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Well, I am going to speculate also.
I will go with a combination of the ideas I have seen for I believe that the mini iPad will be compromise. A starting price of $250 to $300 price. If they go with $300 they will offer some iTunes coupons. A 7" screen is probable, but a 6" screen is possible which would aid the $250 pricing point. It depends on their long range plans for the iPod Touch. It will be a good screen, but only "near" Retina and "near" IPS are necessary if they go with the $250 price. Now that is one approach, perhaps with a slightly above 50% chance of realization. The next approach will be one where the new sparkling jewel from Apple will have every thing including the kitchen sink in a 6" mini iPad. Everything! The best screen. The highest resolution An "Auto-focusing" camera. All the other goodies. Then price this piece of "Premium Engineering at $650 to $700 and the Apple lovers will consider it another crown jewel and snap it up. It will be like a sports car. Costly, but oh the "engineering." "Oh, the love!" I myself think the Apple lovers will go for it. Somewhere in Apple HDQRS on a big whiteboard on a wall, the ideas for the next 3 to 5 years are laid out from the legacy iPod to the latest futuristic iPad. The Apple marketing guys will be studying the latest buying trends over the world, across the market and asking engineering and production the price and delivery for the dreams up on that board. The staff will argue and argue and present their thoughts to the new "big guy." Then we will see if the magic still flies or is only to be a footnote along with the "history of Steve Jobs." Last edited by frahse; 10-02-2012 at 02:47 PM. |
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So basically you can buy a Nook HD+ for the price of an ipod touch and have some spare change in your pocket. Given this table, there is no clear room for an iPad mini, though we know almost for certain that it is coming. Maybe $349?
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The new iPod touch has the same price points as the previous generation, topping out at $399 just as before. They just don't have a 5G device at $199 to replace what used to be the 8GB IPod Touch (that price point is now filled by a 16GB 4G device). My guess is that Mini would replace iPad2 at approximately its price points or a little lower (maybe with no 3/4G option). An 'entry level' iPad with the added advantage that it is more portable and gives people seeking that form factor an Apple option. If iPad2 were to stay in the current lineup (apart from refurbished units), I think it would cause too much 'confusion'. With its 'paltry' 132ppi display, it no longer stands apart from the competition in that price range and is there mostly to get people to get iPad3 once people compare them side by side), and should be retired. Mini would offer something new (assuming it has a retina screen @1536x2048). |
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I agree with a lot of what you said. I also agree with frahse that Apple might have one version on the lines of making a really fancy device. With a phone. It will be small enough like say a Galaxy Note or even a little larger. (6") An Auto Focus camera will be new to the Apple line as I understand it. The best screen. As I understand it, they need the body to be thicker for the auto focus camera and that could make room for a better battery. In fact I see a good possibility of TWO mini iPads. That would attack the corners of the market that Apple has left to the also-rans up until this point. |
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As screen sizes and prices get closer, some may opt only for a tablet; a choice Apple owners haven't had before. A mini would still be small enough to carry around while offering a larger display for web browsing, reading and videos; thereby negating the need for both devices. As to music, there are cheaper and better options than the touch. Quote:
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That's much too high. The competition is offering 7" for $199 and 9" for $269 (with "retina" screens). Granted, the $269 (Nook HD+) is not a full fledged tablet, but as a media consumption device, it would certainly do. I'm not certain the apple on the back would warrant such a premium - certainly not in my book.
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it can't start at higher than $299 and I can't see how it could start lower than that. the pricing strategy just doesnt make sense when considered against the rest of the mobile line.
it's also not 6" or 7" , it's going to be closer to 8" and the last couple of days seems to have pegged it at 7.85" |
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it's a mockup for case manufacturers and displays for retail shops.
you could buy these on alibaba a few weeks back for $13 bux |
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Unfortunatly if its a 163dpi LCD would be sub par considering that was the starndard 7 inch lcd 160dpi screens of 2 years ago on andorid tablets and Amazons Kindle fire hd 7 "= 225DPI Google nexus 7" = 240dpi, kobo arc = 215 dpi Nook HD = 243 DPi giving them higher resolution screens as well as them having high quality screens. a 163 dpi 7 inch lcd screen would resemble the low quality android screens of old and in my opinion would be a step back. i dont think the mini needs to be "retina display" but it should have at least the 215 DPI density that the ARC has. of course some will buy it because of the apple "magic"
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There are reports that Apple is having trouble getting enough "Fairy Dust" for its Baby Unicorn breeding program:
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B&N (hardly a tech powerhouse) is pushing out an envelope-pushing 7 incher for $199 and Apple's supply chain (Mr Cook's forte) is having trouble with an 8incher that's going to sell at $250-300? What, is the thing going to weigh 4 ounces and run 12 hours on a charge? (Roughly what it would take to get me to buy one instead of FireHD9 or Nexus 9) BTW, there is now a rumor built around a picture of the Mini's headphone jack. Yup, the headphone jack is newsworthy to Appleinsider: http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/...appears-online |
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