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Originally Posted by Faterson
And they are justified. If iPad mini Retina cost $250, the narrow colour gamut might be more acceptable. But at $400, almost twice the price of a Nexus 7 whose screen does not have that deficiency? 
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Bottom line, at least in my case: Apple could have had hundreds of dollars from me, but because of the narrow colour gamut, they will likely get nothing from me. There may be many potential buyers like myself. For now, I'll just settle for Nexus 7, instead of an iPad mini, as my secondary tablet. If Apple commits another gaffe of this sort in future, combined with overblown pricing, I might settle for an Android device as my primary tablet, too. |
Fair enough. I'm just pointing out that focusing on one deficiency and ignoring the many advantages -- much faster SOC, faster wifi, 14 LTE bands, better front and rear cameras, 326 dpi display -- sometimes makes one lose sight of all the good points about the mini. There will always be positives and negatives with any device. Using the narrow color gamut as THE deciding factor in purchasing a mini is a perfectly valid criteria to use if it's very important to you. I would say that a substantial portion of the iPad mini buying public would probably not place as much importance on it as you do, though. I mean, it's not as if the mini has a TN panel instead of IPS
It's still a good display that is superior to the display on last year's mini, and that will be more than enough for most people, notwithstanding the much faster SOC, faster wifi, etc. In fact, Anand from Anandtech -- the reviewer that was one of the first to point out the retina mini's narrower color gamut -- ended his review by saying he would choose the mini over the Air despite the few shortcomings it had.