iPad mini What compromises would you accept to have a retina Mini today?

[bobbysmith]

What compromises would you accept to have a retina Mini today, assuming someone could actually make 2048x1536 7.9" screens?

Same form factor, Retina, 2 ½ hour battery life? 0.45" thick, 1.28 lbs, Retina, 10 hour battery? Price?

Where would you draw the line?

 

[rockyroad55]

The size is staying so that's not changing. I'd draw the line at weight. The thickness will increase because of a higher capacity battery.

 

[Che Castro]

The iPhone 5 has a retina screen and they found a way to make it lighter

I'm sure apple can find a way to do it add retina & keep the same weight

 

[nuckinfutz]

I'd accept no compromises.

 

[Aspasia]

A retina screen isn't any big deal for me. Have one on my iPod touch 5; don't have one on my iPad 2. Don't see that much of a difference between the two and neither have caused headaches, eye strain, tears, blurred vision, etc., etc.

While I don't plan to buy a mini for myself, I will be ordering one for a Christmas gift. And I'm certain the recipient will be delighted with it in its present form.

 

[53x12]

The iPhone 5 has a retina screen and they found a way to make it lighter

I'm sure apple can find a way to do it add retina & keep the same weight

Exactly. If they can do it in the iPhone 5, they can do it in the iPad mini 2. They have $100 billion in cash for a reason. Use it.

I'd accept no compromises.

Precisely. No compromises. Steve Jobs wouldn't have allowed for any when he was still alive. We shouldn't expect any thing less.

 

[fizzwinkus]

I'll accept a year of waiting while I use my iPad mini

 

[bobbysmith]

Exactly. If they can do it in the iPhone 5, they can do it in the iPad mini 2. They have $100 billion in cash for a reason. Use it.

To clarify, I am talking about today, not the Mini 2 at some point in the future. The current Mini would not be possible with a retina screen, so some compromise would have to be made.

 

[fizzwinkus]

Apple also left out the toaster oven. NO COMPROMISES.

 

[m00min]

I absolutely wouldn't accept any reduction in battery life, I'd also be hesitant to see any increase in weight since I just got rid of my 3 for that reason.

 

[AlexJaye]

The current entry price point of the non retina mini.

 

[53x12]

To clarify, I am talking about today, not the Mini 2 at some point in the future. The current Mini would not be possible with a retina screen, so some compromise would have to be made.

No compromises. They could have done it if they didn't keep telling us there was no market for a 7in tablet. All that time they spent telling us that, they could have been working on the iPad mini 1 retina display.

 

[bobbysmith]

I absolutely wouldn't accept any reduction in battery life, I'd also be hesitant to see any increase in weight since I just got rid of my 3 for that reason.

But you can't have both.

 

[m00min]

But you can't have both.

Then I'd opt for not putting a retina screen in the mini.

 

[53x12]

But you can't have both.

Why not? Next year Jony Ive, Tim Cook and others will tell you exactly how they did it.

 

[bobbysmith]

No compromises. They could have done it if they didn't keep telling us there was no market for a 7in tablet. All that time they spent telling us that, they could have been working on the iPad mini 1 retina display.

We live in the real world where there actually are technological limitations, not fantasy land. Do you think they wanted the iPad 3/4 the way it is?

 

[AdonisSMU]

I would've paid as much as $500 bucks for a 16gig retina display iPad mini. Size is the issue not price. I suspect Apple know this but couldnt get the technology to market quickly enough.

 

[racer1441]

Nothing. Screw retina. It's all bunk anyway. Like the Blue Ray slobbers of years gone by.

What I want is battery. Take those resources and start developing battery technologies. Get 10, 15, 20 hours out of a charge, that'll be sweet.

 

[d123]

No compromise, in size, battery, weight or cost, I'm quite happy with the overall package, a higher resolution screen might be nice but it doesn't stop me browsing or reading on the Mini.

I lay in bed reading a book with the Google Play Books app last night, it was perfectly legible, and I didn't feel any eye strain whatsoever doing it.

 

[McGiord]

No mini, invest all the money in a higher capacity iPhone 5 and a longer lasting battery.
Apple carrier, no more At&t bs.

 

[53x12]

We live in the real world where there actually are technological limitations, not fantasy land. Do you think they wanted the iPad 3/4 the way it is?

Not sure I understand what you mean?

 

[QCassidy352]

Nothing. The screen is great. I hate the heat, weight, and thickness compromises in the iPad 3 and 4 as compared to the 2.

 

[macbook123]

I'd happily accept a third of the battery life. Yes, that's 1/3. I want to be able to enjoy using it, even if I can only use it two hours without recharging it.

 

[bobbysmith]

Not sure I understand what you mean?

Thick, heavy, warm, takes forever to charge, heavy.

 

[m00min]

I would've paid as much as $500 bucks for a 16gig retina display iPad mini. Size is the issue not price. I suspect Apple know this but couldnt get the technology to market quickly enough.

Yep, me too. I wish people would stop equating small with cheap. Everything is geared this way; want a small car? then you must want a cheap car. 11 inch Air? you obviously wanted the 13 inch but couldn't afford it. Does my head in.