Apple iPad air and iPad mini with Retina display arrive in November

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lucidus

2013-10-23 09:34

Nice 😀 I also love how they made OS X Mavericks and iWork (with new h/w) free!

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Loobyluggs

2013-10-23 11:52

I love how they put their main competition as part of the marketing...

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Loophole35

2013-10-23 12:49

I love how they put their main competition as part of the marketing...

?????????? I don't see the "air" selling that good with the "mini" getting better ppi and the same internals.

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lucidus

2013-10-23 12:52

I love how they put their main competition as part of the marketing...

Yes indeed :P “Our competition is different: They’re confused. They chased after netbooks. Now they’re trying to make PCs into tablets and tablets into PCs. Who knows what they’ll do next? I can’t answer that question, but I can tell you that we’re focused.” http://venturebeat.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/tim-cook-confused.png?w=558&h=313

I don't see the "air" selling that good with the "mini" getting better ppi and the same internals.

Mini is already the popular version as it is. I'll go for the larger device though.

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Loophole35

2013-10-23 12:58

Yes indeed :P “Our competition is different: They’re confused. They chased after netbooks. Now they’re trying to make PCs into tablets and tablets into PCs. Who knows what they’ll do next? I can’t answer that question, but I can tell you that we’re focused.” http://venturebeat.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/tim-cook-confused.png?w=558&h=313

What he said was not false but of course it was spun in a positive way for Apple. No different than the Samsung GS3 commercials that aired in the states depicting Apple sheep queuing up in front of the store. Or the new Nokia commercials or the windows surface commercials if anything this was very professional compared to what the competition is doing.

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Loobyluggs

2013-10-23 14:02

?????????? I don't see the "air" selling that good with the "mini" getting better ppi and the same internals.

I was referring to the pencil.

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Loophole35

2013-10-23 14:46

I was referring to the pencil.

Okay I have not watched the keynote yet, was too busy last night.

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scoutingwraith

2013-10-23 21:35

You know i was more than willing to pay $349 if the new ipad mini was that price. However Apple decided to overprice it again and make it $400. What a joke.

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Loophole35

2013-10-23 22:04

You know i was more than willing to pay $349 if the new ipad mini was that price. However Apple decided to overprice it again and make it $400. What a joke.

At least this time your not getting a shrunk iPad2. They gave it the same resolution and SoC as the full sized iPad Air can't really complain about that. My friend at work just found out about this, this morning (he just bought his mini one month ago).

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WindtalkerCS

2013-10-23 22:06

You know i was more than willing to pay $349 if the new ipad mini was that price. However Apple decided to overprice it again and make it $400. What a joke.

Even leaving out the great screen improvments, they leapfrogged 2 generations of internal hardware so I would say that the $70 price increase was fine. Or you could get the old mini for $300.

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vbetts

Moderator

2013-10-23 22:10

Yield costs and the display is what's driving the prices of these guys... The 64-bit Arm cpu is nice and all but at this point I feel like it's more a gimmick. Yes when apps do take advantage of them it will be nice, but that won't be for a long while for that kernel space to even be needed... Anyway, I will say cheers to Apple for pushing it at least. As long as they push for it, hopefully other arm SoC makers will start pushing for it as well.

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WindtalkerCS

2013-10-23 23:35

The 64-bit Arm cpu is nice and all but at this point I feel like it's more a gimmick. Yes when apps do take advantage of them it will be nice, but that won't be for a long while for that kernel space to even be needed...

That's true, but in a few generations when the stuff does come out everybody will already have hardware that supports it. It's not unlike the Athlon 64. Nobody used 64 bit at that time for obvious reasons, there was no hardware yet. By the time 64-bit software did get more popular most people had the hardware to deal with it.

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IcE

2013-10-24 02:13

Nice, this was expected. The original iPad mini has a pretty crappy display, especially compared to cheaper tablets like the new N7.

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vbetts

Moderator

2013-10-24 03:44

That's true, but in a few generations when the stuff does come out everybody will already have hardware that supports it. It's not unlike the Athlon 64. Nobody used 64 bit at that time for obvious reasons, there was no hardware yet. By the time 64-bit software did get more popular most people had the hardware to deal with it.

Problem is this hardware might be too outdated or lack other extensions that are required for apps in a few years. Athlon 64 was ahead of its time for the 64-bit support, but nothing at the time used it. And by the time something did, there was cheaper and better hardware.