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Source: Apple to discontinue iPad mini

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Re: Source: Apple to discontinue iPad mini

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This is sad. The iPad mini was the one iPad that I really liked. It's incredibly light weight and about the right size to have as a useful hole in space that connects to the Internet.

Well, it's just an unsourced rumor at this point. My guess is it's not accurate.

These rumors are likely used to gauge the community reaction before decisions like this.

Re: Source: Apple to discontinue iPad mini

#34
post #18

Makes sense. The difference between the iPad Mini's 7.9″ screen, and the iPhone 7+'s 5.5″ screen makes it hard to differentiate the two.

The iPhone is something you keep in a pocket all the time, and the iPad is something you keep in a backpack or on a desk. I wouldn't want to carry around a huge iPhone all day just so that when I'm in bed in the evening I can watch videos on a decent-sized screen.

Re: Source: Apple to discontinue iPad mini

#37

What the heck Apple? Do they not get that even the 9.7" size is too big for a lot of users (elderly, children). Its the perfect size, and the price difference between a iPhone 7 plus and the iPad mini is huge. I am hoping this another BGR rumor fail, but considering the lack of love Apple displayed in updates, it seems uncomfortably close to home.

i agree that it's a great size, but i don't know how much that matters if hardly anyone wants one. It's a lot of cost to keep making them.

Re: Source: Apple to discontinue iPad mini

#38
post #18

Makes sense. The difference between the iPad Mini's 7.9″ screen, and the iPhone 7+'s 5.5″ screen makes it hard to differentiate the two.

No it doesn't. The iPad Mini is much larger than the iPhone+ size. It'd make more sense (but still be wrong) to say that an iPhone+ and a regular-sized iPhone are undifferentiable.
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