$299.00 = Entry Level iPad 2: Good Performace Great Price..
$399.00 = Next Generation iPad Mini (16gb) Now with Retina Display: Upgraded Proccessing Power and 1gb of Ram (iPad 3 Parts Bin) for improved system performance..
$499.00 = The All New Redesinged *Flagship* 5th Generation Retina Display iPad (16gb): New A7X CPu coupled with 2gb of Ram for Unparalleled overall performace..
This is how I see the lineup for 2013 / 2014 for the iOS Tablet Line.. with Cellular Connectivity and 32gb, 64gb, 128gb memory pricing holding steady across the board.
With production of the original iPad Mini coming to a halt over the summer.. Allowing the channels to slowly dry up, increasing the anticapation of the *Retina* iPad Mini..
After re-thinking everything I think Apple WILL give the Mini a New Technology (Equal Lasting) Battery and the A5X CPu / Quad-Core GPu from the Gen-3 parts bin. It's the
perfect way to keep the Mini comfortably behind the *Flagship* 5th-Gen iPad but still give it a (on paper) boost in performance.. and they would only have to come up with
an improved (for the Mini's frame) higher capacity battery to push those 3.1 Million Retina pixels (up from 786,000 the current Mini pushes) for at least 9-10 hrs. The only
thing that has troubled me about a Retina Mini is do you double the density? which on this 8" screen would take the Pixels Per Inch into what? the 400 range? Or do you
do this whole thing at 1600*1200 (4:3) maintaining the current dimensions with a more (for it's place in the lineup) reasonable PPI so it's not higher than the Flagship's?
But doing this would render most current apps out of scale. as they are written to work at 1024*768 / 2048*1536.. Apple STILL may just say The Heck With It... You want
A Retina? Then Buy The Flagship..
Am I off base with my *Guesstimate* ? How do you see Apple pulling this (Answer to the Masses) off ? I know you want this at $329.00-$429.00-$529.00 but realistically, I
don't see that happening.
$399.00 = Next Generation iPad Mini (16gb) Now with Retina Display: Upgraded Proccessing Power and 1gb of Ram (iPad 3 Parts Bin) for improved system performance..
$499.00 = The All New Redesinged *Flagship* 5th Generation Retina Display iPad (16gb): New A7X CPu coupled with 2gb of Ram for Unparalleled overall performace..
This is how I see the lineup for 2013 / 2014 for the iOS Tablet Line.. with Cellular Connectivity and 32gb, 64gb, 128gb memory pricing holding steady across the board.
With production of the original iPad Mini coming to a halt over the summer.. Allowing the channels to slowly dry up, increasing the anticapation of the *Retina* iPad Mini..
After re-thinking everything I think Apple WILL give the Mini a New Technology (Equal Lasting) Battery and the A5X CPu / Quad-Core GPu from the Gen-3 parts bin. It's the
perfect way to keep the Mini comfortably behind the *Flagship* 5th-Gen iPad but still give it a (on paper) boost in performance.. and they would only have to come up with
an improved (for the Mini's frame) higher capacity battery to push those 3.1 Million Retina pixels (up from 786,000 the current Mini pushes) for at least 9-10 hrs. The only
thing that has troubled me about a Retina Mini is do you double the density? which on this 8" screen would take the Pixels Per Inch into what? the 400 range? Or do you
do this whole thing at 1600*1200 (4:3) maintaining the current dimensions with a more (for it's place in the lineup) reasonable PPI so it's not higher than the Flagship's?
But doing this would render most current apps out of scale. as they are written to work at 1024*768 / 2048*1536.. Apple STILL may just say The Heck With It... You want
A Retina? Then Buy The Flagship..
Am I off base with my *Guesstimate* ? How do you see Apple pulling this (Answer to the Masses) off ? I know you want this at $329.00-$429.00-$529.00 but realistically, I
don't see that happening.