First iPad mini using Samsung display

[Kangaroo]

http://news.yahoo.com/first-ipad-min...3--sector.html



First iPad mini tear down reveals Samsung display


Apple Inc's iPad mini uses a display from South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, one of Apple's major suppliers and also its fiercest rival in the global mobile-device market that the two companies dominate.

[Future]

I will never understand an iPad mini.

To my knowledge, an iPad is a big iPod. So wouldn't a mini iPad just be an iPod?

How many freaking sizes of the same product does apple need to sell

[Yeagermeister]

Originally Posted by Future

I will never understand an iPad mini.

To my knowledge, an iPad is a big iPod. So wouldn't a mini iPad just be an iPod?

How many freaking sizes of the same product does apple need to sell

Change the color or make it in a different size and the sheepeople will buy it

[theogt]

Originally Posted by Future

I will never understand an iPad mini.

To my knowledge, an iPad is a big iPod. So wouldn't a mini iPad just be an iPod?

How many freaking sizes of the same product does apple need to sell

Thats kind of what Apple thought until this 7" market popped up. They didn't want to make a 7" tablet for a long time. The profit margin is too thin. But there's so much demand for them that they would be stupid not to make a 7" tablet.

[a_minimalist]

Originally Posted by theogt

Thats kind of what Apple thought until this 7" market popped up. They didn't want to make a 7" tablet for a long time. The profit margin is too thin. But there's so much demand for them that they would be stupid not to make a 7" tablet.

I have a feeling regular sized iPods will be the first product to disappear.

The iPad mini is a great product. It's not worth $329 though. Slap a retina display on it and maybe it is.

[Sam I Am]

Originally Posted by Future

I will never understand an iPad mini.

To my knowledge, an iPad is a big iPod. So wouldn't a mini iPad just be an iPod?

How many freaking sizes of the same product does apple need to sell

Asustek is pumping out 1 million Nexus 7's a month. Amazon is pumping out a ton of Kindle Fires too. That is why Apple changed it's mind about the 7" tablet.

I've got to say, I love the size of the N7. The full size tablets are a bit bulky for my taste. I can put the Nexus 7 in my front pocket if I'm in a pinch. No way I could do that with a full size tablet.

[Sam I Am]

Originally Posted by a_minimalist

I have a feeling regular sized iPods will be the first product to disappear.

The iPad mini is a great product. It's not worth $329 though. Slap a retina display on it and maybe it is.

Yeah, the smartphone is going to do away with iPods and other music players. At some point all phones will be smartphones. (well, there will always be at least one plain jane beeper like dumbphone)

[Meat-O-Rama]

Originally Posted by Future

I will never understand an iPad mini.

To my knowledge, an iPad is a big iPod. So wouldn't a mini iPad just be an iPod?

How many freaking sizes of the same product does apple need to sell

Watch the video here it's hilarious.

Sorry Don't know how to embed no you tube videos...

[Sam I Am]

Originally Posted by Meat-O-Rama

Watch the video here it's hilarious.

Sorry Don't know how to embed no you tube videos...

lol

btw, that isn't a Youtube video, so it wouldn't have embedded anyhow.

[Meat-O-Rama]

Originally Posted by Sam I Am

lol

btw, that isn't a Youtube video, so it wouldn't have embedded anyhow.

That's the point I was trying to make. It was supposed to say 'non you tube' not 'no you tube'. Funny how the omission of a single letter turns it from something that makes sense into something that sounds like jive...

[theogt]

Originally Posted by Meat-O-Rama

That's the point I was trying to make. It was supposed to say 'non you tube' not 'no you tube'. Funny how the omission of a single letter turns it from something that makes sense into something that sounds like jive...

[theogt]

Here's a comparison of the display against the iPhone 5. The "OMG it's not retina!" reaction seems to have been overblown.

[Rogah]

Originally Posted by Future

I will never understand an iPad mini.

To my knowledge, an iPad is a big iPod. So wouldn't a mini iPad just be an iPod?

How many freaking sizes of the same product does apple need to sell

I don't understand it either simply because it is more money for a much inferior product. In 6 months from now, when they release the iPad Mini 2 with retina display, that may be a whole 'nother story. But for now, the iPad Mini is a joke.

[Rogah]

Originally Posted by theogt

Here's a comparison of the display against the iPhone 5. The "OMG it's not retina!" reaction seems to have been overblown.

You cannot honestly be expecting a serious evaluation of screen quality from a picture??

The screen quality is a major step backwards for Applesoft. If you're comfortable paying $329 (or more) for yesterday's technology just because it has an Applesoft logo on back, then more power to ya.

[SaltwaterServr]

Originally Posted by Rogah

You cannot honestly be expecting a serious evaluation of screen quality from a picture??

That picture might be from a smartphone and I have it on good authority that it's very similar in quality to a DSLR.