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Originally Posted by tomsem
Tier 1 is what you would buy for your kids maybe
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As mentioned earlier, I wouldn't feel good about punishing any
kids, either, with a low-resolution screen in October 2013 or later.
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Originally Posted by tomsem
just there to compare with the much better Tier 2 devices that everyone winds up getting.
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"Everyone"?
I wonder... Apple may have shot themselves in the foot with the iPad mini Retina pricing. As you may have heard, iPhone 5C is not selling as well as expected, and this may also happen to iPad mini Retina now. (If we say iPad mini Retina is to iPad Air, what iPhone 5C is to iPhone 5S.)
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But also I think Apple was concerned that mini was eroding the market for full sized iPads, whose higher price points command higher profits. Raising the mini price helps out with that.
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Only in
theory. It's a gamble by Apple that may yet backfire on them.
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Likewise 16GB is really not enough for a high resolution device
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I disagree. All of my iDevices, and the new Nexus 7, too, are 16 GB, and I find that perfectly sufficient. (What I dislike is the size bloat of iOS apps in recent years, but even so, 16 GB is enough for me. Other people's mileage may vary.)
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The main differentiator continues to be the available of high quality tablet apps that are exclusive to iOS.
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Correct. Doesn't even need to be "exclusive" to iOS -- often, the same app has a much higher quality on iOS than on Android.
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For some things (PDF, sheet music, drawing, magazines, garage band) even 10" can seem cramped.
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I agree. I'd definitely consider the purchase of a 12- or 13-inch tablet. (No Microsoft.)