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Originally Posted by ilovejedd
That's because Apple nearly doubled the battery I believe. iPad 3 was heavier and very slightly thicker than the iPad 2, iirc, and the slight increase in weight already gave them a lot of flak. The iPad Mini is fairly lightweight for its size and has exceptional battery life. Maintaining both while adding a power hungry retina display and a faster GPU to support the increased resolution would be quite a difficult feat (at least with current technology and processes).
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I think the ipad mini partially compensates for its inferior resolution with a larger screen size, which allows for bigger text while still maintaining a comparable number of words per page as the seven inch devices. Despite its larger screen, the imini is lighter than any of the smaller hd tablets, another advantage that should not be underestimated and that could not be achieved if it had a higher resolution screen.