Just who did they survey - Kindle owners?
Polls are not taken to reflect general opinion. They are taken to MANIPULATE opinion.
Read the article and you would know who did the poll and who was polled. Just because you buy every apple product doesn't mean others feel the same. Don't get your panties in a bunch.
Just who did they survey - Kindle owners?
Polls are not taken to reflect general opinion. They are taken to MANIPULATE opinion.
Also, it's a poll taken of avid members of a coupon site for cripes sake. These people are going to be "cost & savings oriented" to put it politely, or "cheap" to put it in plain English.The poll was flawed for lots of reasons. The big one was that almost 80% of them were iphone owners. It also asked which one they would prefer, an iphone 5 or mini ipad. Of course phones are more of a need. And probably the biggest flaw, no one knows what either product will look like or what features they'll have.
If they make one it will sell, but I would not say it will be a hit. If they sell more than 5-6 million a year I would be extremely surprised.
The only way to make it cheaper is to strip out features. They won't compromise margins just to sell a product into that market, so $349 is much more likely than $299
If you could buy a $349 iPad mini that is missing something that the regular iPad has (retina display, multicore processor, front facing camera or whatever) or paying $349 for a brand new fully functional iPad 2? Which do you get? I'd get the iPad 2, personally. Unless you are dead set on a 7" form factor, why would you get the mini? IMO, for the mini to be successful, it will have to have something that the iPad and iPhone or iPod touch don't or be incredibly reasonably priced.
If you're interested in a 13" device, the MacBook Air would be a better choice.I'm more interested in a maxi pad (horrible name but I couldn't help it) i.e. 13-14" would open up a whole new world to the iPad regarding productivity apps.
The poll was flawed for lots of reasons. The big one was that almost 80% of them were iphone owners. It also asked which one they would prefer, an iphone 5 or mini ipad. Of course phones are more of a need. And probably the biggest flaw, no one knows what either product will look like or what features they'll have.