Why everyone loves the iPad mini (even though the screen sucks)
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Why everyone loves the iPad mini (even though the screen sucks)
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Re: Why everyone loves the iPad mini (even though the screen sucks)
#2Some good points. I wouldn't call Retina displays disruptive. I wonder if we'll even see a Retina mini next year.
Re: Why everyone loves the iPad mini (even though the screen sucks)
#3"even though the screen sucks" reminds me of Lewis C.K.'s "Everything is amazing and nobody is happy". How soon we feel anything less than retina sucks. Really? We're spoiled people when we look at a piece of technology like the iPad mini and our response is "this screen sucks!". Sheesh.
Re: Why everyone loves the iPad mini (even though the screen sucks)
#4"even though the screen sucks" reminds me of Lewis C.K.'s "Everything is amazing and nobody is happy". How soon we feel anything less than retina sucks. Really? We're spoiled people when we look at a piece of technology like the iPad mini and our response is "this screen sucks!". Sheesh.
People jump to the "everything is amazing and nobody is happy" thing way too quickly. It is a funny bit for sure. But if we take it as a life philosophy, a: we would never function cause we just being standing around gawking in amazement at almost everything b: things would never improve. Apple makes high quality displays for all of its iOS products besides the Mini. So, yeah, the Mini's screen sucks. Especially when competitor's products are already more "amazing" in screen resolution for less price.
Re: Why everyone loves the iPad mini (even though the screen sucks)
#5Some good points. I wouldn't call Retina displays disruptive. I wonder if we'll even see a Retina mini next year.
I'd bet on it.
Re: Why everyone loves the iPad mini (even though the screen sucks)
#6The iPad mini is "disruptive" only if you live in an alternative and exclusively Apple universe. The smaller Android tablets and large phones (like the Galaxy Tab), which have been out for a long time, disrupted the iPad and forced the introduction of the mini.
Re: Why everyone loves the iPad mini (even though the screen sucks)
#7Some good points. I wouldn't call Retina displays disruptive. I wonder if we'll even see a Retina mini next year.
I'd bet on it.
AnandTech also thinks a Retina display mini is unlikely next year: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6429/ipad-mini-review/5
Re: Why everyone loves the iPad mini (even though the screen sucks)
#8"even though the screen sucks" reminds me of Lewis C.K.'s "Everything is amazing and nobody is happy". How soon we feel anything less than retina sucks. Really? We're spoiled people when we look at a piece of technology like the iPad mini and our response is "this screen sucks!". Sheesh.
Look at it this way: if Apple released an MBA without a big glass touchpad, wouldn't everyone say "the touchpad sucks?" It's not that the old touchpads weren't usable, it's just that it's really hard to go back after you've used a new-style touchpad.
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#9Technology is all about tradeoffs, film at 11.
But seriously, I held a Mini yesterday. As an iPad3 owner I can say I'd trade my retina and larger screen for the weight of the Mini any day. The weight of the 3 is really difficult to hold for long periods of time.
Of course, I'd highly prefer a full-sized iPad that was as light as the Mini (or "proportionally light", like the iPhone5 vs 4). I'm not sure if battery technology will improve quickly enough to make that happen in the near term.
Re: Why everyone loves the iPad mini (even though the screen sucks)
#10Some good points. I wouldn't call Retina displays disruptive. I wonder if we'll even see a Retina mini next year.
For some reason, I'm not as enamored or impressed with the whole Retina-thing as everyone else. Even when I bought a new 15" MBPro a couple months ago, I went with the standard screen (though I do use my laptop plugged into external monitor 75% of the time). Sure, the Retina is nice, and I'll appreciate it when it's the default standard in a few years, but I don't look at it and think "WOAH, THIS IS AMAZING, I NEED THIS NOW."