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Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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Post by II2II »

meroes wrote: post #15
tommica wrote: post #6

Looks really nice, wish could afford it, but Apple products are so expensive... Commodity products for premium price

Many of these devices aren’t actually fungible commodities though.I tried to buy a phone in the $200 range and Android phones were so much worse than used iPhones. I they would drop calls and freeze on the dial pad during long calls where I was on hold. Tried two different models and had the same issues. I could have tried a used $200 Android but I was not wanting to try for a third Android. All I wanted/needed was t…

I realize that there are bad Androids out there and the abundance of choice makes it difficult to sift through the good and the bad, but there are good Android phones out there in the $200-$300 USD range. My current phone is a bit over three years old and it is still very usable.

Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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Post by SllX »

Mistletoe wrote: post #19
ivanjermakov wrote: post #8

It's sad that "ultraportable iPad" marketing works, but "ultraportable iPhone" does not make sense for most people. iPhone 13 mini was the last flagship smartphone with such dimensions.

How long do we have on the 13 mini before it becomes so slow I have to get a new phone? I don’t know what I’ll do at that point. On the 12 mini now and can never go to a big phone.

Probably a couple of more years provided you can keep replacing your battery. I’m on a 13 Pro Max which has the same SoC as a 13 Mini and while I might want a battery replacement within the next year, the phone itself has no performance issues. I think the iPhone 12 model line is essentially in the same boat, just a little bit older and with worse batteries.

Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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Post by zie »

Mistletoe wrote: post #19
ivanjermakov wrote: post #8

It's sad that "ultraportable iPad" marketing works, but "ultraportable iPhone" does not make sense for most people. iPhone 13 mini was the last flagship smartphone with such dimensions.

How long do we have on the 13 mini before it becomes so slow I have to get a new phone? I don’t know what I’ll do at that point. On the 12 mini now and can never go to a big phone.

A few years still. The XR is still supported with iOS 18.

Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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Post by 1123581321 »

kokada wrote: post #18

Would be nice if Apple also introduced a new base iPad with at least support for a decent Apple Pencil. I want to buy my wife an iPad, but she wants to draw and the Apple Pencil USB-C doesn't support presure levels, so it is either a base iPad with an old Apple Pencil 1st Gen (that still is lightining) or paying extra for the iPad Air and Apple Pencil 2nd Gen/Pro. The fact that Apple Pencil USB-C doesn't support pres…

The Air is a significantly better drawing display.

Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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Post by skywhopper »

tommica wrote: post #6

Looks really nice, wish could afford it, but Apple products are so expensive... Commodity products for premium price

They are hardly commodities. The build quality and lifetime of iPads is incredible compared to any other tablet I’ve ever used (typing this on a six year old iPad Pro that’s still going strong).
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