini as it's size works very well for me and it does all that I need, while retina is nice I've not (personally) felt it is critical.

What strikes me is that there is differentiation between them right now, the full iPad has Retina, bigger screen and if I remember correctly a slightly faster processor. If the mini gets all of the goodies such that the only real difference is the size and 1Gb of RAM wouldn't mini sales significantly erode sales of the regular iPad?

It'll be interesting to see what happens with sales if the full and mini are almost identical in terms of spec, will they still maintain the $170 price difference and will the Mini overtake the regular iPad?

Apple has made it very clear they sell iOS devices. If the mini sell more is not relevant