Why I sold my 3 to get a mini

[MyopicPaideia]

I looked at a lot of the responses and people seem to confuse the physical size of the pixels with "shrunk down" iPad 2 size.

iPhone 3GS pixel density = ~163 PPI

iPad Mini pixel density ... wait for it = ~163 PPI

The pixel size is roughly the same.

There's no denying that the iPad Mini and the iPad 2 share the same pixel count with a resolution of 1024x768 but putting the same resolution in a smaller form factor isn't the same kind of magic you get with the retina display.

This is also a good point. BUT, (and I did this because we have a 3GS and an iPad 2 at work) if you look at the iPad 2's screen, which has 131 ppi, less than the 3GS, it is far and away clearer and sharper and more crisp, vibrant, and bright than the 3GS.

The mini's screen uses even newer screen technologies and/or manufacturing processes than even the iPad 3 or 4, and is said in the initial reviews to look really great.

It is certainly not retina display, but comparing it to the 3GS on anything other than ppi is really presumptuous, considering that you've never actually seen it live yourself.

As I type this on my iPad, I know I am going to miss the retina display a bit, but the rest of the hardware on the machine will be exactly the same as my iPad 3, if not better (cameras, wifi, cellular, and hopefully RAM, all meet or exceed iPad 3 specs, and the A5 and A5X are identical computationally, the X just has quadcore graphics instead of dual to drive the retina screen)

 

[jclardy]

Doing the same here. I don't really have the same level of complaints as you, but I just would like a smaller, lighter iPad to compliment my MacBook Air (11") better. The 9.7" was only slightly more portable.

I have a Nexus 7 as well (for development purposes) and I just really can't use it. The font rendering is horrible coming from Mac/iOS, plus the fact that you only have one font choice in the Kindle app (Droid Sans...unless you root.) That combined with it being 16:10 just make it a bad experience. The Android 4.1 soft keys just make it worse by taking up an extra 60 or so pixels in height. Web pages are too long in landscape, and have to be zoomed in portrait. There is no happy medium like the iPad's 4:3 display has.

Also to those talking about the display being like the 3GS - in pixel density it is the same. But the display tech has improved. Smaller gaps between pixels mean the pixels are larger, and the display looks less pixelated, not close to retina, but much better than 3GS and previous displays. Also it is an IPS panel versus the old TN panels used in the 3GS and the like. Then it is also closer to the front glass as well. So the Mini will eventually get retina, but the screen right now will still look quite a bit better than people are imagining.

 

[AlPlPlLE]

What do you guys think is a good price to list an absolutely mint condition 64GB 3G ATT black iPad 2 for?

$400+.....I just sold the same iPad and started it on eBay for $400, got up to $500