davygee said:
I agree that the price of the iPad mini ($329) is slightly pricey, but all things considering, people tend to pay a premium for a premium product. After extensively looking at the competitors on the market ie Nexus 7 and Fire HD, it is blatantly obvious that the iPad mini is overall a better product. It has a better OS, better Processor, extra 5MP camera and is overall a better build (according to analysts). All in all, I reckon the iPad mini will sell like hotcakes and WILL be the must have tablet this Xmas. |
The OS is completely subjective (I for instance much prefer vanilla Android to iOS) and the processor is comparable to the chips in both the Fire HD and N7. The Tegra3 in the N7 also has the advantage that a lot of game devs optimise visuals (extra effects) due to extra support from NVidia. That's not even mentioning the larger but lower res screen. Weren't retina displays supposed to be Apple's major selling point?
It realy isn't a premium product. It's a comparable and overpriced tablet that's been wrapped in premium marketing and style.
One thing we can agree on though is that it will sell. What I think will be interesting is the sales ratio between the iPad Mini and new 4th gen iPad considering they aren't that far apart in price, yet the new iPad absolutely destroys the Mini in specs.
