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Originally Posted by petermillard
I think we're more likely to see an iPod+ than an iPad Mini, personally. The iTouch line didn't have a spec bump at all last year, so maybe it's on its way out, replaced by a ~5.5" iPod+ at one end, and a new touchscreen iPod Mini at the other?
Either way, I don't see a place for a ~7.8" iPad, though as always, happy to be proven wrong  |
Again the "
Loyal Apple Consumer" will buy anything, but I wonder if the number of total buys won't start to diminish.
The problem I see is how do you price a 5.5" iPod and a 8" iPad.
The Ipad 3 is now $500, the Ipad 2 is now $400, and a 3.5" Ipod is about $250 so where does a mini Ipad and a maxi Ipod go.
That could be too confusing for the "
Steadfast Apple Consumers." Their heads might explode if too many of the Job's mandates are destroyed. That was Jobs secret weapon. Keep it simple so the customers could "believe."
These beliefs were a 9.7" iPad that performed "magic" and a 3.5" iPod and iPhone that your thumb could easily totally traverse using only one hand.
Change these
Axioms and the foundation of these "
Fervent Apple Consumers" would be shaken down deep into the roots. They would think "
nothing is sacred anymore" now that Steve Jobs is gone.