Originally Posted by s2mikey

The mini should have had all of these things in the first place but the product was a tad rushed out, IMO. That's great that they are working on it but at the price point it was being sold at there was no reason to have left all that out. Oh well, I'm a full sized iPad guy so i don't care either way.

Nonsense. There is nothing rushed about this device. It is a bottom up redesign for an iPad. And there is plenty of reason why there was no retina screen...it's called technological limitations. We have discussed this before.

If you don't care, then why bother to peck out words?

Originally Posted by mrcupu

i think i read somewhere the only reason that mini doesnt have retina display is because its physical size well hopefully the rumor in that article comes true

Its because apple wants you to buy both devices, hence all the incremental updates every 2 weeks on all their products. They want to own our bank accounts lol.


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Originally Posted by AQ_OC

Slower processor, less ram, weaker camera. It's second Tier because it is aimed at kids, which is fine and makes sense. But I'm saying this doesn't make sense for the mini.

This was great, thank you!! I feel that I get the best of both worlds by owning an iPhone 4 and iPod touch 5. I have a classic but w o iTunes you can't add or update music and my PC is not working right now so I can't plug it in. I've been drooling over iPod touch since 2007 but opted for the extra storage of the classic and already had a blackberry at the time with no wifi, and I didn't need another PDA.

Maybe when iPhone 6 comes out I will upgrade. I can't anyway until next month.


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I'm waiting for the iPad mini with retina, vibrating sub woofer, 40 hour battery, wireless charging, 3D surround, and built in expresso machine, then I will think about an upgrade..

Originally Posted by AQ_OC

Nonsense. There is nothing rushed about this device. It is a bottom up redesign for an iPad. And there is plenty of reason why there was no retina screen...it's called technological limitations. We have discussed this before.

If you don't care, then why bother to peck out words?

I did say a tad rushed out. It does jive that they wanted it available well before Christmas. It's not a knock on it, just observing what's there. And, the technological limitation can't be much of a hindrance if they have it in the works as we speak. Probably a cost savings move so they could come in under $350 or something. Didn't mean this to be overly derogatory or anything.....?????

Originally Posted by AQ_OC

Slower processor, less ram, weaker camera. It's second Tier because it is aimed at kids, which is fine and makes sense. But I'm saying this doesn't make sense for the mini.

I think kids are part of the market, but touch has also been a good multimedia device for anyone who didn't want to pay for a data plan, or who wanted a spare device.

I can't remember exactly what I paid for my touch 4 64GB when it was new, especially because I bought overseas and there was an exchange rate involved, but it was more expensive than some mini iPads.

I have a smart phone (several generations of iPhone and now Android), and my iPhone 4S has 64GBs, but I bought a touch partly because I didn't want to worry about draining my phone battery, and because my touch is sort of disposable -- I don't put any contacts, email, etc., on it, so if it gets ripped off on the subway or such, I don't have to sweat it.