iPad mini from £269 worth it?
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Do you think the price of the iPad mini is worth £269? I was hoping it would be less but was realistic given the price of the new iPod touch.
I want one but will need to save a bit more.
http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/shop_ipad
I want one but will need to save a bit more.
http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/shop_ipad
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In your opinion.
I was holding out for a mini to replace a Kindle - bit pricier than I thought it would be. - But more screen real estate for those Back To My Mac moments. More practical to carry than a full size iPad - or Macbook
I would agree.
A bit more practical yes, but far less practical than a Kindle or Nexus 7, don't you agree? I don't see the ipad mini as a kindle replacement myself.
Not really my opinion, but common sense. But each to their own I guess. It would be even more practical to carry around a Nexus 7. It's really great on the go.
I have an IPad and I love it to bits. It cost a lot of money, but it is a premium sized product. The mini I'm sure is also gonna be great, but Apple will find so many people putting it side by side with the Fire HD & Nexus 7 & OTHERS and thinking "Is it worth it?". IMO many people will say it is NOT worth it and we will see quite a lot of press and magazines saying the same thing.
The mini will sell loads, but if they had gone for a £199 start up price sales would probably have gone through the roof.
Pretty similar to be honest
can you fit the mini ipad in an inside jacket pocket? Hell at a push I can stick my nexus in the back jeans pocket, but it wouldn't stay there for long in East London
I can't fit a 7" Tablet in my jacket or jeans so I would say no
Well at least with apple nowadays they can not keep secrets any more, we generally know what they are going to launch
It certainly is - I bet Google wish they could get away with charging so much
Kindle is an eReader.
iPad is a full colour tablet.
Couldn't be more different.
Unless you're talking about the Kindle Fire? I think I'd prefer the basic Kindle Fire over the iPad Mini - massive price difference for a start, not a massive difference in spec.
The Kindle Fire HD is arguably better spec (high resolution screen for starters), and the Nexus 7 is massively better, at least purely on spec.
Beyond the spec it comes down to personal preference. There are enough decent apps available on both platforms to make them pretty equal.
Personally I'm going to stick with the Playbook; 64gb for £129, built ridiculously well, and is about the only one with a truly natural UX.
Well I assumed poster meant Kindle Fire and not the eReader...comparing it to the eReader would be daft.
Ah, now the Playbook...now that is a proper tablet
The scary thing isn't that such a device will happen, its the timing. Apple are now starting to drop their roughly annual updates for whenever it suits the new management.
And to a certain extent, elements of product quality are definitely dropping - the focus on quality isn't quite the same, the focus is primarily on profit.
The Nexus 7 is way better than the Playbook (and iPad Mini) and better value too. Seems to be paying off so far for Google.
Way better? In what ways? Nothing I can't do on my Playbook that I would need a Nexus 7 for...and got 64GB storage...and I prefer the UI
The Nexus 7 is a far superior gaming device for a start, access to a far superior E-book store and app ecosystem, plus you can host all of your music and what ever else you feel comfortable with in the cloud and leave the rest for the onboard memory. The Playbook has next to no apps, and the UI leaves a lot to be desired.