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Old 05-30-2013, 07:32 AM   #8
Graham
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Originally Posted by athlonkmf View Post
Do you realize that retina requires double the energy to run it? And that's the reason why the iPad 3 had doubled the batterypower, while having the usage time compared to previous generation?

Unless they have a way to reduce the backlight and other energyrelated-problems in a costeffective way which CAN be produced in large quantities, a retina mini would be too much of a compromise.
Why? The iPad mini screen is smaller than the iPad's, by definition, hence the Retina screen would draw correspondingly less power. Why, if it isn't a compromise on the larger device, must it necessarily be one on the smaller?

Note that the much smaller iPhone has a Retina screen.

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