Friday 2 November 2012
IPad Mini- What's the point?
I understand if this seems to be just another article from me railing at Apple products and their users, but even they must be question the point and worth of an IPad mini? In fact i know there isn't the usual mile long queue around Apples flagship London store in Regent Street, is this a sign that Apple have actually made something even their devoted Appel-ite's don't want?
Don't get me wrong, in of it's self there is nothing wrong with the IPad mini, it looks nice and functions as desired. However when considered in terms of the rest of the Apple product range it is sort of the runty ugly Crab apple of the Apple product orchard. It just makes no sense in relation to the IPhone, IPod and IPad as it is too big to be useable as a pocket device such as the IPhone or Ipod but too small to be really that usefull in comparison to its bigger brother the IPad. I mean who honestly looks at their IPad and goes you know what would make this better is making it smaller; so it therefore is less useful for all the reasons the IPad is its current size! Yet you cant even stop carrying it by putting it in your pocket!
I'm sorry if you disagree, if you can enlighten me on what it's point is feel free to comment and enlighten me.
Links:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/no-ipad-mini-queue-london-walk-buy-one-110500165.html
http://www.apple.com/uk/ipad-mini/overview/
Nosh, Signing Out.
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I think it's more of a reaction to the success of the Nexus 7. According to Asus their shipping 1 million units a month (http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57542796-94/asus-nexus-7-sales-climb-toward-1-million-a-month/), which shows there's a market for small form factor tablets.
ReplyDeleteThe 7" tablets (or 7.85" in the iPad Mini's case) do have a certain appeal. They fit nicely on the side of a sofa, you can hold them comfortably with one hand and they just about fit in my jean pockets (in limited cases). But, in my opinion, they can marketed to women with the advantage of fitting into handbags.
The thinking person would go with the Nexus 7 32Gb with 3G for £239 which is a whole £210 cheaper than the iPad Mini. However, the non-tech person will still be tempted by the iPad Mini and I expect it to sell well. It does have some serious, established rivals though in the form of the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD.
I'm looking forward to seeing if Samsung and Apple will continue their childish lawsuits. I mean they went to court over who invented phones with rounded corners, maybe they'll go to court over who invented the phone that ate all the pies.
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