Kid_Eternity
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Sunray
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Off to the apple store I go to bolster Apples massive profits.
One iPad mini retina please. Hmm did it say anything about he weight...*Goes off to look
Well I can't see anything on that. The extra CPU and GPU are very welcome. The screen is crazy for its size.
One iPad mini retina please. Hmm did it say anything about he weight...*Goes off to look
Well I can't see anything on that. The extra CPU and GPU are very welcome. The screen is crazy for its size.
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Kid_Eternity
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No mention which means it's the same or heavier....curious move to change the name of the iPad...
Kid_Eternity
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Anyone else clock that Gizmodo are now back from Coventry?
It's heavier 341 grams vs 312 grams.
tombowler
still missing the point
I am thinking of buying an Iphone (I currently have no phone due to an ongoing dispute with Vodaphone Cz regarding a HTC desire 200) I would get the last years model from the apple store,
What I need to be sure of is that I can use Google calendar and a minimum of two gmail accounts on it Possibly up to 5 currently. Will an I phone do this as well as an android phone?
What I need to be sure of is that I can use Google calendar and a minimum of two gmail accounts on it Possibly up to 5 currently. Will an I phone do this as well as an android phone?
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Yep, there's a GMail app.
tombowler
still missing the point
thanks 350 quid is a big investment for me so I have to be sure it does this as we use Gmail for business and calender so I know where the hell i should be and when
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
I use gmail in my standard iphone mail app and it gives you the option to sync mail, contacts, calendars and notes. I have 8 email accounts in total set up on my phone..... it used to be 10, but I removed my work ones on discovering that would enable my work to remotely wipe my phone.
Kid_Eternity
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iOS update is out by the look of it, fixes a few things.
Kid_Eternity
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You'd have to use the Gmail app I think. Google have stopped supporting a type of push so the standard mail app won't give you it now...
spacemonkey
I Love Noodles
God that new calendar app is fucking shit. What the fuck were they thinking?? Surely all the guys designing it use iPhones and therefore the calendar app. Did nobody stop and say...."Uhhh guys you can't see what you have coming up on each day without clicking in and opening the entire day and then having to scroll around to find the exact time".
souljacker
innit
£319 for an ipad mini! Fuck that shit!
Kid_Eternity
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Just clocked that, that's a silly bump in price for what is meant to be a cheaper line. For a little more you can get a full size bloody iPad!
Kid_Eternity
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Yup.
RedDragon
"I am not one of your fans!"
Although it is quite an update. There really isn't much between the mini and iPad air other than size.
The iPad 2 is now cheaper and presumably the go to device for schools and corporate
Kid_Eternity
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That's bonkers.
Kid_Eternity
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Yeah I was wondering why the hell you'd want iPad 2...but I guess mass deployment makes sense...
souljacker
innit
The lowest price Air comes in at only £80 more. If you keep an eye out for vouchers at Tesco at Christmas, you can probably get £20 off that price.
Ludicrous pricing IMO.
souljacker
innit
We are doing a lot of wifi business with schools who want the airgroup functions. Great for teaching.
I'd imagine that the production line for the v2 is now pretty efficient and chip prices must have come down. So I suspect its considerably cheaper to make than its £329 price suggests. So either Apple are taking the piss or they are looking to sell tons to schools at a hefty discount. I reckon both are true.
Throbbing Angel
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elbows
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Just dealing with the bit you quoted for now:
There are some rather minor feature improvements barely worth mentioning, like the dual mics. And although I don't think they mentioned it or have confirmed it, the photos of it gives the impression that it may finally have stereo speakers.
Depends what you call a major OS update and what exactly Apple want to do in the next version. For example, since there is plenty of not terribly old non-64 bit Apple iOS hardware out there and still being sold, it is not like they will move aggressively to make the next major release of iOS 64-bit only. That will happen one day, but not for a few years at least. That both the iPad 2 and the original iPad mini remain in their lineup after today, and that they made iOS 7 work on this class of device, means that its probably safe for a good few years of further iOS updates. Unless they desperately want to do something in the next iOS that cannot handle something like the memory limit of the iPad 2, but I think their present product lineup means they have real reasons to avoid that for now. And Apple can always choose to disable specific software functionality on certain devices if they aren't up to it, or its a feature apple only want to give to customers of the latest devices due to the dark arts of sales/marketing.
My brain hasn't decided how serious a price hike this is, because in the world of Apple the price often fails to match what people are hoping for, but they often manage to sell shitloads in spite of this. There is some evidence they damaged iPhone 5C sales (relative to their own likely sales expectations) with the pricing choice made on that one, and its always possible they will do so again with another product. Not convinced they have in this case though. If they managed to create demand for the original iPad mini that had underwhelming tech spec in several important areas, and they did, they can probably squeeze plenty of people for more money for the retina one.
Personally I'll be interested to see how it benchmarks against the iPad Air before making any purchasing decisions.
That modest drop isn't too perplexing when the price of many other of their products is taken into account. As I droned on about when the first iPad mini pricing was being debated, they likely don't want the price of their cheapest tablets to start to merge too obviously with some of their iPod touch prices. Or for the mini's to clash with the larger iPads in certain ways. As they've added more devices, some of the numbers do clash awkwardly at times, especially due to their usual chunky premiums for higher storage capacities. But its the usual Apple premium pricing strategy, where even their 'cheap end' still comes with luxury price tag, and discounts when they happen tend to be modest.
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
Why do people discuss and get so worked up at Apples pricing?
Since as long as I can remember, Apple have made expensive kit and they don't think about racing to the bottom. They are unapologetic about it, Cook has gone on record saying he likened Apple to Mercedes and Porche? There are many products out there that are cheaper.
Why should the iPad mini be 299? It was 279 before and now its 319 for quite a major upgrade from a CPU/GPU/Display perspective. The few extra grams are minor. I doubt i'd notice them.
I have an original mini and its been a great thing to own, arguably Apples best product.
Since as long as I can remember, Apple have made expensive kit and they don't think about racing to the bottom. They are unapologetic about it, Cook has gone on record saying he likened Apple to Mercedes and Porche? There are many products out there that are cheaper.
Why should the iPad mini be 299? It was 279 before and now its 319 for quite a major upgrade from a CPU/GPU/Display perspective. The few extra grams are minor. I doubt i'd notice them.
I have an original mini and its been a great thing to own, arguably Apples best product.
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
Apple are like BMW in a world with no Mercedes, Porsche, Lexus or Bentley. They have the whole of the top end of the market to themselves and are laughing all the way to the bank.
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