I have to say I was happy they didn't make a fuss...because I was first in line for the mini 4. Now that I have mine...by all means, make a fuss, this is a good product.
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iPad mini The "I don't like how Apple didn't pay much attention to the iPad mini 4 during the event!"
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They obviously aren't selling to people for that but for other reasons. Personally I find it the right size to read books and etc but my desire to watch movies and other stuff makes it better to have the Air 2.
Eh I don't think so. Some people want a tablet and a phone but prefer the 6 for their reason over the 6 plus for example doesn't fit in pocket or is way to big to use with one hand or etc. They also could prefer the mini for it being smaller then then 10 inch tablet ( rounding up 0.3 inches...) and prefer it.
Split screen is more of a Mini 4, Air 2 or pro feature then an ios 9 feature....at least it's full use of it
I have LG G3 with 5,5 inch display, which has the same diagonal size as iPhone 6 Plus/6S Plus and i can't imagine being without a tablet. Therefore it's quite baffling to me to hear and see all these comments saying that 7,9 inch screen is useless when you own an 5,5 inch smartphone... It's ridiculous, the difference in size and use between these 2 devices is really huge and therefore all these comments are nonsense, or at least for me...
For those who don't believe me I'll try to give them an example (advice), try watching movies on an 5,5 inch screen and then on 7,9 inch screen (even with 4:3) a tell me what's better... Or try browsing the web for a long time period a tell me what is more pleasant... And there's many more...
An 9,7 inch iPad on the other hand is too big, heavy and ,,clumsy" (not quite sure if this word can be used even for a thing???) to be a real portable device, which is the reason why I personally prefer iPad Mini to iPad Air... => iPad Mini takes advantages of great portability and big screen, which is perfect!
It might be better but for people to spend at least $269 dollars for it with the base model of the iPad mini 2 which btw is retarded imo. I would of kept the 3 and got rid of the 2 but I guess they needed to make hardware look different to sell more mini 4's
I have an iPad Air 2 and it's just as portable as a Mini if not more so...
I'll concede the point. It's actually quite true from the POV of an average consumer. They won't care what OS version is on the device, just what they can do with it when they hold it.
A more tech-savvy consumer might be able to jailbreak / enable it on an iPad Mini 2/3, but that's still a fair bit of work involved and it probably won't work that well given 1GB of RAM and a slower processor.
I completely agree with you there. My point was more of a counter to the idea that most people who have an iphone have the plus, which seems to be the assumption a lot of people make. The smaller phone market shouldn't be forgotten.I have LG G3 with 5,5 inch display, which has the same diagonal size as iPhone 6 Plus/6S Plus and i can't imagine being without a tablet. Therefore it's quite baffling to me to hear and see all these comments saying that 7,9 inch screen is useless when you own an 5,5 inch smartphone... It's ridiculous, the difference in size and use between these 2 devices is really huge and therefore all these comments are nonsense, or at least for me...
For those who don't believe me I'll try to give them an example (advice), try watching movies on an 5,5 inch screen and then on 7,9 inch screen (even with 4:3) a tell me what's better... Or try browsing the web for a long time period a tell me what is more pleasant... And there's many more...
An 9,7 inch iPad on the other hand is too big, heavy and ,,clumsy" (not quite sure if this word can be used even for a thing???) to be a real portable device, which is the reason why I personally prefer iPad Mini to iPad Air... => iPad Mini takes advantages of great portability and big screen, which is perfect!
I think I mis-read. I thought you were comparing the 6 Plus to an iPad, which isn't what I think you were saying at all, re-reading it now.
I'm having trouble with the part about something physically larger being more portable.
Oh, sorry about that! I imagine it is slightly embarrassing not knowing what "portable" means. I didn't mean to draw attention to it.
I didn't compare it to a 9.7" iPad but iPad family in overall. Basically I am comparing the app experience between an iPhone and an iPad. iPhone 6+ gives me better general screen viewing experience but you can't get the iPad app experience in an iPhone.