October 23rd Media Event

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:34

I'm having an iPad Mini - White with green smart cover.

Frijj · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:35

Gutted they upgraded the ipad 3, feel a bit cheated

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:35

You know this whole iPad thing looks a lot better if they just sacked off the iPad 2! Not that it justifies what it lacks but it sure paints a better picture!

[TW]Fox · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:35

SDK^ said:
Correct - It's all about the look and feel.
Just like dropping £2k on an out-of-date BMW Pro Sat Nav system, which you recommend

Last time I checked this was the Apple Hardware forum not Motors so I'll spare you from an explanation as to why that is a ridiculous analogy. Feel free to stick a post in the BM thread if you want to continue that one

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:37

Johnny|lucidcomposure said:
You know this whole iPad thing looks a lot better if they just sacked off the iPad 2! Not that it justifies what it lacks but it sure paints a better picture!

I agree with you on this one but if it is still selling then you can understand why.

DIABLO · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:39

muon said:
iPad 2 doesn't have Siri and yet the iPad mini does.

I thought the A5 wasn't good enough for Siri.

Mini maybe has the extra noise canceling microphone?

londonbairn · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:40

Frijj said:
Gutted they upgraded the ipad 3, feel a bit cheated

Hardly an upgrade looks like Apple are intent on fleecing their customers now.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:40

mrbell1984 said:
I agree with you on this one but if it is still selling then you can understand why.

Well apple are the sort of a company who would mass sell a turd in a glass box (I do love apple) but this ipad situation is incredibly infuriating! I have so many arguments with people at work over how apple release things and why they do it this way and this stupid move is gonna be a little hard to defend!

You could probably still sell the original iPhone for £50 but they don't!

[TW]Fox · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:41

The continued presence of the iPad 2 is only serving to undermine the appeal of the Mini. Why wouldn't you simply spend the extra £50 to get a full sized device? As I said above - IMHO the main reason people would pick a smaller device is not because of form factor but because it's cheaper. The iPad mini simply isn't sufficiently cheaper than the iPad2.

If it had similar spec to the iPad 3 at the same pricepoint it would be a totally different story. That is what I was perhaps neively expecting from this and thats why I was looking forward to the launch with a view to purchasing.

DIABLO · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:41

cliffy said:
Not sure if people are missing the point with the fusion drive isn't th breakthrough the fact that i can move frequenly used apps from mechanical to lash storage and vice versa?

Thats how any hybrid drive works...

shipinabottle · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:42

Kenai said:
A6X replaces A5X is the biggest change I think.

What's the difference between them two chips?

Seems an odd time to refresh, unless they are trying to align everything to these 2 months from now on in time for Christmas each year.

cheechm · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:42

Just to butt in to the iPad Mini argument....

WHAT THE HELL APPLE

13" rMBP is a rip-off:

* dual core
* 8GB of RAM max
* integrated graphics
* 128GB HDD

For the price of a 13" rMBP with 2.9GHz dual core & 256 GB HDD you might as well get a 15" rMBP with quad core, 256GB HDD and a dedicated GPU.

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:42

lol at the Mac Mini Servers.... you could stack them up and have a full blown mini domain serving a lot of users for next to nothing now.

Snax · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:42

Bigpops said:
My brother just bought me an iPad 3 less than two weeks ago, and now it's out of date.

I've been in better moods than I am right now.

Apple do a 14 day no quibble returns policy...

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:43

@cheechm it all depends what you currently own, how much cash you want to spend and what features you want.

Tom84 · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:44

So the 'new' iPad has been completely wiped out now and replaced with this iPad 'with Retina screen'? And yet the iPad 2 is still around? :confused:

muon · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:46

Tom84 said:
So the 'new' iPad has been completely wiped out now and replaced with this iPad 'with Retina screen'? And yet the iPad 2 is still around?

Nice cheap screen, cheap SoC. Good margin on the iPad 2. May as well keep it.

There won't be much of a cost difference between the iPad 3rd gen and 4th gen to justify a price difference.

Kenai · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:47

Johnny|lucidcomposure said:
I have so many arguments with people at work over how apple release things and why they do it this way and this stupid move is gonna be a little hard to defend!

You don't have to try and defend everything Apple do you know

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:47

Tom84 said:
So the 'new' iPad has been completely wiped out now and replaced with this iPad 'with Retina screen'? And yet the iPad 2 is still around?

Hey yes and whats happens is the iPad 2 was the template for the iPad Mini!

DIABLO · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:47

Tom84 said:
So the 'new' iPad has been completely wiped out now and replaced with this iPad 'with Retina screen'? And yet the iPad 2 is still around?

Maybe just until they get rid of old stock? Surely selling a pad with a obsolete connector is a bit silly.