Comments on: iPad Mini Rumors Return, 7.8″ Screen with a Launch in Fall of 2012? http://osxdaily.com/2011/12/15/ipad-mini-rumors-return-7-8-screen-with-a-launch-in-fall-of-2012/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Tue, 21 May 2013 21:37:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Your Momma http://osxdaily.com/2011/12/15/ipad-mini-rumors-return-7-8-screen-with-a-launch-in-fall-of-2012/#comment-344675 Your Momma Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:28:42 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=24935#comment-344675 I think Apple is trying to replace the Amazon Kindle Fire by making this mini iPad, so it should cost around the same as the Fire. I think Apple is trying to replace the Amazon Kindle Fire by making this mini iPad, so it should cost around the same as the Fire.

]]> By: Smaller iPad with 8″ Display Being Tested by Apple http://osxdaily.com/2011/12/15/ipad-mini-rumors-return-7-8-screen-with-a-launch-in-fall-of-2012/#comment-335966 Smaller iPad with 8″ Display Being Tested by Apple Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:28:35 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=24935#comment-335966 [...] working on smaller iPads, or “iPad Mini“, have existed for quite some time, with a recent report from DigiTimes stating such a device could ship in the fourth quarter of this [...] [...] working on smaller iPads, or “iPad Mini“, have existed for quite some time, with a recent report from DigiTimes stating such a device could ship in the fourth quarter of this [...]

]]> By: Ignatius Reilly http://osxdaily.com/2011/12/15/ipad-mini-rumors-return-7-8-screen-with-a-launch-in-fall-of-2012/#comment-302927 Ignatius Reilly Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:51:43 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=24935#comment-302927 iPod Touch Maxi or iPad Mini? I just don't see it. Why carry around another device that's only slightly larger than the iPhone you (presumably) already have? It would have to have a retina display to make it worthwhile, and at that point, you're probably looking at $500. iPod Touch Maxi or iPad Mini?

I just don’t see it. Why carry around another device that’s only slightly larger than the iPhone you (presumably) already have? It would have to have a retina display to make it worthwhile, and at that point, you’re probably looking at $500.

]]> By: Dorje Sylas http://osxdaily.com/2011/12/15/ipad-mini-rumors-return-7-8-screen-with-a-launch-in-fall-of-2012/#comment-300920 Dorje Sylas Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:25:38 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=24935#comment-300920 I agree with Benizia. I'd believe a 4 inch iPhone/iPod Touch over 7 inch iPad. It doesn't fit anywhere in Apple's price structure, it really is just a tad too small for vertical portrait reading (held horizontal landscape you can get a good view, but you have to scroll up and down in a two column layout. It just doesn't feel like a good size. I agree with Benizia. I’d believe a 4 inch iPhone/iPod Touch over 7 inch iPad. It doesn’t fit anywhere in Apple’s price structure, it really is just a tad too small for vertical portrait reading (held horizontal landscape you can get a good view, but you have to scroll up and down in a two column layout.

It just doesn’t feel like a good size.

]]> By: Benizia http://osxdaily.com/2011/12/15/ipad-mini-rumors-return-7-8-screen-with-a-launch-in-fall-of-2012/#comment-300681 Benizia Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:41:34 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=24935#comment-300681 I am skeptical of the 7" form factor based on what Steve Jobs said in the past, recall the comments on shaving down your finger tips... plus some of the issues with reading on the Kindle Fire with smaller text. Here is what I think is going to happen instead: -- iPad 3 with retina display is out in April, sells for $499 and up -- iPad 2 16 GB stays on the market as a lower cost option, priced at $399 It's the iPhone family of products approach going to the iPad line, it's bound to happen. Where would a 7" fit into this? At $299? That is an unlikely price point, too close to the iPod touch. At $399 it would be still 2x the cost of Kindle Fire, and would match the price of the hypothetical new iPad 2 base model, so that is equally unlikely. Apple isn't going to race the tablet market to the bottom on price. Amazon is losing money on each Kindle sale, hoping to make it up on purchases, but that isn't the profit model of Apple. Thus, a $199 iPad 7" is never going to happen, and a $299 model is unlikely to be possible given the iPod touch. And why offer something at that price point when ultimately the device they want to sell is $399? I am skeptical of the 7″ form factor based on what Steve Jobs said in the past, recall the comments on shaving down your finger tips… plus some of the issues with reading on the Kindle Fire with smaller text. Here is what I think is going to happen instead:

– iPad 3 with retina display is out in April, sells for $499 and up

– iPad 2 16 GB stays on the market as a lower cost option, priced at $399

It’s the iPhone family of products approach going to the iPad line, it’s bound to happen. Where would a 7″ fit into this? At $299? That is an unlikely price point, too close to the iPod touch. At $399 it would be still 2x the cost of Kindle Fire, and would match the price of the hypothetical new iPad 2 base model, so that is equally unlikely.

Apple isn’t going to race the tablet market to the bottom on price. Amazon is losing money on each Kindle sale, hoping to make it up on purchases, but that isn’t the profit model of Apple. Thus, a $199 iPad 7″ is never going to happen, and a $299 model is unlikely to be possible given the iPod touch. And why offer something at that price point when ultimately the device they want to sell is $399?

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